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US COMPOUNDING AND CONCENTRATES
Opportunities for growth in NAFTA compounding industry / M&A activity / Large concentrates producers shift towards smaller custom batch output / AMI reports
 		31.03.2010
INDONESIA
Billions to be invested in petrochemical industry / Total PP capacity to reach 1.5m t in 2015
 		30.03.2010
CRISTAL GLOBAL
Force majeure declared on TiO2 from UK plant / Plant closed after explosion
 		24.03.2010
PLASTICS ECONOMY
Producers begin to emerge from recession / Capacity cutbacks help boost the bottom line / Asian rebound fuels hopes for worldwide recovery / Overextended players still dealing with crisis
 		22.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technical problem shuts down Ineos' Grangemouth PP plant / No FM
 		18.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Carrington
 		17.03.2010
ENGINEERING PLASTICS
Tense PA 6.6 situation beginning to boil over to other engineering plastics / Prudence needed
 		12.03.2010
BEYOND PLASTICS
European aluminium producers cautiously optimistic about 2010
 		05.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6 supply situation increasingly tight / BASF reports “limited availability” / Rhodia upholds FM
 		03.03.2010
TOTAL
Follow up: Strikes called off for now / Propylene production could return to normal in several days
 		26.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for styrene from Moerdijk
 		26.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Strikes at Total refineries / FM evidently declared for C3 / Domo Caproleuna cuts PA supplies
 		25.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for C2/C3 from Moerdijk
 		25.02.2010
COMPOUNDING MARKET
US demand for independently compounded thermoplastics to reach 3.4m t in 2013 / Freedonia report
 		22.02.2010
COMPOSITES
Global market for unsaturated polyester resins to reach USD 5.8 bn in 2015 / Lucintel report
 		19.02.2010
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