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HUNTSMAN
Opening of PU systems house in Dubai / Base for expansion into Middle East and North Africa
19.09.2019
PVC
Chinese exports to Asia plummet in first half of 2019 / US remains top supplier to China despite trade tariffs
18.09.2019
USA
New initiative launched by oil companies and environmentalists calls for carbon fee
18.09.2019
LYONDELLBASELL
Polyolefins producer sets out expansion in China / MoU with Liaoning Bora for cracker complex JV
17.09.2019
ALPLA
Plans progress with PTT to build rPET and rHDPE plant in Thailand / JV Envicco established
17.09.2019
OIL MARKETS
Attack on Saudi oil production not expected to have lasting impact on plastics industry / Threat of retaliation / Converters should either react quickly or wait it out
16.09.2019
TOTAL CORBION PLA
Opening of 75,000 t/y bioplastics plant in Thailand / Fully integrated production chain from sugar to PLA
16.09.2019
SHIN-ETSU
Ethane cracker in Louisiana just ahead of commissioning
16.09.2019
WORLD TRADE
China makes concessions ahead of trade talks with US / 16 products freed from tariffs / More items to follow
13.09.2019
PETROCHINA
Construction of ethane cracker in Shaanxi province begins / Downstream PE totalling 800,000 t/y
13.09.2019
BASF
Certified biodegradable PE film for tomato growers
11.09.2019
SIRMAX
Italian compounder expands commitment to biocompounds / Takeover of Microtec
10.09.2019
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
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
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
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