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SOLVAY Purchase of Eastman's stake in Primester joint venture completed	16.06.2016
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES US demand to grow by 6.9% per year to 2020 / Higher value products favoured as economy improves / Freedonia report	10.06.2016
US BIOPOLYMERS Demand set to increase by 4.3% annually / Cellulose ethers account for one third of market / Packaging segment benefits from declining PLA prices / Freedonia study	07.06.2016
EASTMAN Stake in Primester acetate flake joint venture to be sold to Solvay / Supply agreement sealed	30.05.2016
FOOD PACKAGING Project to develop bioplastic packaging that helps extend shelf life / Sensors display when food not fit to eat / Four prototypes	25.05.2016
REICHHOLD Investors plan merger with Italian composites producer Polynt / Deal expected to close this year	19.05.2016
KURARAY Texas-based PVOH plant starts up	17.05.2016
WOTE ADVANCED MATERIALS New owner of Samsung's LCP slate / "Selcion" family now produced in China	03.05.2016
BIOPLASTICS Biodegradable market could exceed 300,000 t/y by 2020 / First comprehensive market study by nova-Institut sees incentives but also political hurdles	27.04.2016
IDI COMPOSITES Mexico joint venture with SMC Composites / Lifting SMC and BMC output	26.04.2016
GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING Bvse industry association says demand for high-quality regrind remains stable / Mood optimistic despite low oil prices / Engineering regrind under pressure	01.04.2016
METABOLIX Non-binding MoU with South Korea's CJ CheilJedang for commercial PHA production / Proposed deal would include offtake agreement	01.04.2016
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ResMart distributes “KetaSpire” PEEK in North America / New plant to start mid-year to meet rising demand	31.03.2016
PLASTIC RECYCLING Demand for recyclate made-in-Europe unaffected by oil plunge / PRE cancels conference in Brussels	24.03.2016
BASF Joint venture with Avantium on FDCA and PEF / 50,000 t/y FDCA reference plant to be built at Antwerp Verbund facility	21.03.2016
XENIA Collaboration with Arkema on TPE and PA-based speciality composites / Joint marketing	18.03.2016
POLYNT Gel coat plant to be built in Poland to service east European market	29.02.2016
GFBIOCHEMICALS Purchase of US levulinic acid producer Segetis / Part of growth strategy for bioplastics starting material	26.02.2016
BOREALIS Output of “Fibremod” PP-LGF raised at Italian plant / Automotive applications	22.02.2016
MITSUI Share in Sarnia bio-succinic acid joint venture with BioAmber raised / EUR 16.2m investment	18.02.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos	09.02.2016
DUPONT Building first “Zytel HTN” PPA plant in Europe / Germany-based facility to start up by mid-year	01.02.2016
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS Global market growth to slow to 5.5% per year to 2020 / Rising demand for higher heat and chemical resistance in auto applications / Smithers Rapra study	27.01.2016
CELANESE Capacity expansion for UHMW-PE in Texas / New pharmaceutical grades	15.01.2016
K.D. FEDDERSEN Distributing Hyosung's polyketone in Europe and Latin America	12.01.2016

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