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THERMOSET RESINS
South African and Kenyan demand to rise by 3.9% per year to 2017 / Infrastructure developments boost growth / Frost & Sullivan report
26.03.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET
Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth
25.03.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Chemical output stagnant in 2013 / H2 growth helped pull sector out of a recession / Net trade surplus reached EUR 46 bn / Sector confidence down slightly in January 2013 / Cefic report
25.03.2014
INEOS
Lawsuit filed against Sinopec over alleged acrylonitrile patent infringement / Seeking more than USD 1 bn in compensation / Latest quarrel picked by chairman Ratcliffe
24.03.2014
COIM
Raising polyester polyols capacity in Italy
19.03.2014
OWENS CORNING
Revamping French glass fibre production
19.03.2014
JOHNS MANVILLE
Modernising e-glass furnace in Slovakia / Catering to rising composites demand / Calls on EU to take measures to prevent dumping practices by Chinese producers
18.03.2014
LEHMANN & VOSS
Co-distributing Polymer Dynamix's “EverGlide” masterbatches and “DynaSil” flame retardants in EU and Switzerland
18.03.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Brunsbüttel TDI line to stay open longer / Strong demand / CO pipeline still controversial
14.03.2014
JUSHI
Glass fibre manufacturer ramping up Egyptian output / Expanding exports to Europe / Plans for North American facility
14.03.2014
SIPCHEM
Arab region's first PBT plant to come on stream this year / 63,000 t/y facility built by ThyssenKrupp
13.03.2014
POLYETHYLENE FILM MARKET
Impact of US shale gas reserves will see resin costs decline / European market contracting / Strong growth in the Middle East / Demand for speciality film rising / AMI multi client study
13.03.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos chairman Ratcliffe sees demise of European chemical industry if energy questions not resolved / Open letter to EU president Barroso / “Rabbits with our trousers down”
12.03.2014
MITSUBISHI / ASAHI KASEI
Consolidation of two Japanese crackers by 2016 / Streamlining of S-SBR chain / Difficult market
11.03.2014
ALBIS PLASTIC
Químicos & Plásticos to distribute compounded products in Brazil
11.03.2014
SHALE GAS
Fracking company Cuadrilla lifts UK shale estimate / Experts warn of complex local factors
11.03.2014
EPS INSULATION
Syndicate plans to lobby EU to prolong use of HBCD as flame retardant / Decision expected by year's end / Ban already enforced in Switzerland / German association members plan to follow in mid-2014
11.03.2014
BASF
PolyAd Services subsidiary sold to Edgewater Capital Partners / Focus on light stabilisers, antioxidants and customer specific blends
10.03.2014
SONATRACH
Algerian oil and gas giant pulls out of planned PE joint venture with Total / Launches expansion plans in Skikda
10.03.2014
POLYKEMI
Swedish compounder enlarges its foothold in the US / Omni Plast appointed contract compounder
06.03.2014
SUCCINITY
Follow-up: BASF-Purac joint venture begins commercial biobased succinic acid production
04.03.2014
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Latest BPF poll finds sector optimistic about 2014 / 73% of respondents expect UK sales levels to rise / Half anticipate increase in profitability / Energy supply and recruitment of skilled staff remain problematic
03.03.2014
AMIANTIT
Saudi pipe giant invests heavily in Norwegian Flowtite Technology subsidiary / 25 global production sites for GRP pipes
03.03.2014
BASF
Production at Hungarian PU systems house to cease
28.02.2014
SHALE GAS
Legal dispute between Argentina and Spain's Repsol over YPF expropriation comes to a close / USD 5 bn agreement / Argentine shale gas now up for grabs
28.02.2014
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