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COVESTRO / WACKER CHEMIE
Covestro shares retain listing on top German stock index / Wacker Chemie returns to MDAX
11.09.2020
TITAN-POLYMER
Gazprombank invests in production plant for PET, BOPET film / Bobst to supply vacuum metalliser
11.09.2020
SASA POLYESTER
Signs investment deal with Koch / 1.5m t/y PTA plant to start up in Turkey in 2022
10.09.2020
BOREALIS
“Borlink” technology enables energy shift / CO2 capture cements green foothold
10.09.2020
NOVA CHEMICALS
Partnership to produce post-consumer recyclate for food-packaging applications / Multi-million dollar project in Canada
10.09.2020
SIBUR
Construction work starts on gas-based petrochemicals complex in Amur / Capacity to produce 2.7m t/y of polyolefins
09.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Total declares force majeure on metallocene grades from Belgium
08.09.2020
ASCEND
Acquisition of Poliblend and Esseti completed / Deal expands product portfolio and production footprint
08.09.2020
BOREALIS
Controlling stake in South Korean compounder / Polyolefins stable in Covid-19 pandemic
08.09.2020
USA
Chemicals and plastics production mostly not directly affected by Hurricane “Laura” / Nevertheless severe capacity losses / Infrastructure damage leads to numerous forces majeures
03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sadara anticipates reduced TDI production at its plant in Al Jubail throughout the whole of Q4
03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF declares force majeure for TDI from Ludwigshafen
03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
VCM/PVC: Inovyn declares force majeure for deliveries from Scandinavia
02.09.2020
REPSOL
Further investments in advanced polymers for the automotive industry
01.09.2020
SABIC
Capacity expansion for PPE resin / Support for 5G infrastructure build-up
01.09.2020
STORA ENSO
Finnish renewables firm announces two bio material deals
01.09.2020
USA
Hurricane Laura hits the coast of Louisiana / Large parts of polymer production and petrochemicals on the US Gulf Coast are paralysed / Prices gain momentum
28.08.2020
DSM
Global price increase for PA 6
26.08.2020
VERSALIS
Chemicals segment of Eni slips further into the red / Cracker shutdowns / Parent company with new strategy
26.08.2020
POLYAMIDE
Price increases announced for PA 6 / Tough negotiations ahead in the polyamide chains
26.08.2020
BRASKEM
Q2 net income slips into red territory due to one-time charge for Alagoas conflict / Revenue down 16%
26.08.2020
BEWISYNBRA
EPS specialist planning an IPO in Norway / New holding company set up / Acquisition of BDH
25.08.2020
EKOPET
Russian PET producer up for sale / Auction on 21 September
24.08.2020
EVONIK
Sales and earnings slump in Q2 / EBITDA forecast confirmed
21.08.2020
INDORAMA
Coronavirus pandemic hurts Q2 results / Net profit plunges by half
21.08.2020
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