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Companies Standard Thermoplastics Expandable (PS, PP, PE)

RAVAGO Plans underway to expand EPS activities	03.06.2013
NOVA CHEMICALS Lower margins lead to fall in operating profit / Record cash generation enables debt reduction of over USD 1 bn	11.03.2013
NOVA CHEMICALS Agreement to sell Styrenics business to PFB terminated	21.11.2012
QAPCO Inauguration of third LDPE plant / Total LDPE capacity reaches 700,000 t/y	09.11.2012
DIOKI Croatian polymer manufacturer ceases ethylene and PE production / Talks with investors over PS facilities	06.11.2012
DOW “Styrofoam” XPS production plants in Hungary and Portugal close up shop	02.11.2012
SIBUR EPS expansion in Perm is on stream	31.10.2012
JSP Global EPP output to rise by 30% by 2014 / Segment's revenues expected to double	25.10.2012
SAUDI POLYMERS Follow-up: Al Jubail hub starts commercial production	03.10.2012
BASF Quitting EPS business in Malaysia and India / Examining carve-out and divestment of Latin American “Styropor” capacities / Global realignment towards strategic markets and core products	19.09.2012
LYONDELLBASELL Terminating production of several PP grades from Wesseling	29.08.2012
PREGIS US protective packaging producer Inter-Pac acquired	20.08.2012
SIBUR Follow-up: ZapSibNeftekhim complex will include two HDPE and two LLD/HDPE swing lines	03.07.2012
SAUDI POLYMERS Start up of ethylene complex in Al Jubail / Downstream units include PE, PP and PS	27.06.2012
NOVA CHEMICALS Follow-up: PS line in Monaca not part of PFB deal	14.05.2012
NOVA CHEMICALS Letter of intent with insulating buildings specialist PFB for takeover of Performance Styrenics business / Completion expected in H2 2012	11.05.2012
ALPEK Mexican petrochemical giant seeks IPO	02.05.2012
DOW Cost-reduction plan will see 900 jobs slashed worldwide / Plant closures in Europe and the Americas / Move expected to deliver USD 250m in annual savings	03.04.2012
UNIPOL HOLLAND CRH construction company divests EPS producer to investment funds	02.04.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS New USD 5.5 bn complex in Qatar to start in 2018 / Asia, Africa and Latin America targeted	17.02.2012
HONAM PETROCHEMICAL Plans for new petrochemical hub in Indonesia / Cracker and downstream units could start up in 2016	14.02.2012
MITSUI CHEMICALS Raising PP output at Thai joint venture / Additional capacity to cater to rising regional automotive demand	23.01.2012
SIBUR Raising Perm-based EPS capacity / Second production phase to go on stream this summer	19.01.2012
LYONDELLBASELL Two older Wesseling-based PP lines to close up shop this year	10.01.2012
CHEVRON PHILIPS CHEMICAL Saudi Polymers jv project to start up in Q1 2012 / Output includes PE, PP and PS	12.12.2011

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