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US BIOPOLYMERS
Demand set to increase by 4.3% annually / Cellulose ethers account for one third of market / Packaging segment benefits from declining PLA prices / Freedonia study
07.06.2016
POLYURETHANE
Ukraine imposes anti-dumping duties on semi-finished PU materials
07.06.2016
STEPAN
Polyester polyols capacity expansion in Poland due on stream in mid-2016
06.06.2016
REPSOL
Tarragona-based mLLDPE line starts operations
01.06.2016
MITSUI CHEMICALS
Global capacity hike of 5% for automotive PP compounds / New plants to start up in 2017
31.05.2016
EASTMAN
Stake in Primester acetate flake joint venture to be sold to Solvay / Supply agreement sealed
30.05.2016
FRANCE
Strikes widened to include nuclear plants / Refinery blockade hits plastics converters
27.05.2016
FRANCE
Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations
25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP: Ineos declares force majeure for Lavéra and Sarralbe
25.05.2016
FRANCE
Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage
25.05.2016
FOOD PACKAGING
Project to develop bioplastic packaging that helps extend shelf life / Sensors display when food not fit to eat / Four prototypes
25.05.2016
PETRONAS
Engineering contractors appointed for Malaysia LLDPE and PP projects / Start-up expected by early 2019
25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: FCC outage at Unipetrol in Kralupy / Refinery completely switched off / No propylene for Litvinov
20.05.2016
UBE / MITSUBISHI RAYON
Planned merger between UMG joint venture and JSR subsidiary Techno Polymer / Japanese ABS industry continues to consolidate
20.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP, PS: Strike leads Total to declare force majeure for Gonfreville / Other sites also affected
19.05.2016
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
LORESTAN PETROCHEMICAL
Latest HD/LLDPE swing plant in Iran officially inaugurated / Connected to ethylene pipeline
10.05.2016
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