www.pieweb.com
Middle East Conflict
Latest news and market reports on the impact on the plastics industry.
To the topic page

Markets Polymer Materials Petrochemicals

LYONDELLBASELL
“Strategic options” for Houston refinery under review / Divestment most likely course / Analysts see “little interest” in fossil-fired facilities
14.09.2021
SABIC / FUJIAN PETRO
Chinese-Arab joint venture for mega petrochemical complex in the southeast of People's Republic
09.09.2021
RAW MATERIALS
Ifo Institute: Scarcity increasingly dramatic / Record complaints from German converters / Gloomy forecasts for recovery
09.09.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire at HIP Petrohemija's Pancevo facility in Serbia / Force majeure declared on ethylene
08.09.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EVOH: Bottleneck results from forces majeures on upstream product VAM / Numerous sharp price increases
06.09.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Sabic lifts force majeure / Allocations remain partially in place
02.09.2021
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
VCI President Kullmann: “No all-clear for raw material supply” / Industry expects record sales growth / Electricity price cause for concern
02.09.2021
UPDATE - USA
Hurricane Ida hammers infrastructure at US Gulf Coast / Numerous petchem plants without power / Forecasts say some production out for up to six weeks
01.09.2021
PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY
Raw material shortages everywhere / Fatal combination of more demand and less production
31.08.2021
AFYREN
French specialist for organic acids to go public / Slight delay for Carling plant
31.08.2021
CORRECTION - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Propylene oxide: No force majeure at BASF / Plant for surfactants affected
30.08.2021
USA
Hurricane Ida makes landfall near New Orleans / Petrochemical plants shut down, ports closed
30.08.2021
INVISTA
Shanghai expansion enters next phase / PA 6.6 capacity to more than double
30.08.2021
RAW MATERIALS
CBI says UK stock shortages worst on record; plastics partially to blame / McDonald's halts sales of bottled drinks in UK
25.08.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Naphtha pipeline at Chemelot repaired / Sabic gradually restarting facilities
18.08.2021
CHINA
Construction halted at possible record-setting coal chemical facility
17.08.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Limited production at Saudi site Al Jubail due to power failure
13.08.2021
BASF
Capacity expansions planned for JV with Sinopec / New tert-butyl acrylate plant to widen the “Verbund”
12.08.2021
RAW MATERIALS
Ifo Institute: Shortages hound German construction sector / Plastic products scarce, expensive
11.08.2021
LYONDELLBASELL
Restart of olefin, polyolefin units following blast / VAM production may have been idled / CSB starts probe / Workers file lawsuits
10.08.2021
CURRENTA
No more hope of survivors / Death toll rises to seven
28.07.2021
UPDATE - CURRENTA
Two dead, five missing after explosion at Chempark Leverkusen, Germany
27.07.2021
NOVA CHEMICALS
Canadian chemical group continues portfolio streamlining / Sale of tank storage and logistics business in Texas
22.07.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
ACN: AnQore declares force majeure
19.07.2021
EU CLIMATE POLICY
“Fit for 55” leads to hot debates in the industry / EU unveils long-awaited climate package / Transportation to be included in ETS / Chemical and waste sectors mostly on board
19.07.2021
Seite 38 von 106
Topic search
Plastics Information Europe
  • Polymer Prices (6.377)
    • Petrochemicals (573)
    • Standard Thermoplastics (1.024)
    • PET (259)
    • Engineering Thermoplastics (267)
    • Recyclate (397)
      • General (6)
      • Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate (195)
      • Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate (196)
    • Polyurethanes (260)
    • High Performance Polymers (2)
    • Composites (193)
    • Announcements (2.625)
    • World Regions (617)
      • China (314)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (158)
        • Engineering Thermoplastics (156)
