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LA SEDA
Acquisition of PET facilities from Advansa sealed / European market leader for PET
03.08.2006
POLYMER PRICES
PET June 2006: Consolidation of price levels / Margins still inadequate / Hikes in store for July
05.07.2006
RUSSIA
Senege PET resin unit on stream / Europlast-backed venture / Uhde Inventa-Fischer technology
29.06.2006
POLYMER PRICES
PET May 2006: Rising demand plus increasing feedstock costs force European prices upward / Producers say margins still inadequate / Further increases on the horizon for June
07.06.2006
LA SEDA
Preparations for massive expansion in PET / Equity increase / From textiles to polymers
18.05.2006
POLYMER PRICES
PET April 2006: European bottle season gets under way / Supplies becomes tighter / Raw material and energy costs take off / Outlook: Price increases
04.05.2006
POLYMER PRICES
PET March 2006: Still no clear direction / Pressure from soft demand and long supplies continues
05.04.2006
RUSSIA
Massive expansion of PET production / Imports around 90% / Overcapacity in 2008?
04.04.2006
PET
Lower anti-dumping duty for Chinese producer
07.02.2006
PET
Packaging resins continue to expand share of polyester market / New CMAI study
22.09.2005
BORYSZEW
Polish firm moves into western PET market / Takeover of German player adds capacity
25.08.2005
SELENIS
PET capacity to be increased in Portugal and Italy / Modernisation and infrastructure upgrade
25.08.2005
SK EUROCHEM
PET production plant in Poland completed behind schedule / Expansion in late 2007
11.08.2005
RETAL INDUSTRIES
Merger of NB Retal and Nemuno Banga / New firm is Russia´s largest preform manufacturer
28.07.2005
PET MARKET
Production facilities in Europe cut output
30.06.2005
BEVERAGE PACKAGING
PET increasingly sets the pace / Technology developments / Inroads into beer market
16.06.2005
LA SEDA
PET expansion plans revived / Takeover of Selenis and Aussapol / Sales on the rise
24.03.2005
NOVAPET
Brilen Uldesa changes name after expansion / Spanish PET producer targets further growth
24.02.2005
PET
Rising demand expected to continue / Few new capacities / North America most optimistic
10.02.2005
LA SEDA
Catalana de Polimers integrated / PET focus
13.01.2005
EQUIPOLYMERS
Dow-Kuwaiti jv soon to be European market leader for PET / New 175,000 t/y PET line
11.11.2004
SABANCI
Acquisition of DuPont half of polyester joint venture / From feedstock to PET and preforms
28.10.2004
POLAND
JV to build 120,000 t/y PET resins plant / On stream in 2005 / Korean participation
14.10.2004
EASTMAN / VORIDIAN
New process from PX directly to PET / “Lowest cost” production / Conversion of US plant
30.09.2004
PET INVESTIGATION
Follow-up: Definitive EU punitive duties lower than expected / Pakistan gets off lightly
02.09.2004
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