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POLYMER PRICES
North America March 2012: Renewed gains for polyethylene despite weak markets / Restraint for PP sees spot markets thrive / PVC continues to climb / PS cost drive slows / Engineering thermoplastics rising
10.04.2012
LUCITE
Upgrade at MMA plant in Beaumount continues apace / Re-commissioning this year / MAA line starts production
28.03.2012
US SHALE GAS
Shell signs land option agreement to evaluate Pennsylvania site for possible ethane cracker / Aither Chemicals mulling complex in West Virginia
23.03.2012
POLYMER PRICES
North America February 2012: Rising standard thermoplastics notations / Controversy over PE price hikes amid decreasing costs / C3 and PP take off / Costs drive PS, PVC and engineering thermoplastics
07.03.2012
COCA-COLA
Plans to invest USD 1 bn in Mexico this year / Focus on sustainable packaging / Local recycling capacities doubled in wake of PetStar acquisition
16.02.2012
POLYMER PRICES
North America January 2012: PE and PP hold firm / PVC sees a slight rise / PS follows costs upward / Engineering plastics still moving sideways / C3 cost explosion in February will propel notations upward
09.02.2012
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Resurgence in US construction sector improves demand / Market to reach USD 5.4 bn in 2015 / Decking continues to be leading product / Growth in other areas / Freedonia report
08.02.2012
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
North American market grows to USD 18.3 bn in 2010 / Strong recovery follows 6% contraction in 2009 / Alcan Packaging acquisition takes Bemis into dominant position / PCI Films report
26.01.2012
US ASEPTIC PACKAGING
Demand to rise by 8% per year to USD 5.1 bn in 2015 / Pharmaceutical market dominates applications / Beverage gains driven in part by drive to replace BPA / Freedonia reports
20.01.2012
POLYMER PRICES
North America December 2011: Quiet end to the year / Struggles over hikes for indexed PE / PP tending slightly downward / PVC and styrene have bottomed out / Engineering plastics still weak / Benzene makes a comeback in January
06.01.2012
STRETCH AND SHRINK FILM
US demand predicted to rise by 3.3% per year to USD 2.4 bn in 2015 / Resins demand to rise to 860,000 t / Latest Freedonia study
23.12.2011
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Shell test drills confirm shale gas reserves in China's Sichuan basin / Sinopec chairman says country's shale gas reserves surpass those of US
14.12.2011
POLYMER PRICES
North America November 2011: PE still stable / PP sees triple-digit fall / PVC still depressed / Styrenics in free fall / Engineering plastics remain under pressure
07.12.2011
POLYMER PRICES
North America October 2011: Polymer markets are increasingly feeling the pressure / PE on a moderate decline / Polypropylene and polystyrene notations cave in / ABS in free fall / RTi reports
08.11.2011
POLYMER PRICES
North America September 2011: PE starts to weaken / PP feeling the pressure / PVC slow despite exports / PS on a downward slide / ABS and PC also weak / PA still holding up / RTi reports
10.10.2011
FOODSERVICE DISPOSABLES
US demand forecast to grow by 4.1% up to 2015 / Packaging to see greatest gains / Improved economy will fuel rise in dining out and use of disposables / Freedonia report
15.09.2011
HARD SURFACE FLOORING
US market predicted to show resurgence in demand up to 2015 / Vinyl flooring with below-average growth / Freedonia report
30.08.2011
PVC MARKET
Americas demand to grow 0.3% per year to 2020 / Consumption of 6.1m t in 2010 / GBI Research report
02.08.2011
LINDE / BECHTEL
Partnering to develop ethylene solutions for North American shale gas reserves
01.08.2011
MOULD MANUFACTURING
AMBA says trading conditions are improving for US mould manufacturers / Plastics sales up in May
27.07.2011
MOSSI & GHISOLFI
Follow-up: Italian group decides to build new PET/PTA hub in Corpus Christi, Texas
13.07.2011
ASSOCIATIONS
Leading US and Canadian plastics groups join hands / Establish North American Plastics Alliance
08.07.2011
SHELL
Plans to build large-scale ethane cracker fed from Marcellus Shale Basin / Output could reach 1m t/y
09.06.2011
MOSSI & GHISOLFI
PET complex planned in USA / Single line with 1m t/y capacity
17.05.2011
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Investing USD 120m into Texas site / Money to go towards MDI debottlenecking and TDI upgrades
05.05.2011
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