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INEOS
Next steps in HDPE joint venture with Sasol proceed / New 470,000 t/y facility to be ready for start up in 2015
30.07.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Business development in H1 2013 slightly weaker than expected / Industry more optimistic about H2 / Export turnaround may be in the offing / Energy efficiency a major concern
29.07.2013
GERMAN INJECTION MOULDING MARKET
Showing modest growth / Demand boosted by pickup in automotive industry / AMI report
29.07.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
South German ethylene pipeline dedicated in Munich
19.07.2013
GERMAN STRETCH FILM MARKET
Imports from outside the EU on the rise / Main supplier Italy suffers considerable setback / Poland continues to make inroads
17.07.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
French president says no shale gas exploration in his term
16.07.2013
SK CHEMICALS
Uhde Inventa-Fischer to build JV plant for PPS production in South Korea
11.07.2013
IRAN
The Islamic Republic catching up as supplier of HDPE to Turkey and China / Global sanctions proving to have little impact
08.07.2013
RECYCLING
UK aims to double plastics recycling by 2017 / Impact only comes with more investment
02.07.2013
SINOPEC
Chinese company plans first gas-based ethylene production in Qingdao / Future of coal-based plants in question
02.07.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Findings released by an independent study point to a shale gas potential in the UK surpassing China
28.06.2013
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Positive start in 2013 turns sour for exports / Industry looks to government for support / Assocomaplast releases first-quarter trends
26.06.2013
ALPEK
DAK Americas in process of closing all polyester Cape Fear operations in the US
25.06.2013
BP
China gives green light for PTA plant at Zhuhai / New energy-saving technology
25.06.2013
SHIN-ETSU
Plans PVC capacity expansion in US / Growing sales in emerging markets
24.06.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING
Bvse recyclers have much too worry about / Inclement weather affecting demand / EEG tariffs are strong barriers
20.06.2013
SWITZERLAND
Swiss plastics industry sees sales fall to CHF 15 bn last year / Pressure from euro crisis and strong Swiss franc / Processed volume amounts to 812,000 t / Productivity declines / Packaging industry also weak / Recovery expected during 2013
19.06.2013
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
Tenth cracker furnace planned for Texas facility / Additional 90,000 t/y ethylene available in 2014 / US Gulf Coast petrochemicals project on track
12.06.2013
CHINAPLAS
Growing number of international visitors and exhibitors in Guangzhou / Focus on sustainability and production efficiency
12.06.2013
BASF / SINOPEC
Plans to expand EO capacity and build NPG plant at Nanjing JV / Start-up expected in 2014
03.06.2013
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Port Arthur, steam cracker processes ethane from shale gas / Revamp allows use of cheaper feedstocks
29.05.2013
SPAIN
Plastics production and demand take pronounced plunge in 2012 / Turnover nearly EUR 23m / Recession in building and construction sector
28.05.2013
PLASTICS MARKETS
Latest European data shows demand for plastics materials retreating slightly / Industry recovering but only slowly
27.05.2013
ASCEND
UOP licenses C3 Oleflex process to Ascend in US / New plant to be built on Gulf Coast
23.05.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCTION
Full-year 2012 output sinks 3.4% after especially dismal Q4 / Outlook clouded by economic weakness / US shale gas competition worries the sector / Germany leads Europe in recycling
21.05.2013
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