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ITALY
Non-biodegradable plastic bag ban to be enforced from late May / Cereplast gears up to supply
17.04.2013
RICOAL
Coal chemical company plans new polyolefin production in Rostov-on-Don / Start-up set for 2016
17.04.2013
ASIAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Engineering polymer consumption on the rise / ASEAN countries increasingly catering to regional customers / Malaysia for medical devices, Singapore for electronics
11.04.2013
BELGIUM
Plastics and rubber products output falls 2.6% in 2012 / Negative business trend continues into 2013 / World's largest per capita plastics producer / Federplast survey
09.04.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America March 2013: Producers manage to hike PE notations / January price escapade cripples PE sales as notations continue to fall / PVC drive starts to slow / PS still stable / Engineering thermoplastics continue to tread water
08.04.2013
COMPOSITES MARKET
Focus on automation and mass production capability / Expected growth of 6-8% per year / GRP applications take a back seat in Europe / JEC Show in Paris experiences continued growth
08.04.2013
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Improving exports continue to drive production output / Overall manufacturing levels remain static / Germany is largest market / US shows good growth
27.03.2013
INEOS
Joint venture with Sinopec YPC to build China's largest phenol facility / At least 400,000 t/y capacity to come on stream in 2015
14.03.2013
ITALY
Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up
11.03.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America February 2013: PE moving sideways / PP contracts continue to rise despite spot market turnaround / PVC pointing upwards / PS receding again / Engineering thermoplastics mostly subdued despite cost pressure
08.03.2013
DOW
Arbitration court orders Kuwait group to pay final damages of USD 2.48 bn / Breach of contract suit over failed joint venture
08.03.2013
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Optimism for 2013 falls as economic woes continue to exert pressure / Exports affected by euro crisis / Former BPF president Brian Mann set to retire
28.02.2013
SUMITOMO
Chiba ethylene cracker to cease operations in 2015 / Responding to declining domestic demand and structural market shift
13.02.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING
Mixed plastics recyclers complain about dramatic dearth of sorted material / Call on industry to restructure itself
11.02.2013
SK CHEMICALS / TEIJIN
Plans for PPS joint venture in South Korea / Production of high-performance plastic scheduled to begin in 2016
08.02.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America January 2013: Polyethylene prices rise considerably / Polypropylene notations explode / Benzene drives styrenics higher / PVC firm / Polycarbonate prices start to wobble / All quiet on the polyamide front
07.02.2013
TURKEY
Plastics industry grows strongly again in 2012 / Processing business expands by around 9% / Nevertheless, margins under increasing pressure and investment activity declines / Highly dependent on international raw material markets
06.02.2013
MITSUI
Plans to quit KEC ethylene joint venture / First steps toward consolidation of Japanese production
06.02.2013
FRANCE
Plastics processing sector posts losses in 2012 / Situation not expected to improve this year
04.02.2013
SK INNOVATION
Plans for new propane dehydrogenation unit in South Korea
01.02.2013
WESTLAKE
Technip receives engineering contract to switch Calvert City cracker to light feed
31.01.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Business weakens more than expected in the second half of 2012 / Export trade deteriorates / Capital spending and employment still on a high level / Industry's expectations now higher
23.01.2013
TALKE
Logistics contract for new Qapco PE line in Qatar
22.01.2013
TURKEY
Visitor numbers at Plast Eurasia 2012 rise 23% year-on-year / Foreign visitor numbers up 41% over 2011 / Exhibitor numbers increase by 10% / Next fair held in December 2013
11.01.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America December 2012: Polyethylene still stable / PP tends upward / PVC and PS take a breather / January cost hikes drive producers‘ calls / Engineering thermoplastics‘ demand still poor
08.01.2013
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