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BOREALIS
Good year despite tense market environment / Sales of OMV subsidiary increase by 10% in 2024
13.06.2025
SINOPEC
ECI Group technology selected for Ningbo PE project
13.06.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Grupa Azoty plant in Police down again
10.06.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Possible sale of European plants to investor Aequita / Negotiations enter critical phase
06.06.2025
K 2025
Reusable cups to be used at trade event / Materials developed by Borealis using OMV's chemically recycled feedstock
04.06.2025
RESEARCH
Aimplas collaborates on greener bioplastics food packaging project / Novel PLA copolymers to improve biodegradability
02.06.2025
BOREALIS
Producer plans EUR 100 mn investment in PP / Capacity expansion for cable applications
29.05.2025
LDPE RECYCLING
Improving flexible packaging reclaim / IKV's Loopcycling project – Interview with Achim Grefenstein
29.05.2025
NOVA CHEMICALS
Polyolefin producer launches PE film recycling in the US
28.05.2025
BRASKEM
Brazilian billionaire eyes polyolefin group / Controlling owner receives non-binding proposal
26.05.2025
CENTRAL ASIA
Sibur acquires stake in loss-making Kazakh plastics processer / Russian plastics industry seeks to expand foothold in Central Asia / China shows economic interest in region
22.05.2025
SABIC
Saudi group reportedly questioning its European activities / Reasons: price pressure, overcapacity, expensive raw materials
15.05.2025
RIGID PLASTICS RECYCLING
Polyolefins reclaim capacity growth stalls in Europe on lower demand / Challenges in collection, sorting systems persist / Extra capacity needed to meet PPWR targets
15.05.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow imposes order freeze for LDPE plants in Germany
13.05.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins, LDPE/LLDPE, EVA: Versalis declares force majeure on products from Dunkirk
28.04.2025
TRADE IMPACT EUROPE
How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Results from industry association survey
17.04.2025
OMV
Polyolefin sales volumes up 11.7% in Q1 2025 / Indicator margins for PE, propylene rise / PP indicator margin down
11.04.2025
TRADE WAR
How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Industry associations launch survey
07.04.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Polyolefin giant reportedly considers closure of PP production at Brindisi, Italy
19.03.2025
TRADE WAR
EU Commission plans retaliatory tariffs; PE reportedly targeted / Move could aid European producers / US-Houthi attacks expected to aggravate impact of US tariffs
19.03.2025
VERSALIS
Memorandum of understanding for restructuring: Important trade union refuses to sign
14.03.2025
BOROUGE INTERNATIONAL
Adnoc and OMV create USD 60 bn chemical giant / Borealis and Borouge to be combined / Nova Chemicals acquisition confirmed
04.03.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
ABS, PP: Force majeure follows power outage in Daesan, South Korea / Key EU import volumes at risk?
03.03.2025
SAHARA INTERNATIONAL
Cracker project planned with LyondellBasell in Saudi Arabia
03.03.2025
INTERVIEW
Defossilising plastics production: Vioneo CCO Katja Wodjereck talks to PIE about plans to build green polyolefins plant in Belgium and future strategy
27.02.2025
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