      • North America (179)
      • Russia (124)
    • Spot Prices (136)
    • Forecasts (24)
  • Companies (36.337)
    • Polymer Materials (17.873)
      • Petrochemicals (3.244)
      • Charge (1.926)
        • General (99)
        • Masterbatches (343)
        • Additives (813)
        • Colours (396)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (275)
      • Polymers (11.501)
        • General (743)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (3.994)
          • General (113)
          • Polyolefins (2.031)
          • Polystyrenes (358)
          • PVC (703)
          • Polyester (580)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (209)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (3.379)
          • General (352)
          • Styrene Copolymers (275)
          • PC/PMMA (479)
          • Polyamides (956)
          • POM/PBT/PP (329)
          • Technical Compounds (988)
        • PUR (813)
        • Other (2.572)
          • General (105)
          • Composites/Thermosets (414)
          • High Performance (642)
          • Biopolymers (717)
          • Elastomers/TPE (383)
          • Recyclate (311)
      • Distribution (1.202)
    • Machinery (1.130)
      • General (32)
      • Plant Construction (145)
      • Core Machines (764)
        • General (92)
        • Extrusion (183)
        • Injection Moulding (384)
        • Blow Moulding (73)
        • Foam (12)
        • PUR (16)
        • Compression Moulding (4)
      • Peripherals (184)
        • General (34)
        • Control Systems (4)
        • Automatisation (34)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (99)
        • Components (13)
      • Finishing (5)
    • Processing (7.456)
      • General (935)
      • Extrusion (2.422)
        • General (129)
        • Flexible Films (1.172)
        • Rigid Films/Sheet (391)
        • Pipes (358)
        • Profiles/Rods (264)
        • Other (108)
      • Injection Moulding (1.812)
      • Blow Moulding (537)
      • PUR (336)
      • Other (1.167)
        • General (131)
        • Foam (317)
        • Composites/Thermosets (360)
        • Thermoforming (229)
        • Rotational Moulding (33)
        • Additive Manufacturing (97)
      • Finishing (247)
    • Application (7.668)
      • General (139)
      • Packaging (3.312)
      • Construction (757)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.761)
      • Electrical Appliances (354)
      • Consumer Goods (704)
      • Medical (415)
      • Technical (226)
    • Other (2.210)
      • Recycling/Disposal (1.767)
      • Services (262)
      • Logistics (181)
  • Commercial Register (165)
    • Insolvency (159)
    • Changes (6)
  • Markets (24.806)
    • Polymer Materials (10.692)
      • Petrochemicals (2.635)
      • Charge (889)
        • General (40)
        • Masterbatches (100)
        • Additives (350)
        • Colours (164)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (235)
      • Polymers (6.761)
        • General (875)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (2.549)
          • General (74)
          • Polyolefins (1.275)
          • Polystyrenes (168)
          • PVC (525)
          • Polyester (364)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (143)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (1.360)
          • General (90)
          • Styrene Copolymers (118)
          • PC/PMMA (163)
          • Polyamides (475)
          • POM/PBT/PP (114)
          • Technical Compounds (400)
        • PUR (477)
        • Other (1.500)
          • General (47)
          • Composites/Thermosets (302)
          • High Performance (314)
          • Biopolymers (443)
          • Elastomers/TPE (148)
          • Recyclate (246)
      • Other Materials (61)
      • Distribution (346)
    • Machinery (528)
      • General (133)
      • Plant Construction (15)
      • Core Machines (308)
        • General (118)
        • Extrusion (37)
        • Injection Moulding (131)
        • Blow Moulding (15)
        • PUR (5)
        • Compression Moulding (2)
      • Peripherals (72)
        • General (21)
        • Automatisation (17)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (34)
