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UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Propylene: Borealis declares force majeure in Kallo / FM is also now in effect on PP in Burghausen / Restart for OMV's cracker
06.09.2019
COMPOSITES GERMANY
Mood in fibre-composite industry is clouding over / Automotive sector putting a brake on growth
06.09.2019
ASHLAND
Sale of composites business and German BDO plant to Ineos completed
05.09.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Production stopped by Borealis in Burghausen / New orders not taken for time being
03.09.2019
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
New trilateral consortium aims to make crackers more sustainable / Project of EU-based petchem giants backed by national and regional governments
03.09.2019
PET
EU imposes tariffs on PET manufactured in India
02.09.2019
CHINA
Polyethylene imports skyrocket in first half of 2019 / Much less cargo from US amid trade war
30.08.2019
INDORAMA
Plans to put USD 1.5 bn into PET bottle recycling / M&As a major strategy
29.08.2019
BIESTERFELD
Acquisition of Norway's Lindberg & Lund / Nordic presence and performance products portfolio boosted
29.08.2019
UPDATE - WORLD TRADE
Escalation of US-China trade dispute hits plastics once more / Full product lists published
28.08.2019
TURKEY
Plastics imports decline in first half of 2019 / Domestic consumption of commodities and end products hits rock bottom / Exports benefit from weak Turkish lira
28.08.2019
SP CHEMICALS
Chinese cracker now online / Ethane sourced from US
28.08.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
HDPE pipe: Ineos declares force majeure on deliveries from its Lillo site
27.08.2019
WORLD TRADE
US polymer exports rise rapidly in the first half-year / US overtakes Saudi Arabia as biggest supplier of HDPE to Europe / Conflict with China creates shifts in global market / Economic downturn continues
23.08.2019
USA
Volume of goods handled in Houston harbour set to break records / Expansion investments running into billions
22.08.2019
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Production of carbon fibre SMCs in Italy / Collaboration with prototype maker CPC
22.08.2019
SATELLITE PETROCHEMICAL
New 450,000 t/y propylene plant starts in China / Group also plans two crackers
21.08.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylene: ExxonMobil has unplanned shutdown of Fife cracker in Scotland
19.08.2019
SIBUR
Cracker in Siberia is running / PE facilities in test phase / First PP quantities delivered
16.08.2019
BRENNTAG
Distribution of Sipchem PBT in countries including Italy and France
16.08.2019
CARBON BLACK
Regulation governing heavy fuel oil in shipping sector pushes up cost of carbon blacks and masterbatches / Cabot and Orion make price adjustments
15.08.2019
BASF / SOLVAY / DOMO
Conditions for EUR 1.6 bn polyamide transaction fulfilled / Domo Chemicals to acquire European polyamide 6.6 business
14.08.2019
POLYURETHANE MARKET
Asia-Pacific PU products output to rise 4% per year to 2023 / Strong growth in China adhesives and flexible foams / IAL Consultants report
14.08.2019
DSM
Plastics segment suffers from falling sales / Acquisition of SRF's polymers division
14.08.2019
INEOS STYROLUTION
Construction of new ASA plant begins in Bayport / ASA production to be transferred from Mexico
14.08.2019
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