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NOVA CHEMICALS
Mechanical completion of Canada LLDPE plant / Commercial sales expected late 2016 or early 2017
13.09.2016
INEOS STYROLUTION
Power outage stops PS plants at Antwerp / Output cut sharply / Strict allocation
07.09.2016
WESTLAKE
Takeover of Axiall completed / Creation of North American olefins and vinyls leader
02.09.2016
SYNTHOS
EU greenlights takeover of Ineos EPS business / No significant overlap
02.09.2016
POLYPLASTICS
Buy-out of WinTech Polymer from partner Teijin / Polyester producer will be 100% subsidiary
01.09.2016
SADARA
Mixed feed cracker starts up / “Heart” of Jubail hub capable of switching between liquid and gas feedstock
30.08.2016
LYONDELLBASELL
50% stake in SunAllomer PP joint venture sold to Japanese partners Showa Denko and JX Nippon
29.08.2016
BP
Seeking buyer for stake in Chinese jv SECCO / Asset sale to improve finances / China's largest cracker
26.08.2016
WESTLAKE
US and Canadian authorities nod off Axiall acquisition / Deal could close by end of August
22.08.2016
ETHYDCO
Egyptian petrochemicals hub in Alexandria officially inaugurated
17.08.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Kem One confirms ability to supply as forest fires surround Fos site
15.08.2016
STYRENICS
Global production increasingly consolidated / PS market declining / Capacity expansions in Asia / Worldwide EPS demand continues to rise / Germany is the exception / Insulation segment largely switching to grey EPS
11.08.2016
GUEST EDITORIAL
Styrenics and the boulder of Sisyphus / BASF vice president Management Styrenic Foams & Styrene Monomers Europe Klaus Ries
11.08.2016
INDORAMA
Exclusive metaxylene supply agreement with Cepsa / Meeting rising demand for PET feedstock / Planning further investments in Spain
09.08.2016
ALPEK
Mexican PET giant in talks to acquire Petrobras' production hub in Brazil / World's second largest polyester producer seeking more capacity
03.08.2016
LYONDELLBASELL
New HDPE plant to be built on US Gulf / First to use “Hyperzone” technology
03.08.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Versalis lifts force majeure for Ferrara
20.07.2016
SOLVAY
Argentine authorities block sale of Solvay Indupa to Unipar / USD 202m offer said to be too low
20.07.2016
LUKOIL
Plans to divest Karpatneftekhim / Operations at Ukrainian subsidiary remain suspended
01.07.2016
TCI SANMAR
Engineering contract for Egypt PVC expansion awarded to Jacobs Engineering
27.06.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
Mexico's “Etileno XXI” hub is officially inaugurated
23.06.2016
UNIPETROL
Plans to buy back PVC producer Spolana from Anwil / Groundbreaking for new PE plant in Litvinov
16.06.2016
NOVA CHEMICALS
Additional LLDPE plant in Canada to start up in Q4 / Corunna cracker switches to shale gas
15.06.2016
FRANCE
Situation on petrochemicals front appears to be easing / Pilots announce strikes coinciding with start of UEFA Championship
10.06.2016
SHELL
Green light for US shale gas-fed cracker complex in Pennsylvania / Downstream units for 1.6m t/y of PE / Location close to North American plastics customers
09.06.2016
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