Dow: 902 articles – Plastics Information Europe

Standard thermoplastics in July 2011: All prices slip, but only LDPE, LLDPE and PP below the cost reduction / HDPE margins improve minimally / Restocking stimulates / August monomer rises trigger hike plans

03.08.2011

PEOPLE

Joe Harlan new head of Dow's Performance Products and Performance Systems

03.08.2011

DOW CHEMICAL

Record first half operating profit in 2011 / Significant sales and profit growth in plastics and performance products segments

01.08.2011

DOW CHEMICAL

Polypropylene business sold to Brazil's Braskem for USD 340m / Focus on downstream solutions / Sale consolidates Braskem's PP leadership in North America

28.07.2011

DOW / SAUDI ARAMCO

New 50:50 joint venture in Jubail Industrial City / USD 20m integrated chemical complex expected on stream in 2016

26.07.2011

PEOPLE

Linpac packaging announces sales and marketing personnel changes

22.07.2011

DOW / MITSUI

Biopolymers platform to be established in Brazil / “World's largest sugar cane-to-ethanol facility”

21.07.2011

DOW EUROPE

Price hike for polyethylene

20.07.2011

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2011: Producers largely pass on cost reduction / Margin improvement proves elusive / Converters are still holding back / Abundance of special offers

14.07.2011

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

North American shale gas deposits shift the feedstock balance / Second cheapest route to ethylene / Asian naphtha base too costly? / Large gas deposits in France and Poland / Public sentiment sours on fracking

11.07.2011

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics in June 2011: Price cuts go beyond cost reductions / Notations down across the board / Special offers widely available / More reductions expected in July

05.07.2011

STYRON

Dow styrenics spin-off files papers for Trinseo offering / Intake of USD 400m targeted

30.06.2011

ASSOCIATIONS

Daniele Ferrari appointed new president of PlasticsEurope Italia

28.06.2011

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend June 2011: Notations slide on monomer decline / PVC with slight gains / Tendency toward surplus / Volume pressure propels special offers / Some prices could go lower

15.06.2011

DOW

MoU with Turkey's Aksa for carbon fibre production / Plans to become fully integrated solution provider

10.06.2011

SHELL

Plans to build large-scale ethane cracker fed from Marcellus Shale Basin / Output could reach 1m t/y

09.06.2011

RESINEX

New distributor for Styron grades earmarked for the electrical and lighting market

08.06.2011

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in May 2011: Oil price slide reveals market limits / Polyolefin margins crumble / Producers left sitting on costs / Converters' resistance shifts the balance / Price pressure remains

06.06.2011

NOVA CHEMICALS

Higher volumes and reduced fixed costs help improve operating profits across business / Agreements signed to assure feedstock supply for Alberta and Ontario plants

03.06.2011

DOW CHEMICAL

Staff at Swiss packaging centre to be doubled / Combined scientific and technical expertise

26.05.2011

UNIGEL

ABS project planned in Brazil / Output will substitute imports

25.05.2011

DSM

Cooperation with Elevance Renewable Sciences on bio-based high performance thermoplastics

19.05.2011

DOW CHEMICAL

Polyolefin elastomer grade introduced for automotive TPOs

16.05.2011

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering Thermoplastics in April 2011: Upswing slows down slightly / PBT, POM and PMMA climb by nearly EUR 100/t / Q2 agreements tighten lower price levels / Price hikes likely again in May

05.05.2011

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in April 2011: Polyolefin producers almost cover costs / HDPE, PVC with stronger rises / PS follows SM down / EPS improves / Chronic bottlenecks / Feedstocks up again / Fresh hikes

04.05.2011

POLYMER PRICES Standard thermoplastics in July 2011: All prices slip, but only LDPE, LLDPE and PP below the cost reduction / HDPE margins improve minimally / Restocking stimulates / August monomer rises trigger hike plans	03.08.2011
PEOPLE Joe Harlan new head of Dow's Performance Products and Performance Systems	03.08.2011
DOW CHEMICAL Record first half operating profit in 2011 / Significant sales and profit growth in plastics and performance products segments	01.08.2011
DOW CHEMICAL Polypropylene business sold to Brazil's Braskem for USD 340m / Focus on downstream solutions / Sale consolidates Braskem's PP leadership in North America	28.07.2011
DOW / SAUDI ARAMCO New 50:50 joint venture in Jubail Industrial City / USD 20m integrated chemical complex expected on stream in 2016	26.07.2011
PEOPLE Linpac packaging announces sales and marketing personnel changes	22.07.2011
DOW / MITSUI Biopolymers platform to be established in Brazil / “World's largest sugar cane-to-ethanol facility”	21.07.2011
DOW EUROPE Price hike for polyethylene	20.07.2011
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2011: Producers largely pass on cost reduction / Margin improvement proves elusive / Converters are still holding back / Abundance of special offers	14.07.2011
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS North American shale gas deposits shift the feedstock balance / Second cheapest route to ethylene / Asian naphtha base too costly? / Large gas deposits in France and Poland / Public sentiment sours on fracking	11.07.2011
POLYMER PRICES Standard thermoplastics in June 2011: Price cuts go beyond cost reductions / Notations down across the board / Special offers widely available / More reductions expected in July	05.07.2011
STYRON Dow styrenics spin-off files papers for Trinseo offering / Intake of USD 400m targeted	30.06.2011
ASSOCIATIONS Daniele Ferrari appointed new president of PlasticsEurope Italia	28.06.2011
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend June 2011: Notations slide on monomer decline / PVC with slight gains / Tendency toward surplus / Volume pressure propels special offers / Some prices could go lower	15.06.2011
DOW MoU with Turkey's Aksa for carbon fibre production / Plans to become fully integrated solution provider	10.06.2011
SHELL Plans to build large-scale ethane cracker fed from Marcellus Shale Basin / Output could reach 1m t/y	09.06.2011
RESINEX New distributor for Styron grades earmarked for the electrical and lighting market	08.06.2011
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in May 2011: Oil price slide reveals market limits / Polyolefin margins crumble / Producers left sitting on costs / Converters' resistance shifts the balance / Price pressure remains	06.06.2011
NOVA CHEMICALS Higher volumes and reduced fixed costs help improve operating profits across business / Agreements signed to assure feedstock supply for Alberta and Ontario plants	03.06.2011
DOW CHEMICAL Staff at Swiss packaging centre to be doubled / Combined scientific and technical expertise	26.05.2011
UNIGEL ABS project planned in Brazil / Output will substitute imports	25.05.2011
DSM Cooperation with Elevance Renewable Sciences on bio-based high performance thermoplastics	19.05.2011
DOW CHEMICAL Polyolefin elastomer grade introduced for automotive TPOs	16.05.2011
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in April 2011: Upswing slows down slightly / PBT, POM and PMMA climb by nearly EUR 100/t / Q2 agreements tighten lower price levels / Price hikes likely again in May	05.05.2011
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in April 2011: Polyolefin producers almost cover costs / HDPE, PVC with stronger rises / PS follows SM down / EPS improves / Chronic bottlenecks / Feedstocks up again / Fresh hikes	04.05.2011