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XPS Global volumes projected at nearly 1.4 mn t by 2030 / Construction of energy-efficient buildings push growth / Asia-Pacific main driver – report	17.02.2025
CZECH REPUBLIC Production of base polymers no longer economically feasible / High energy, other costs erode industry's competitiveness / Crisis in European automotive sector adds pressure	11.02.2025
EASTMAN Full-year sales, net profits rise as destocking ends / Mixed figures for 2024, possibly 2025	10.02.2025
BEWI EPS specialist to sell majority stake in feedstocks division to Unipol owner	06.02.2025
SIAM CEMENT Thai group shuts down Long Son Petrochemicals in Vietnam; production too expensive / Ethane supply agreement with US group	04.02.2025
SOCAR / PETKIM Strategy calls for further polyolefin plants in Turkey / Decision to be made in 2026	03.02.2025
VIONEO Selection of Honeywell's methanol-based technology for PE/PP plant in Belgium / Final investment decision due in 2025	29.01.2025
ITALY “Divestment of the chemicals segment” / Trade unions mobilise against planned restructuring of Versalis	27.01.2025
KRAHN Distributor adds PVC from Westlake Vinnolit to its portfolio	23.01.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polypropylene: TotalEnergies reportedly declares another force majeure for Gonfreville, France	21.01.2025
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING Consumer willingness to pay extra drops in 2024 / One-third still sceptical about alternative solutions – Simon-Kucher study	21.01.2025
FORTISCHEM Closure of PVC production planned in Novaky, Slovakia	15.01.2025
PVC Brussels, London confirm tariffs on PVC born in US / European supply to ease with Czech closure	15.01.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Borealis declares force majeure for HDPE, PEX from Sweden	14.01.2025
SPOLANA PVC production in Czech Republic on brink of collapse / Caprolactam production also discontinued	14.01.2025
BASF Styrodur XPS business sold to Bachl	10.01.2025
AXIA PLASTICS German plastics distributor expands collaboration with ExxonMobil Chemical	02.01.2025
OLIN US group plans to enter PVC production / Kem One to deliver to US / German resin plant to restart production	20.12.2024
EXXONMOBIL Final decision in long-running emissions litigation / Petchem giant loses	20.12.2024
YEAR-ENDER: POLYMER PRICES Cheaper materials from Asia pressure European manufacturers / PU, PET under special focus / Trump policies could raise European production costs / “If construction doesn´t take off by March, the year is over.”	17.12.2024
IONIQA New start for insolvent recycling tech company seems possible / Investor still unknown	13.12.2024
ELECTRIC VEHICLES Demand for lithium-ion battery protection material set to accelerate / Growth in EV sales to see boom in HMWPE market	10.12.2024
PVC UK hits imports of US-made S-PVC with swingeing tariffs / Inovyn alleged stateside producers of dumping material	09.12.2024
DOW CHEMICAL Carter tapped as new COO / Ten Bruggencate to head construction division	09.12.2024
HELLENIC PETROLEUM Expansion of PP plant in Greece / More BOPP films at processing subsidiary Diaxon	05.12.2024

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