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BIOPLASTICS
Renewable route to butadiene / Versalis, Novamont and Genomatica cooperate
26.07.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rhodia lifts FM for PA 6.6 in Brazil
24.07.2012
GEORGIA GULF
Purchase of PPG's commodity chemicals business / Creation of North America's second largest VCM producer / Deal improves integration with low cost US gas
24.07.2012
CHEMTURA
New rotational casting laboratory starts up in Italy
23.07.2012
INABATA
Compounding expansions planned in Vietnam and Indonesia / Investments studied in India, Mexico and Brazil
23.07.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience lifts force majeure for TDI and MDI from Brunsbüttel
20.07.2012
INDIA
Polymer demand outstrips GDP / Third largest consumer after China, US / GlobalData report
19.07.2012
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU system houses in Italy, Czech Republic and Greece close up shop
17.07.2012
PET RECYCLING
EU 27 collected 1.6m t of PET in 2011 / Recycling rate grows by 9.4% year-on-year / Recyclers operating at only 77% capacity utilisation / Latest Petcore, EuPR figures
17.07.2012
US BIOPLASTICS
Demand expected to rise 30% to 25m t by 2016 / Freedonia sees USD 680m value
16.07.2012
UNIPETROL
Plans to modernise HDPE line in Litvinov / New bimodal facility to replace older one
13.07.2012
BIOPLASTICS
Global market to grow 34% per year to 2016 / Largest growth in Europe and the Americas / BCC Research report
11.07.2012
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES
US demand to reach USD 10.3 bn in 2016 / Gains driven by aerospace applications / Carbon-fibre composites will see largest growth / Freedonia reports
10.07.2012
HUNTSMAN
Full ownership in Russian polyurethane joint venture acquired
09.07.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Styrolution lifts global force majeure for certain specialty grades
06.07.2012
HEXPOL
Acquisition of caps and closures compounds specialist EPS
04.07.2012
SAUDI KAYAN
Jacobs Engineering contracted for new UHMW-PE line in Al Jubail
04.07.2012
SIBUR
Follow-up: ZapSibNeftekhim complex will include two HDPE and two LLD/HDPE swing lines
03.07.2012
TORAY INDUSTRIES
Offtake agreement with Gevo for supply of bioPX for use in production of bio-based PET
02.07.2012
ARKEMA
Go-ahead for EUR 70m investment in fluoropolymer expansion in France / Quarrel with unions has been laid to rest
02.07.2012
ITALY
PVC consumption down 3.9% in 2011 / Flagging construction sector / Economic woes could worsen this year
02.07.2012
TICONA
Final start-up phase of new POM plant in Frankfurt imminent
29.06.2012
RUSSIA
PET producers and processors appeal to prime minister Medvedev to intervene on proposed ban / Law would send the industry back years
28.06.2012
TOHO TENAX
Collaboration with India's Hindoostan Technical Fabrics to develop carbon fibre fabrics for use in composites
28.06.2012
HANWHA AZDEL
USD 20m investment in new lightweight reinforced thermoplastic composites line in South Korea
28.06.2012
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