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PIE CORONA

SOLVAY
Most of Belgian group's manufacturing plants remain open despite coronavirus outbreak / Donation of materials to fight disease
15.04.2020
COLLIN
Extrusion line to produce protective PET films for European medical sector / Support from Indorama, NGR and Piovan
15.04.2020
MONDI
Group holds off on proposed dividend due to coronavirus uncertainties / Lowered capex for 2020 / Flexible packaging demand for food and home care
14.04.2020
DOW
Hand sanitiser production in Belgium, Brazil, Germany and US / Worker at ethylene unit tests positive for virus
14.04.2020
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Output grows to over 11 bn tubes in 2019 / Outlook uncertain because of Covid-19
14.04.2020
ARBURG
Safety eyewear in collaboration with Uvex and Ems / Respirator mask production planned
14.04.2020
TRADE FAIRS
“Iran Plast” in Tehran moved back one month / Covid-19 hits country hard
14.04.2020
CORONAVIRUS
British Plastics Federation provides series of free webinars
09.04.2020
CELANESE
Purchase of redispersible polymer powders business from Nouryon / Support for medical supply industries during Covid-19 pandemic
09.04.2020
HEXPOL
Peter Rosén is interim CEO following Mikael Fryklund's departure / Decision on dividend payments postponed
09.04.2020
SIDEL
Supply of PET bottles for hand sanitiser / Response to France's call
08.04.2020
CORONAVIRUS
Wild West – did the US really confiscate medical masks destined for Berlin? / 3M under pressure from US “Defense Production Act”
07.04.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Composites/GRP March 2020: Cautious optimism in the market / SM price plunge will pull resin farther downward / Glass fibre unchanged / Cancelled JEC trade fair is a missing catalyst
07.04.2020
MEDICAL PLASTICS
China donates coronavirus supplies to EU / Testing kits and 2 million masks delivered to Italy
07.04.2020
STRATASYS
Coalition ramps up face shields output in response to Covid-19 / Designers called on to develop 3D-printed ventilators
07.04.2020
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Operations continue amid production stoppages and Covid-19 measures / Supply chains largely intact / Automotive ordering grinds to a halt / Some services offered at the weekend
06.04.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Engineering thermoplastics March 2020: Most grades roll over / Only polyamides on the decline / Benzene crash to overshadow April / E&E sector could stabilise prices for POM and PBT
06.04.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
Covid-19 slows work on Texas PO/TBA plant / Group remains “committed” to project completion
06.04.2020
NOVAMONT
New “Mater-Bi” grade for extrusion coating / Company “fully operational” in Italy
06.04.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Styrenics March 2020: Prices in free fall after styrene reference crash / Processors securing stocks to weather the coronavirus pandemic / Massive turbulence in April is in the cards
03.04.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Polypropylene March 2020: C3 setback pressures PP / Compounds unchanged / Converters lack common strategy / Sharp downswing likely in April
03.04.2020
POLYMER PRICES
Polyethylene March 2020: Injection moulding grades under pressure / Film grades manage to hold ground / Demand for blow moulding material runs wild / Many stocks overflowing / C2 crash will drive polymer notations down
03.04.2020
HUHTAMAKI
Outlook for 2020 withdrawn due to Covid-19 / Demand for food-on-the-shelf packaging rising
03.04.2020
JEC WORLD
International composites trade fair cancelled for 2020
03.04.2020
PLASTIC FANTASTIC
It's back, but is it here to stay?
03.04.2020
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