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SOLVAY
Specialty Polymers division offers alternatives to PA 12
10.05.2012
HPCL-MITTAL
Guru Gobind Singh refinery and PP plant officially commissioned
09.05.2012
ADVANCED
Saudi group sets up joint venture with Turkey's Bayegan / Integrated PP plant to go on stream in Turkey in 2015
09.05.2012
VINYLPLUS
New sustainability initiative on track after first year / Target of 800,000 per year PVC recycling by 2020
09.05.2012
WESTLAKE
Proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf withdrawn / Plans to liquidate all holdings
08.05.2012
DATONG COAL MINE
Construction works for mega petrochemical project kick off / Manufacturing PE, PP and POM from coal
08.05.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Chinese players sweep in to meet European PA 12 needs / ClickPlastics acts as continental distributor
08.05.2012
MDI
Brazil imposes anti-dumping duties on imports from the US and China / Finance minister announces measures to ease pressure on industrial sector
04.05.2012
EVONIK
German group confirms plans for new PA 12 plant in Asia / Gregor Hetzke talks to PIE about the recent explosion in Marl and the company's future plans in Asia / Chinaplas exclusive interview
03.05.2012
PLASTICS TRADE
Spotlight on China's Zhang Mu Tou plastic trading centre in Dongguan / PIE visits regional hub for plastic buying and selling activities / EUR 1.2 bn in annual turnover
02.05.2012
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
German environmental group sues supermarket chains for misleading customers on biodegradable plastic bags / Carriers said to be problematic to recycle / Compost producers concerned
25.04.2012
METABOLIX
New office in Cologne, Germany / First representation outside USA
25.04.2012
STYRON
Customers said to be broadly supportive of change in polystyrene contract timing
24.04.2012
EVONIK
Expansion of “Vestamid” Terra biopolymers in Shanghai
20.04.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 12 market facing extreme tightness after Marl blast / Evonik production out at least three months
18.04.2012
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Acquisition of Arkema's “Tuffak” polycarbonate sheet business in US / Global network extended
17.04.2012
ALBIS PLASTIC
New compounding facility in China / EUR 10m investment
12.04.2012
SABIC / SINOPEC
Groundbreaking ceremony for new PC plant in Tianjin / Commissioning expected in 2015
11.04.2012
INDORAMA VENTURES
Follow-up: Takeover of Old World Industries' ethylene glycol and MEG business wrapped up / Virtually integrated into PTA in the US / IVL chairman says deal is a “game changer”
10.04.2012
3M
Dyneon subsidiary doubles fluoropolymer capacity in Burgkirchen / EUR 60m investment
10.04.2012
RADICI
Profits fall in 2011 / Strong growth in sales across all business areas / Plastics revenues rise by 10%
05.04.2012
DSM / ROQUETTE
Reverdia bio-succinic acid joint venture approved by regulatory authorities / First large-scale plant
04.04.2012
FLUOROPOLYMERS
German industry association says supply picture has improved / Prices remain at a high level / Summer business will be dominated by cooling agents
04.04.2012
DOW
Cost-reduction plan will see 900 jobs slashed worldwide / Plant closures in Europe and the Americas / Move expected to deliver USD 250m in annual savings
03.04.2012
PLASTICS MARKETS
Global production reaches about 280m t / China remains leading plastics producer / Latest figures from PlasticsEurope
03.04.2012
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