    • Processing (1.765)
      • General (472)
      • Extrusion (628)
        • General (20)
        • Flexible Films (305)
        • Rigid Films/Sheets (126)
        • Pipes (75)
        • Profiles/Rods (91)
        • Other (11)
      • Injection Moulding (183)
      • Blow Moulding (43)
      • PUR (84)
      • Other (310)
        • General (20)
        • Foam (82)
        • Composites/Thermosets (141)
        • Thermoforming (20)
        • Rotational Moulding (8)
        • Additive Manufacturing (39)
      • Finishing (45)
    • Applications (4.377)
      • General (51)
      • Packaging (2.119)
      • Construction (344)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.024)
      • Electrical Appliances (230)
      • Consumer Goods (277)
      • Medical (213)
      • Technical (63)
      • Other (56)
    • Regions and Countries (4.218)
      • World (196)
      • German-speaking Countries (501)
      • Europe (2.067)
        • General (508)
        • Italy (148)
        • France (157)
        • Spain/Portugal (106)
        • Great Britain/Ireland (526)
        • Low Countries (75)
        • Central Europe (182)
        • Scandinavia (47)
        • Russia (116)
        • Eastern Europe (59)
        • Southeastern Europe (143)
      • North America (499)
      • Asia (683)
        • General (123)
        • China (393)
        • Japan (51)
        • Korea (28)
        • India (88)
      • Middle East (149)
      • Other (40)
      • South America (83)
    • Other (3.226)
      • Recycling/Disposal (2.284)
      • Economic Trend (537)
      • Services (41)
      • Logistics (280)
      • Energy (84)
  • Production and Engineering (3.847)
    • Polymer Materials (2.396)
      • Petrochemicals (63)
      • Charge (445)
        • General (14)
        • Masterbatches (114)
        • Additives (229)
        • Colours (53)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (35)
      • Polymers (1.857)
        • General (31)
        • Standard Themoplastics (369)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (606)
          • General (20)
          • Styrene Copolymers (63)
          • PC/PMMA (64)
          • Polyamides (209)
          • POM/PBT/PP (69)
          • Technical Compounds (181)
        • PUR (74)
        • Other (777)
          • General (23)
          • Composites/Thermosets (108)
          • High Performance (161)
          • Biopolymers (253)
          • Elastomers/TPE (115)
          • Recyclate (117)
      • Other (31)
    • Machinery (95)
      • Extrusion (20)
        • General (8)
        • Flexible Films (5)
        • Calender (3)
        • Rigid films/Sheets/Thermoforming (1)
        • Pipes/Profiles (3)
      • Injection Moulding (32)
        • General (16)
        • Process (10)
        • Tools (4)
        • Automatisation (2)
      • Blow Moulding (10)
      • Other (33)
    • Research (445)
      • Polymer Materials (146)
      • Technical (16)
      • Product Development (42)
      • Process (84)
      • Application (95)
      • Patents (4)
        • Polymer Materials (2)
        • Process (2)
      • Other (58)
    • New Products (871)
      • Packaging (573)
      • Construction (35)
      • Automotive / Transport (100)
      • Electrical Appliances (28)
      • Consumer Goods (51)
      • Medical (38)
      • Technical (8)
      • Other (38)
    • Other (40)
  • Management (816)
    • Purchasing (109)
    • General Management (197)
    • Company organisation (45)
    • Marketing/Sales (15)
    • Human Resources (8)
    • Finances (102)
    • Logistics (340)
  • People (1.515)
  • Industry (6.647)
    • General (1.292)
    • Associations/Institutions (2.529)
    • Legislation (1.475)
    • Environment / Health (1.341)
    • plas.TV - Plastics unite(d) (10)
  • Events (1.186)
  • Plastic Fantastic (580)
  • Commentaries (86)
  • Interviews (165)
  • Notes by Publisher (81)
© 2026 by Plastics Information Europe, Bad Homburg
Date of print: 01/06/2026
Ref: ofryz2jb1z4bri45s2vqwdrh
KIVBHI
All rights reserved.
Access and use is subject to our terms and conditions.
URL: https://pieweb.plasteurope.com/Default.aspx?node=100194&page=38&pageid=302