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PLASTICS RECYCLING
Switzerland to lift recycling fee for PET bottles on 1 July
07.06.2016
POLYURETHANE
Ukraine imposes anti-dumping duties on semi-finished PU materials
07.06.2016
SHALE GAS
Non-binding vote to ban fracking passes Scottish Parliament / Ineos “focused on England” / Crotty says Scotland will “miss out”
07.06.2016
STEPAN
Polyester polyols capacity expansion in Poland due on stream in mid-2016
06.06.2016
TRELLEBORG
EUR 1.17 bn acquisition of CGS completed / Czech company's engineered polymer solutions business will add to and strengthen existing leading positions
06.06.2016
HEXCEL
Strategic investment in PEKK 3D printed parts specialist Oxford Performance Materials / Focus on aerospace applications
02.06.2016
REPSOL
Tarragona-based mLLDPE line starts operations
01.06.2016
HONEYWELL
Groundbreaking for MTO catalysts line in China / Eight MTO plants licensed as China cut reliance on oil imports
01.06.2016
PLASMAN
Acquisition of Sweden's Plastal Industri / Canadian Tier 1 automotive supplier gains European base
01.06.2016
MITSUI CHEMICALS
Global capacity hike of 5% for automotive PP compounds / New plants to start up in 2017
31.05.2016
MECAPLAST
Automotive OEM starts up its first plant in Slovakia
31.05.2016
EASTMAN
Stake in Primester acetate flake joint venture to be sold to Solvay / Supply agreement sealed
30.05.2016
PVC RECYCLING
UK medical waste collection scheme operational in seven hospitals
30.05.2016
FRANCE
Strikes widened to include nuclear plants / Refinery blockade hits plastics converters
27.05.2016
MOLECOR
Joint venture with South African sales partner / Production of PVC-O pipes from mid-2016
27.05.2016
SEB
Acquisition of German consumer goods companies Emsa and WMF / Boosts position in kitchenware and coffee machines markets
26.05.2016
SK INNOVATION
New propylene dehydrogenation plant inaugurated in South Korea / Saudi and Kuwaiti partners
26.05.2016
FRANCE
Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations
25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP: Ineos declares force majeure for Lavéra and Sarralbe
25.05.2016
FRANCE
Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage
25.05.2016
PLASTIC PIPES
TEPPFA commits to doubling recycling in Europe by 2020 / Campaign at EU level for special status under REACH and WFD to relax treatment of “legacy substances”
25.05.2016
FOOD PACKAGING
Project to develop bioplastic packaging that helps extend shelf life / Sensors display when food not fit to eat / Four prototypes
25.05.2016
PETRONAS
Engineering contractors appointed for Malaysia LLDPE and PP projects / Start-up expected by early 2019
25.05.2016
HAIER
Chinese white goods producer commissions Russian plant / Using Dow's PU foam for refrigerator insulation
24.05.2016
KUKA
China's Midea plans to significantly increase stake in German automation specialist
23.05.2016
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