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Companies Standard Thermoplastics PVC

SHINTECH
Louisiana grants USD 6.6m in aid to Plaquemine upgrade / Start-up late 2023?
09.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Kem One declares force majeure for PVC deliveries from Saint-Fons
05.02.2021
UPDATE - PVC
Additional bottlenecks expected / Several producers face problems with primary products / Low inventory levels
02.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Vynova declares force majeure for PVC in Wilhelmshaven
01.02.2021
ORBIA
CEO Daniel Martínez-Valle steps down / Sameer Bharadwaj announced successor
26.01.2021
ORBIA
PVC unit said to be up for sale / Reports of advanced talks with US investment group Apollo
12.01.2021
BRASKEM
Gas supply halt forces PE shutdown in Mexico / Q3 sales and core profit soar on higher prices and demand recovery / Ramp-up of sustainability efforts
10.12.2020
PVC
EU imposes punative tariffs on PVC from the US
01.12.2020
VYNOVA
PVC resins made from mixed plastics waste / Sabic supplies ethylene produced with pyrolysis
25.11.2020
WESTLAKE
Q3 earnings and sales slide due to Hurricane Laura / Restructuring charges for European vinyls business
16.11.2020
INOVYN
Sustainability certification for “Biovyn” PVC for sites in Belgium and Germany
03.11.2020
PVC
China initiates anti-subsidy investigation against US imports
23.10.2020
IKA WOLFEN
Change in ownership of PVC stabiliser producer / Former Chemson manager Hofer buys into company
16.10.2020
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Kem One and Shin-Etsu declare forces majeures / Supply tightness takes on dramatic forms
14.10.2020
OYAK
Akdeniz Kimya and Chemson merge / New entity said to be world's largest PVC stabiliser company
14.10.2020
PVC
China initiates anti-dumping investigation into US-made PVC / US, Taiwan, Japan main import sources
02.10.2020
VINNOLIT
PVC maker proposes closure of Schkopau plant
23.09.2020
BENVIC
French PVC compounder acquires Italy's Luc & Bel
23.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
VCM/PVC: Inovyn declares force majeure for deliveries from Scandinavia
02.09.2020
BRASKEM
Q2 net income slips into red territory due to one-time charge for Alagoas conflict / Revenue down 16%
26.08.2020
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
SABIC
New wood-plastic composites JV
30.07.2020
BRASKEM
Effects from Covid-19 pandemic and exchange rate fluctuations depress Q1 earnings / US utilisation rate for PP production reduced
12.06.2020
ORBIA
Sale of vinyl sector including Vestolit put on ice / Post-crisis times awaited
10.06.2020
PETKIM
Higher expenditures and currency losses drag Q1 net income into red territory / Q1 production up 2%
10.06.2020
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