Ticona

Super-reflective PCT grades launched for LED lighting applications

Operating earnings improve in advanced engineered materials segment / Higher volumes and equity earnings drive growth

Ticona joint venture opens independent sales office in Frankfurt

China-based PPS world market leader expands capacity / Strong growth for polymer and fibre

Acquisition of LCP feedstock supplier Leuna Carboxylation / Is jv's majority owner Daicel attacking Ticona's supply chain?

Advanced materials segment records operating EBITDA improvement despite decline in sales / High equity earnings offset lower volume levels

Ceasing all distribution of Polyplastics grades in the US and Europe

Final start-up phase of new POM plant in Frankfurt imminent

Global sales of PPS resins announced / Agreement with Ticona to end sales of POM and PBT resins

Full range of engineering plastics now available directly in Japan

Mitsubishi and Celanese joint venture raises POM output / New capacity to come on stream in early 2014

Global POM price increase

Raising global UHMW and VHMW polyethylene prices

Unasa appointed as masterbatch distributor in Iberia

New enhanced-resistance POM competes with PA / Automotive applications targeted

New POM plant in Frankfurt is officially inaugurated

Clarification: New POM line operating as planned

LFT PP demand growing in most applications / Increasing role in automotive design / AMI report

Engineering Recyclate August 2011: Notations remain stable to firm / rPA and rPC/ABS blends still tight / Demand appears to be holding up well / rPP compounds may come under some degree of pressure

New compounding capacities to come in stream in Asia to meet rising regional demand / Taiwan jv to ramp up production / New plant to be established in China

Raising POM capacity in Malaysia / Additional output to go towards meeting rising Asian demand

Engineering Recyclate July 2011: Secondary market remains resistant despite pressure from virgin material / rPA 6.6 and rPC see reductions / Higher primary cost also impacts production scrap / Situation likely to stabilise despite slack ordering

Higher prices for polyester grades

Engineering Thermoplastics in June 2011: Many grades move up again / ABS, polyamides and PBT are hit particularly hard / Butadiene shortage is the driving factor / Demand significantly weaker / Upward pressure should ease in July

Engineering Recyclate May 2011: Range narrows with rPA, rPC and rPP / Availability of production scrap improves slightly / Demand still lively / No consensus on price hikes