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POLYURETHANES
Reactive polymer material with constantly growing consumption / Spotlight on Asia / Foams dominate the scene / Isocyanate and polyol components make for enormous diversity
31.03.2010
US COMPOUNDING AND CONCENTRATES
Opportunities for growth in NAFTA compounding industry / M&A activity / Large concentrates producers shift towards smaller custom batch output / AMI reports
31.03.2010
INDONESIA
Billions to be invested in petrochemical industry / Total PP capacity to reach 1.5m t in 2015
30.03.2010
SINOPEC
Chinese become new partner for polypropylene plant in Kazakhstan / LyondellBasell withdraws
26.03.2010
PLASTICS ECONOMY
Producers begin to emerge from recession / Capacity cutbacks help boost the bottom line / Asian rebound fuels hopes for worldwide recovery / Overextended players still dealing with crisis
22.03.2010
BOROUGE
“Borouge 2” to begin operations in mid-2010 as planned / Capacity to triple
22.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technical problem shuts down Ineos' Grangemouth PP plant / No FM
18.03.2010
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
China is driving the global market for automotive engineering / Trend towards small, compact vehicles / Industry propelled by alternative engine systems / Suppliers fear wave of insolvencies
18.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Carrington
17.03.2010
ENGINEERING PLASTICS
Tense PA 6.6 situation beginning to boil over to other engineering plastics / Prudence needed
12.03.2010
EMS GRIVORY
Expansion of PPA capacity announced
12.03.2010
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Acquisition of US electroactive polymer producer Artificial Muscle / New Touchscreen technology
10.03.2010
DOW
Business alliance for polyurethane systems in the Middle East / New manufacturing plant planned in Saudi Arabia
09.03.2010
PERSTORP
Applications laboratory opened in India
05.03.2010
CEREPLAST
Bioplastics plant started up in Indiana / Nearly 37,000 t/y full capacity
05.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6 supply situation increasingly tight / BASF reports “limited availability” / Rhodia upholds FM
03.03.2010
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Gas-phase TDI plant at Dormagen slated to start up in 2014 / Approval by authorities pending
03.03.2010
DSM / MITSUBISHI
Swap of polyamide and polycarbonate production receives official seal of approval
03.03.2010
BAYER
“Marked recovery” from 2009 slump seen / BMS chief optimistic about PC, MDI and TDI growth
01.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL
Closure of PP plant in Italy planned
26.02.2010
INEOS
PVC production in Wales to cease after second quarter / Reaction to “steadily declining market”
25.02.2010
ITALY
Last chance to save Italian vinyls production? / Eni and Qatar's Ramco sign preliminary deal
25.02.2010
VELOX
New European distributor for SK Chemicals' “Skygreen” range for cosmetic packaging
23.02.2010
COMPOUNDING MARKET
US demand for independently compounded thermoplastics to reach 3.4m t in 2013 / Freedonia report
22.02.2010
COMPOSITES
Global market for unsaturated polyester resins to reach USD 5.8 bn in 2015 / Lucintel report
19.02.2010
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