POLYETHYLENE Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report	09.10.2015
DOW POLYURETHANES First Sub-Saharan Africa PU systems house starts in Durban / Sadara to supply raw materials	01.10.2015
LANXESS Half of rubber carve-out to be sold to Aramco / Joint Venture set to start in Q1 2016 / First back integration for German producer / Farther-reaching Middle East projects envisaged	24.09.2015
DOW / OLIN Olin shareholders give green light for asset merger with Dow / New chlor-alkali leader	18.09.2015
INOVYN Plans to close German PVC production site in Schkopau / Failure to negotiate VCM supply contract	16.09.2015
POLYETHYLENE New production era for mass plastics begins / European refineries on the brink of extinction / Feedstock base lost / Global competition increasingly relegates Europe to second class / High time for discussions on how to react	16.09.2015
W.R. GRACE Unipol license awarded to South Korea's Hyosung / New PP line set to start up in 2017	14.09.2015
DOW “PacXpert” technology licensed to Hunan China Sun Pharmaceutical Machinery	19.08.2015
SAFIC-ALCAN French distributor buys chemical trading business of Bulgaria's Chimsnab / Majority stake in US speciality chemicals distributor ChemSpec acquired / Part of strategic expansion plans	17.08.2015
YPF Argentine group plans to buy LyondellBasell's local PP plant / Shale activities down amid low oil price	12.08.2015
ABS Solid growth on a global basis / Worldwide capacities of 10m t/y / Asia dominates production and consumption / Restructuring in Europe makes an impact / Market players still face challenges	11.08.2015
DOW Polymers boost group performance in Q2 / Revenue from plastics down but earnings up / Capacity upgrades on track / Chlor-alkali merger with Olin almost wrapped up	30.07.2015
POLAND Plastics industry sees dynamic growth / Processing rises by 7% in 2014 / 3.1m t polymer consumption / Dependent on feedstock imports / Few petrochemical projects / Large-scale investment in packaging	22.07.2015
DOW MDI-based range expanded through addition of four new products	22.07.2015
OCC New polycarbonate line in eastern China on stream / Phosgene-free processing technology from Germany's EPC Group	02.07.2015
PACKAGING RECYCLING “Reflex Project” makes inroads in recyclability of multi-layer packaging and NIR sorting systems / UK-based programme to set the groundwork for a circular economy for flexible packaging	01.07.2015
UKRPLASTIC EU-Ukraine association pact offers chances for plastics converters / Many need to catch up to western standards says packaging producer Ukrplastics's chair / Long-term cooperation with Dow	26.06.2015
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS Olefins: Repsol's Tarragona cracker resumes operations	03.06.2015
MANALI PETROCHEMICALS Indian group announces polyols capacity expansion / Proprietary technical process	03.06.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Repsol declares FM for cracker in Tarragona / Polymer production affected	22.05.2015
DOW New “Pack Studio” innovation hub in Italy / Customers can tap company's adhesives expertise	19.05.2015
DOW Takeover of Univation Technologies complete / Leading technology licensor to global PE industry	12.05.2015
DOW Chlor-alkali merger with Olin to cost up to 1,750 Dow jobs / Annual savings of USD 330m expected	11.05.2015
DOW Polyether polyols plant starts up in Thailand / Up to 200,000 t of Asian capacity added	04.05.2015
YUNNAN YUNTIANHUA PETROCHEMICAL Building new PP production facility in Yunnan / “Unipol” license from W.R. Grace	04.05.2015

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