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Companies Standard Thermoplastics Polyolefins

REPSOL
Technology licence secured for UHMWPE plant / Investment decision in 2022 / Collaboration with Armando Alvarez for flexible packaging with recycled content
22.10.2020
SASOL
Follow-up: Future European polyolefin distribution by LyondellBasell / Hardly any South African grades
14.10.2020
SIBUR
Changes in management / Previous MD of business and finance Petrov new head of plastics division
08.10.2020
SASOL
Half of new US cracker sold to LyondellBasell / Polymer sales in Europe could be affected
07.10.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total extends FM for European PP
02.10.2020
DRPIC
Intent to build new facility for PP and HDPE / Material production with LydondellBasell processes
30.09.2020
BOREALIS
Launch of new polyolefin products using renewable feedstock / Collaboration with Menshen on new packaging closures made from polyolefin-based waste streams
29.09.2020
BRASKEM
Commercial production begins at new Texas PP plant
23.09.2020
BOREALIS
McArdle new VP of polyolefins strategy
21.09.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
“MoReTe” pilot unit starts in Italy / Chemical recycling of plastics waste
15.09.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
New Chinese polyolefins hub onstream / JV with Bora
14.09.2020
BOREALIS
“Borlink” technology enables energy shift / CO2 capture cements green foothold
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
BOREALIS
Controlling stake in South Korean compounder / Polyolefins stable in Covid-19 pandemic
08.09.2020
REPSOL
Further investments in advanced polymers for the automotive industry
01.09.2020
VERSALIS
Chemicals segment of Eni slips further into the red / Cracker shutdowns / Parent company with new strategy
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
REPSOL
Alliance with polyolefins recycler Acteco to increase capacity at Spanish recycling plant
19.08.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene/C3: Production chain in Europe and the US undersupplied / PP spot prices in Europe rising
17.08.2020
WESTLAKE
Q2 revenues drop by a fifth as Vinyls segment sales contract / Profits down due to Covid-19 impact and oil price fall
17.08.2020
VINMAR
Distributor partners with Agilis to accelerate digitalisation strategy
13.08.2020
INEOS
Lower sales and inventory holding losses erode profitability / Turnaround of two crackers negatively impacted results
12.08.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Total declares force majeure
11.08.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
Net profit in Q2 down 69% as sales drop 39% / Higher Asian demand for PE / Completion of PO/TBA plant in Texas delayed by one year
05.08.2020
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