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INDORAMA
Purchase of Thai PET producer Bangkok Polyester / Global market leader continues to consolidate
23.03.2015
INEOS / SOLVAY
Last hurdle to Inovyn jv mounted / Remedy business to be divested to ICIG industrial holding
20.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis declares force majeure for PE and PP from Schwechat
18.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Versalis declares force majeure for LD and LLDPE from Dunkirk
16.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polychim declares force majeure for PP from Dunkirk
11.03.2015
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Polyplex's Turkish PET plant wrapped up / Facility now operates as Indorama Ventures Corlu PET
09.03.2015
MANGALORE REFINERY & PETROCHEMICALS
New PP line brought on stream / Output accounts for 10% of total Indian polypropylene capacities
03.03.2015
POLYPROPYLENE
Versatile material continues to see global growth / Consumption doubled since 2000 / Propane gains importance for propylene production as a result of ethylene decoupling / Availability likely to remain good
02.03.2015
SADARA
Jubail polyeythelene mega-project on schedule / Large-scale cracker and PE lines to be commissioned this year
23.02.2015
SIBUR
Foundation stone for ZapSibNeftekhim cracker and downstream units / Project costs and start-up could change amid ongoing economic volatility
20.02.2015
GUEST EDITORIAL
Sergey Komyshan, Head of Sibur's Basic Polymers Division: The rouble depreciation – Long-term polymer price contracts offer shelter
19.02.2015
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
New pilot plant in Oklahoma will produce advanced bimodal PE resins
12.02.2015
BOREALIS
PP compound capacity expansion in Brazil starts up
12.02.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
India's Haldia restarts its cracker and downstream units / Oil price slide alleviates financial woes
09.02.2015
EDITORIAL
Why a polyolefin order stop doesn't necessarily imply scarcity
06.02.2015
SASOL
US-based upstream plans shelved for now / Commitment to ethane cracker and PE lines reconfirmed
30.01.2015
KARPATNEFTEKHIM
Reports allege that Ukrainian Lukoil subsidiary could resume PE, PVC production in spring / Ongoing feuds likely to constitute an obstacle
29.01.2015
REPSOL
Puertollano modernisation efforts begin / Works expected to take two months / EVA debottlenecking / PP output switched
27.01.2015
PETRONAS
LyondellBasell PP licenses acquired for RAPID project
27.01.2015
BRASKEM
LLDPE capacity expansion in Bahia brought on stream / Output to go towards meeting domestic demand
21.01.2015
CEPSA
Spanish chemicals group to quit its PET activities / Will Indorama take over the plants?
19.01.2015
INDORAMA
Second Turkish deal abandoned / No plans to buy 51% of Sasa Polyester Sanayi
16.01.2015
EPS INSULATION
Austrian producers switch to “PolyFR” / Substitution completed six months ahead of REACH deadline
16.01.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Global oil price slide takes petrochemical chains down with it / Polymer notations plummet across the world / Decline picking up speed / Weak euro brakes downturn somewhat
16.01.2015
SABIC EUROPE
Follow-up: Software problems resolved / Polyolefin deliveries in Europe have resumed
14.01.2015
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