www.pieweb.com

Markets Polymers Standard Thermoplastics

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Total's plant in Carling suffers ethylene shortage again / Force Majeure declared
21.04.2021
CORRECTION - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Kem One confirms force majeure for PVC from Berre / Allocations tighten up
20.04.2021
ENGRO POLYMER
PVC expansion in Pakistan about to go into operation / Plans for PDH-PP unit updated
16.04.2021
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos announces force majeure for HDPE from Belgium site
06.04.2021
RAW MATERIALS
PVC supply problems hit window production in Europe / EPPA calls for end of force majeure shutdowns
06.04.2021
CHINA
PE market 2020: Covid-ravaged year ends with significant growth / Imports cover around half of demand / Russian shipments on the rise
24.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Egyptian EPC plant shut down after fire / Several people injured
23.03.2021
POLYETHYLENE
Eurostat figures show large influx from the US / Saudi Arabia displaced as leading importer / Focus on high-quality LLD and HD grades / European production under increasing pressure
22.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell lifts force majeure for polypropylene deliveries from Tarragona
16.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
KI Group webinar “Turbulence on the plastics markets” / Price specialists answer questions from 700 participants / Not every force majeure is a force majeure / Purchasing should be more involved in decision-making
15.03.2021
STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS
Application to EFSA for rPS as food contact material / Successful trials
12.03.2021
RAW MATERIALS
More European processing groups warn of resin shortages / Shops set to cut production, delay deliveries of finished products
08.03.2021
EPS PACKAGING
Launch of “Smart Packaging Europe” campaign to promote expanded polystyrene packaging
08.03.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING / RAW MATERIAL MARKETS
Hand-wringing everywhere / Processors' associations react with concern: “Don't leave us hanging!” / Restrictions likely to continue well into April / Calmer price situation first expected at year's end
05.03.2021
EPS
Materials becoming scarce / Styrene cost explosion drives danger of bottlenecks / Prices likely to hit record high in March
04.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Versalis declares force majeure for EVA deliveries from Germany
04.03.2021
INDORAMA
Covid-19 and oil-price collapse squeeze 2020 profits / Record sales volume of 14m t / Expansion of four-year cost-cutting programme
02.03.2021
PVC RECYCLING
New reporting scheme launched for Europe's PVC recyclers / RecoTrace to track flow of material
01.03.2021
BRASKEM
Polyolefin producer expands production of bio-based ethylene in Brazil / Investment of EUR 50m
25.02.2021
LOYAL
Taiwanese group to build second EPS plant in Northern China
25.02.2021
SUMIKA POLYMER COMPOUNDS
PP compounding subsidiary to be built in Poland
23.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Vestolit declares force majeure for PVC in Central America / Material also in short supply in Europe
22.02.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING
PRE-Eunomia study highlights key measures to improve rigid HDPE and PP collection and recycling / Need for better data in supply chain
22.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for HDPE materials
18.02.2021
POLYPROPYLENE
Supply situation remains difficult / Signs of availability improvement treacherous / Upcoming maintenance turnarounds and unscheduled outages of US production lines
18.02.2021
Seite 26 von 98
Topic search
Plastics Information Europe
  • Polymer Prices (6.281)
    • Petrochemicals (555)
    • Standard Thermoplastics (1.011)
    • PET (257)
    • Engineering Thermoplastics (264)
    • Recyclate (391)
      • General (6)
      • Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate (192)
      • Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate (193)
    • Polyurethanes (257)
    • High Performance Polymers (2)
    • Composites (190)
    • Announcements (2.593)
    • World Regions (607)
      • China (308)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (155)
        • Engineering Thermoplastics (153)
      • North America (175)
      • Russia (124)
    • Spot Prices (133)
    • Forecasts (21)
  • Companies (35.877)
    • Polymer Materials (17.664)
      • Petrochemicals (3.198)
      • Charge (1.902)
        • General (98)
        • Masterbatches (342)
        • Additives (800)
        • Colours (390)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (272)
      • Polymers (11.368)
        • General (735)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (3.938)
          • General (113)
          • Polyolefins (2.005)
          • Polystyrenes (352)
          • PVC (689)
          • Polyester (573)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (206)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (3.340)
          • General (352)
          • Styrene Copolymers (266)
          • PC/PMMA (474)
          • Polyamides (943)
          • POM/PBT/PP (324)
          • Technical Compounds (981)
        • PUR (809)
        • Other (2.546)
          • General (104)
          • Composites/Thermosets (414)
          • High Performance (637)
          • Biopolymers (711)
          • Elastomers/TPE (381)
          • Recyclate (299)
      • Distribution (1.196)
    • Machinery (1.122)
      • General (31)
      • Plant Construction (144)
      • Core Machines (759)
        • General (92)
        • Extrusion (182)
        • Injection Moulding (380)
        • Blow Moulding (73)
        • Foam (12)
        • PUR (16)
        • Compression Moulding (4)
      • Peripherals (183)
        • General (33)
        • Control Systems (4)
        • Automatisation (34)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (99)
        • Components (13)
      • Finishing (5)
    • Processing (7.364)
      • General (921)
      • Extrusion (2.404)
        • General (128)
        • Flexible Films (1.165)
        • Rigid Films/Sheet (389)
        • Pipes (354)
        • Profiles/Rods (261)
        • Other (107)
      • Injection Moulding (1.785)
      • Blow Moulding (528)
      • PUR (327)
