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TCI SANMAR
Engineering contract for Egypt PVC expansion awarded to Jacobs Engineering
27.06.2016
DOW
Kuwait public prosecutor reviews K-Dow cancellation / Parliament unhappy with the way the pull-out was handled / Papers name officials and managers involved
23.06.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
Mexico's “Etileno XXI” hub is officially inaugurated
23.06.2016
SAYANSKKHIMPLAST
Russian PVC producer looking for a new owner? / Operations still down amid lack of ethylene feedstock / Rosneft tapped as logical fit
16.06.2016
UNIPETROL
Plans to buy back PVC producer Spolana from Anwil / Groundbreaking for new PE plant in Litvinov
16.06.2016
WESTLAKE
USD 3.8 bn is the magic number / Latest takeover bid accepted by Axiall / Combined company will become North America's second-largest PVC producer
15.06.2016
NOVA CHEMICALS
Additional LLDPE plant in Canada to start up in Q4 / Corunna cracker switches to shale gas
15.06.2016
AXIALL
South Korea's Lotte Group issues unsolicited offer for vinyls producer / Onset of a bidding war with Westlake?
09.06.2016
SHELL
Green light for US shale gas-fed cracker complex in Pennsylvania / Downstream units for 1.6m t/y of PE / Location close to North American plastics customers
09.06.2016
BOREALIS
Plans to acquire German plastics recycler mtm plastics / Recyclate to be blended with virgin polymer output / Few new opportunities in polyolefins
03.06.2016
REPSOL
Tarragona-based mLLDPE line starts operations
01.06.2016
SABIC
New research centre inaugurated at Geleen / “Milestone in innovation journey”
26.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP: Ineos declares force majeure for Lavéra and Sarralbe
25.05.2016
PETRONAS
Engineering contractors appointed for Malaysia LLDPE and PP projects / Start-up expected by early 2019
25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: FCC outage at Unipetrol in Kralupy / Refinery completely switched off / No propylene for Litvinov
20.05.2016
SIBUR
Logistics agreement with Karl Schmidt for ZapSibNeftekhim polyolefins hub / Deal comprises silos, warehouse and container terminal
17.05.2016
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
European headquarters moves in Belgium
17.05.2016
BOREALIS
Net profits soar by 86% in Q1 on strong polyolefins margins / Q2 profits forecast to decline
13.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Renewed glitch at Versalis' plant in Ferrara / Fourth emergency shutdown this year / Line said to have resumed normal operations
12.05.2016
TRINSEO
Margins lift Q1 2016 profit / Revenue falls on cheaper feedstocks and lower sales
11.05.2016
LORESTAN PETROCHEMICAL
Latest HD/LLDPE swing plant in Iran officially inaugurated / Connected to ethylene pipeline
10.05.2016
SOLVAY
Sale of Latin American PVC business to Unipar Carbocloro
10.05.2016
NCT HOLLAND
Exclusive distributor of Ethydco's PE in France and the Benelux states / Egyptian plant to start up in H2 this year
09.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EVA: Versalis declares force majeure for Oberhausen
04.05.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
New PE complex not affected by nearby VCM explosion
02.05.2016
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