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REICHHOLD
Investors plan merger with Italian composites producer Polynt / Deal expected to close this year
19.05.2016
SIBUR
Logistics agreement with Karl Schmidt for ZapSibNeftekhim polyolefins hub / Deal comprises silos, warehouse and container terminal
17.05.2016
KURARAY
Texas-based PVOH plant starts up
17.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Renewed glitch at Versalis' plant in Ferrara / Fourth emergency shutdown this year / Line said to have resumed normal operations
12.05.2016
PMMA
Output of transparent plastic continues to grow / Most capacities located in Asia / Key applications include optoelectronics, underground engineering and automotive / New production processes are more economical
12.05.2016
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY
Sales flat, output slightly higher in 2015 / PlasticsEurope arm draws mixed picture
12.05.2016
JINYOUNG
Chinese compounder sets sights on Europe / Negotiating distribution arrangement in Poland
12.05.2016
DOMO CHEMICALS
Future benzene deliveries in eastern Germany to come by pipeline / Massive investment project with partner Total Leuna
11.05.2016
PVC RECYCLING
Nearly 515,000 t of PVC recycled via Europe's VinylPlus scheme in 2015 / PVC collection volatile, with better results in Q2 and Q4 / Products made from virgin PVC contain no lead from 2016
11.05.2016
EVONIK
Acquisition of Air Products' Performance Materials division for USD 3.8 bn / “Highly complementary portfolios” / Leadership in PU additives
10.05.2016
LORESTAN PETROCHEMICAL
Latest HD/LLDPE swing plant in Iran officially inaugurated / Connected to ethylene pipeline
10.05.2016
SOLVAY
Sale of Latin American PVC business to Unipar Carbocloro
10.05.2016
POLYPLASTICS
New POM grades for food and water contact applications / Further expansion in Europe and North America
10.05.2016
BOREALIS
Naming ceremony for massive ethane carrier / US shipments to Stenungsund expected to commence in Q4
09.05.2016
CHINA XD PLASTICS
Compounder expands Dubai plant / More technical materials for export to Europe / 2015 sales and profits cave in
09.05.2016
SOLVAY
Establishment of testing laboratory in China / Supporting “Technyl” customers in Asia
06.05.2016
DOMO
PA compounding plant opened in China / Rising demand for engineering plastics, particularly in automotive sector
05.05.2016
POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE
European plastics converters alliance calls on EU to suspend tariffs on polymer imports / Processors increasingly anxious in the face of tighter PP and PE availability
04.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EVA: Versalis declares force majeure for Oberhausen
04.05.2016
CLARIANT
New strategy for China unveiled at "Chinaplas" / Executive committee member based in Shanghai / Growth forecast of 7% for speciality chemicals / New additives solution
04.05.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PlasticsEurope president Patrick Thomas: Plastics industry needs to be at the forefront of combating problems like marine litter / Lessons from "PolyTalk" to be applied at global level / Europe is the source of the solution
03.05.2016
WOTE ADVANCED MATERIALS
New owner of Samsung's LCP slate / "Selcion" family now produced in China
03.05.2016
UNIPETROL
Fire-damaged cracker to resume partial operation in August / Q1 profits hit by outage / Construction of new PE plant to begin in June
02.05.2016
UK CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Brexit: Leaving the EU could harm UK chemicals trade, warns industry group CIA / Survey shows 62% of chemical companies in UK want to remain in EU
02.05.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
New PE complex not affected by nearby VCM explosion
02.05.2016
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