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DOW CHEMICAL
Ninth consecutive quarter of operating profit growth / Adjusted EBITDA reaches USD 9.3 bn in 2014 / Sales up 2% at USD 58.2 bn / Performance Plastics records highest growth
02.02.2015
SASOL
US-based upstream plans shelved for now / Commitment to ethane cracker and PE lines reconfirmed
30.01.2015
REPSOL
Puertollano modernisation efforts begin / Works expected to take two months / EVA debottlenecking / PP output switched
27.01.2015
PETRONAS
LyondellBasell PP licenses acquired for RAPID project
27.01.2015
ULTRAPOLYMERS
New LyondellBasell “Purell” HDPE grade added to distribution portfolio / Targeted at medical applications
21.01.2015
BRASKEM
LLDPE capacity expansion in Bahia brought on stream / Output to go towards meeting domestic demand
21.01.2015
TVK
MOL plans to acquire remaining shares in Hungarian polyolefin producer
19.01.2015
SABIC EUROPE
Follow-up: Software problems resolved / Polyolefin deliveries in Europe have resumed
14.01.2015
SABIC EUROPE
Customers report delays in polyolefin deliveries / Crash following software switch?
13.01.2015
BOREALIS
Challenge to Finnish tax reassessment / Company says charge is “unjustified”
09.01.2015
FUND ENERGY
Chinese MTO producer secures Ineos “Innovene” license for new PP line
05.01.2015
JAM PETROCHEMICAL
Iranian company resumes LLDPE exports to western Europe / First shipment to leave shortly before Christmas
23.12.2014
SIBUR
Tobolsk Polymer subsidiary starts up propylene plant / UOP technology / Backward integration
19.12.2014
DOW
Deborah Borg appointed president of Dow USA
18.12.2014
INEOS / SASOL
Work on Texas HDPE joint venture begins
09.12.2014
BASF
Strategic cooperation with Kazanorgsintez / Supply of plastics additives and technical support for HDPE
02.12.2014
SAMSUNG
Majority share in Chemicals to be sold to Hanwha / Proposed transaction also includes stake in Samsung Total joint venture
01.12.2014
DREYPLAS
Distributing Mitsui Chemicals' UHMW-PE “Lubmer” and “Hi-Zex Million” range in Europe
01.12.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for LLDPE and HDPE from Grangemouth
27.11.2014
DOW
Follow-up: Chemicals giant reaches agreement with Third Point investor / Four independent directors to join management board
26.11.2014
EXXONMOBIL
Neil Chapman likely to fill the shoes of outgoing president Stephen Pryor
26.11.2014
PETKIM
Turkish petchems producer commissions ethylene and PTA capacity expansion at group headquarters
21.11.2014
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE speaks to Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe / “Clearly the vast majority of our investment today is going to be in the USA” / Manufacturers have no chance in Europe / Shale exploration could restore competitiveness
19.11.2014
DOW
Third Point hedge fund launches renewed attack on management / Expanding PE capacities in Argentina / Shares in Kuwaiti joint ventures to be divested
14.11.2014
FLINT HILLS RESOURCES
Michigan-based PP plant to be shut next July / Looking for buyers
12.11.2014
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