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WANHUA World's largest MDI producer commissions new line in Yantai / Smaller old facility shuttered	25.11.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY CHINA Exports decline by 3.5% in H1 2014 while imports rise by almost 99% / First half trade deficit reaches USD 138m / Injection moulding machines most popular / CPRJ report	24.10.2014
CHINA Plastics processors slow to introduce automated processes / Take-up impeded by technical challenges / More sophisticated technologies needed / CPRJ reports	06.10.2014
CHINA 13th Five Year Plan to reduce petrochemical overcapacities / Seven new hubs to be completed by 2020 / Coal-based production to rise dramatically	02.10.2014
PVC MARKET Most locally produced PVC in China sourced from coal / Carbide process dominant in developing north, northwestern regions / Market structurally oversupplied / Prices on steady downward spiral	25.09.2014
CARDIA BIOPLASTICS Additional waste bag orders from Nanjing take annual requirement to over EUR 700,000 / Other city districts undertaking trial programmes	11.09.2014
WINDOWS MARKET Energy performance makes plastic fastest growing material / China demand supported by residential growth / US consumption driven by commercial applications / Two Freedonia reports	30.07.2014
CHINA Plastics processing industry strengthens in 2013 / Upward trend continues in 2014 / Innovation needed to tackle overcapacity	27.05.2014
ASSOCIATIONS German plastics converters association GKV cements its ties with China's CSRA at "Chinaplas" / More than 40 European representatives join business delegation to Shanghai	01.05.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET China key to European plastics machinery suppliers / Domestic sales increasing in importance / Market accounts for 10% of Euromap exports in 2012 / “Chinaplas” in Shanghai gets underway	23.04.2014
CHINA POLYETHYLENE MARKET Current five-year plan sees new production plants brought on stream / Dependence on imports declines / International producers see sales fall short of expectations / Will the next PE flood come in before the shale gas volumes?	22.04.2014
BASF / SINOPEC Nanjing-based BASF-YPC joint venture commences acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers production	11.04.2014
CHINESE PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET Producers need to specialise to raise selling prices, says trade group / Production takes a 7% decline in 2012	15.01.2014
CHINA PLASTIC PIPES People's Republic is world's largest producer and user of plastic pipes / 11m t produced in 2012 / Increasingly competitive on a global scale	28.10.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE MDI capacity increase in Shanghai slated for mid-2014	20.09.2013
TAIWAN Economics ministry gives go-ahead for petrochemicals industry to build crackers in China / Feedstocks for the domestic industry	12.09.2013
PLASTICS INDUSTRY CHINA Diverts focus away from export to domestic markets / Shift in consumer behaviour boosts demand growth / Small companies to disappear / Industry consolidation gathers pace	28.08.2013
SINOPEC Produces first commercial-grade ethylene at Wuhan facility / Commissioning now complete of petrochemicals complex	22.08.2013
CHINA POLYAMIDE MARKET Caprolactam overcapacity likely by 2015 / PA 6 grows presence in engineering plastics sector / Annual growth of 10% forecast for PA 6.6	01.08.2013
SINOPEC Chinese company plans first gas-based ethylene production in Qingdao / Future of coal-based plants in question	02.07.2013
BP China gives green light for PTA plant at Zhuhai / New energy-saving technology	25.06.2013
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
CHINAPLAS Showcase on transparent plastics / Archi-Light futuristic building / Exclusive B2B conference jump starts exhibition	13.05.2013
PETROCHINA No start date set for Sichuan cracker following quake / USD 6 bn facility commissioning delayed again	08.05.2013

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