      • Other (1.155)
        • General (127)
        • Foam (316)
        • Composites/Thermosets (356)
        • Thermoforming (227)
        • Rotational Moulding (32)
        • Additive Manufacturing (97)
      • Finishing (244)
    • Application (7.588)
      • General (134)
      • Packaging (3.277)
      • Construction (749)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.738)
      • Electrical Appliances (354)
      • Consumer Goods (701)
      • Medical (411)
      • Technical (224)
    • Other (2.139)
      • Recycling/Disposal (1.713)
      • Services (259)
      • Logistics (167)
  • Commercial Register (156)
    • Insolvency (151)
    • Changes (5)
  • Markets (24.399)
    • Polymer Materials (10.525)
      • Petrochemicals (2.590)
      • Charge (880)
        • General (39)
        • Masterbatches (98)
        • Additives (349)
        • Colours (162)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (232)
      • Polymers (6.656)
        • General (849)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (2.515)
          • General (74)
          • Polyolefins (1.259)
          • Polystyrenes (164)
          • PVC (516)
          • Polyester (359)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (143)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (1.339)
          • General (89)
          • Styrene Copolymers (112)
          • PC/PMMA (161)
          • Polyamides (467)
          • POM/PBT/PP (114)
          • Technical Compounds (396)
        • PUR (475)
        • Other (1.478)
          • General (47)
          • Composites/Thermosets (301)
          • High Performance (312)
          • Biopolymers (437)
          • Elastomers/TPE (147)
          • Recyclate (234)
      • Other Materials (60)
      • Distribution (339)
    • Machinery (523)
      • General (131)
      • Plant Construction (14)
      • Core Machines (306)
        • General (116)
        • Extrusion (37)
        • Injection Moulding (131)
        • Blow Moulding (15)
        • PUR (5)
        • Compression Moulding (2)
      • Peripherals (72)
        • General (21)
        • Automatisation (17)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (34)
    • Processing (1.744)
      • General (455)
      • Extrusion (627)
        • General (20)
        • Flexible Films (305)
        • Rigid Films/Sheets (126)
        • Pipes (75)
        • Profiles/Rods (90)
        • Other (11)
      • Injection Moulding (181)
      • Blow Moulding (43)
      • PUR (84)
      • Other (309)
        • General (20)
        • Foam (82)
        • Composites/Thermosets (140)
        • Thermoforming (20)
        • Rotational Moulding (8)
        • Additive Manufacturing (39)
      • Finishing (45)
    • Applications (4.308)
      • General (51)
      • Packaging (2.084)
      • Construction (335)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.008)
      • Electrical Appliances (228)
      • Consumer Goods (273)
      • Medical (213)
      • Technical (62)
      • Other (54)
    • Regions and Countries (4.179)
      • World (196)
      • German-speaking Countries (496)
      • Europe (2.039)
        • General (501)
        • Italy (145)
        • France (155)
        • Spain/Portugal (105)
        • Great Britain/Ireland (520)
        • Low Countries (75)
        • Central Europe (179)
        • Scandinavia (46)
        • Russia (115)
        • Eastern Europe (55)
        • Southeastern Europe (143)
      • North America (498)
      • Asia (682)
        • General (123)
        • China (392)
        • Japan (51)
        • Korea (28)
        • India (88)
      • Middle East (146)
      • Other (40)
      • South America (82)
    • Other (3.120)
      • Recycling/Disposal (2.224)
      • Economic Trend (507)
      • Services (41)
      • Logistics (267)
      • Energy (81)
  • Production and Engineering (3.837)
    • Polymer Materials (2.390)
      • Petrochemicals (62)
      • Charge (445)
        • General (14)
        • Masterbatches (114)
        • Additives (229)
        • Colours (53)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (35)
      • Polymers (1.852)
        • General (31)
        • Standard Themoplastics (369)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (605)
          • General (19)
          • Styrene Copolymers (63)
          • PC/PMMA (64)
          • Polyamides (209)
          • POM/PBT/PP (69)
          • Technical Compounds (181)
        • PUR (74)
        • Other (773)
          • General (23)
          • Composites/Thermosets (108)
          • High Performance (160)
          • Biopolymers (251)
          • Elastomers/TPE (115)
          • Recyclate (116)
      • Other (31)
    • Machinery (95)
      • Extrusion (20)
        • General (8)
        • Flexible Films (5)
        • Calender (3)
        • Rigid films/Sheets/Thermoforming (1)
        • Pipes/Profiles (3)
      • Injection Moulding (32)
        • General (16)
        • Process (10)
        • Tools (4)
        • Automatisation (2)
      • Blow Moulding (10)
      • Other (33)
    • Research (443)
      • Polymer Materials (145)
      • Technical (16)
      • Product Development (42)
      • Process (83)
      • Application (95)
      • Patents (4)
        • Polymer Materials (2)
        • Process (2)
      • Other (58)
    • New Products (870)
      • Packaging (573)
      • Construction (35)
      • Automotive / Transport (100)
      • Electrical Appliances (27)
      • Consumer Goods (51)
      • Medical (38)
      • Technical (8)
      • Other (38)
    • Other (39)
  • Management (783)
    • Purchasing (106)
    • General Management (185)
    • Company organisation (45)
    • Marketing/Sales (15)
    • Human Resources (8)
    • Finances (99)
    • Logistics (325)
  • People (1.512)
  • Industry (6.521)
    • General (1.263)
    • Associations/Institutions (2.483)
    • Legislation (1.441)
    • Environment / Health (1.324)
    • plas.TV - Plastics unite(d) (10)
  • Events (1.169)
  • Plastic Fantastic (572)
  • Commentaries (85)
  • Interviews (159)
  • Notes by Publisher (77)
© 2026 by Plastics Information Europe, Bad Homburg
Date of print: 04/03/2026
Ref: m0ra3inxv10fsg55mham2l55
KIVBHI
All rights reserved.
Access and use is subject to our terms and conditions.
URL: https://pieweb.plasteurope.com/Default.aspx?node=100203&page=26&pageid=302