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POLYURETHANE
Maintenance at BASF and Sadara in March / Tight availability narrowed further
 		26.02.2021
PRINTING INKS
Thinking outside the box: manufacturers are under pressure / Prices for titanium dioxide explode
 		26.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
ABS: Ineos Styrolution declares force majeure for specialities from Cologne
 		23.02.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”
 		23.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Vestolit declares force majeure for PVC in Central America / Material also in short supply in Europe
 		22.02.2021
ABS
Prices approach new all-time high / No relief until at least May / European feedstock supply not running smoothly / Significantly lower impact of Chinese New Year also a contributing factor
 		22.02.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING
PRE-Eunomia study highlights key measures to improve rigid HDPE and PP collection and recycling / Need for better data in supply chain
 		22.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
DuPont declares force majeure on polyamides, PPA, PBT worldwide / Deliveries stopped / BASF USA also cuts back
 		19.02.2021
PLASTICS ECONOMY
PIE Readers Survey: Mostly optimistic business mood in Europe's plastics industry / Increasing willingness to invest / Feedstock costs and availability main issues / Return to pre-pandemic levels not before 2021
 		19.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for HDPE materials
 		18.02.2021
POLYPROPYLENE
Supply situation remains difficult / Signs of availability improvement treacherous / Upcoming maintenance turnarounds and unscheduled outages of US production lines
 		18.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS USA
Polymer production on hold in multiple locations / Oil production in Texas reduced by 80%
 		18.02.2021
PVC RECYCLING
VinylPlus project to recycle medical waste from hospitals in Belgium
 		17.02.2021
ARTIFICIAL TURF
Aimplas project to develop methods for hard-to-recycle synthetic grass in Spain
 		17.02.2021
POLYAMIDES
Precursors, pull from China, and freight prices: Fragile PA 6.6 chain alarmingly unsteady / Steeply rising prices / Cost of PA 6 also moving up
 		16.02.2021
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