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JAPAN
Three major PP compounders to merge jv assets / GRP business still strategic
10.05.2013
FORMOSA PLASTICS
Fire breaks out injuring 14 / Force majeure for PE line apparently in place
09.05.2013
LYONDELLBASELL
Net profit up 50% in Q1 2013 / Europe continues “difficult” / More PE capacity planned
30.04.2013
INEOS
Q1 profits fall by 11% following Lavera cracker outage / North America business benefits from low-cost feedstocks
30.04.2013
JIANGSU SAILBOAT PETROCHEMICAL
Chinese olefins, polyolefins units licence Honeywell and LyondellBasell processes
30.04.2013
DOW
EBITDA up 30% at USD 2.22 bn in Q1 2013 / Performance plastics segment leads the way in operating profit increase
29.04.2013
TVK
2012 not a good year for the polyolefins group / Restructuring continues / Positive outlook remains for 2013
29.04.2013
LUKOIL
Kalush plants to resume production soon / Agreement reached with Ukrainian government
17.04.2013
RICOAL
Coal chemical company plans new polyolefin production in Rostov-on-Don / Start-up set for 2016
17.04.2013
SIBUR
Tighter price spreads contribute to fall in operating profit in petrochemicals segment / Acquisitions boost group sales
11.04.2013
EGYPT
New PE plant to start up in Alexandria in 2015 / Engineering contract awarded to Toyo and ENPPI / Part of national Petrochemicals Master Plan
04.04.2013
NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Licensing LyondellBasell technology for new PP plant
27.03.2013
DOW
New specialty plastics plants to be built on US Gulf Coast / Cheap shale gas-derived feedstock
21.03.2013
DOW
Licensing, plastics additives up for sale / Divestments worth USD 1.5 bn planned
19.03.2013
PERTAMINA
Partnering with Thailand's PTT for proposed Indonesian petrochemical hub / Joint venture to be established before end of 2013
18.03.2013
INEOS
Downturn in European olefins and polyolefins business hits 2012 operating profit / Cheaper feedstocks benefit US
12.03.2013
POLYETHYLENE
North America: Sasol building swing line / ExxonMobil plans to raise exports / New player eyeing facility in the Appalachians
11.03.2013
NOVA CHEMICALS
Lower margins lead to fall in operating profit / Record cash generation enables debt reduction of over USD 1 bn
11.03.2013
BASELL ORLEN
Quarrel ignites between joint venture partners Basell and Orlen / Poland demands compensation
06.03.2013
BOREALIS
Acquisition of DEXPlastomers jv completed / DSM also sells LLDPE Compact Solution Technology
05.03.2013
ORIENTAL ENERGY
Dow's "Unipol" license for PP plant in Shanghai / Propylene sourced from propane dehydrogenation unit
05.03.2013
SABIC
HDPE plant in Gelsenkirchen to switch to bimodal types / Producers of blow-moulded containers targeted
04.03.2013
LYONDELLBASELL
Job cuts at Italian research centre in Ferrara / Sale of Terni site to Novamont in progress?
28.02.2013
BOREALIS
2012 net profits hampered by poor polyolefins demand / European operations to be further optimised / Austrian PP catalyst plant onstream / Borouge 3 expansion on track
27.02.2013
SIBUR
Uniform system of PP grading codes to be introduced by joint venture with Moscow Oil Refinery / Trading subsidiaries established in Turkey and Ukraine
26.02.2013
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