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Markets Standard Thermoplastics Expandable (PS, PP, PE)

DOW First XPS product with “PolyFR” technology made in Europe / Japan conversions complete with Europe and North America to follow	17.04.2014
ITALY EPS consumption drops by 3% year-on-year in 2013 / Construction sector hardest hit	04.04.2014
REPSOL First licence for differentiated process technology from Chevron Phillips Chemical / Goal of optimising PE product portfolio	28.03.2014
POLYETHYLENE FILM MARKET Impact of US shale gas reserves will see resin costs decline / European market contracting / Strong growth in the Middle East / Demand for speciality film rising / AMI multi client study	13.03.2014
EPS INSULATION Syndicate plans to lobby EU to prolong use of HBCD as flame retardant / Decision expected by year's end / Ban already enforced in Switzerland / German association members plan to follow in mid-2014	11.03.2014
DOW Switching global XPS lines to sustainable "PolyFR" technology / Japanese facilities first in a phased process	19.02.2014
PLASTIC FOAM MARKET Good times ahead for the US / Recovery leads to 4% annual growth over the next three years / Flexible polyurethane remains dominant despite strong competition / Freedonia study	30.01.2014
EPS European market shifts / Switch from HBCD to other flame retardants / Slashing white EPS capacities / Output of grey material on the rise	03.01.2014
REPSOL Plans to invest EUR 120m in Tarragona and Puertollano through 2016 / Restructuring for high-grade materials EVA, PE metallocene grades and polyols / Days numbered for EPS site Monzon	01.10.2013
STYRON Deal sends EPS production to Ravago / Regulatory approval pending	22.07.2013
INEOS EPS line in Marl to be shut down / Optimisation steps for remaining production sites / Site no longer profitable	11.06.2013
ITALY EPS consumption plunges 11% over 2011 figures / Building industry takes the hardest hit	04.06.2013
RAVAGO Plans underway to expand EPS activities	03.06.2013
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
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
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
EPS Italian market has been stagnant for years / Demand pegged at 141,000 t in 2011	18.05.2012
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

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