Sabic

Q2 sales up by over one fifth / Petrochemicals division rises 31%

"Very early-stage" talks on buy into Sabic

Plastics contribute to good H1 performance / Sabic plans to buy stake delayed

Expansion of caps and closures portfolio / More sustainability in packaging

Distribution of Sabic's polyolefins in France

“Thermocomp” PC-based compounds for challenging structural parts / Portfolio now offered in Europe and the Americas

PP compounds for soft feel in automotive interiors / Three new filaments for 3D printing

More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF

More exhibitors and exhibition space at "Formnext 2018" / Additive manufacturing process chain extended to software and finishing work

Commercial production of MMA and PMMA begins in Saudi Arabia

Plans for new world-scale styrene plant on US Gulf

Significant price hikes for engineering materials

EPDA annual conference to take place in Edinburgh in June

The combustion engine lives on – for the time being / More upheaval in auto components supply sector / Automotive engineering plastics conference in Germany delivers fresh approaches for car interior / More requirements, more competition, more plastic

Net income in 2017 rises on strong organic growth / CEO to provide strategy update in summer 2018

PPE production resumes in the Netherlands / World's third plant for "Ultem" PEI in Singapore

Baytown ethane cracker ready to start / Shale fuels more Gulf investment

PP resins developed for packaging applications / Thinner films enable weight and cost cuts

World Plastics Council elects LyondellBasell's James Seward as chairman

Sabic acquires almost 25% stake in Swiss company / Shares previously held by White Tale and 40 North

New "Lexan" PC granules unveiled / Heat-resistant and transparent

BASF and Americas Styrenics join World Plastics Council

New ROCG cracker at Jamnagar operational / New plants for MEG and PE

POM line commercially operational

New PP extrusion line in operation in the Netherlands