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DSM
Plastics division reports Q1 decline in volumes and sales / Losses offset by Nutrition segment
 		18.05.2020
AZELIS
Distribution of Perstorp's polyols in parts of Europe
 		18.05.2020
COVESTRO
Cooperation with US compounder Teknor Apex on TPU products
 		15.05.2020
FORMOSA PLASTICS
Covid-19 outbreak at Texas site / Start-up of new polyethylene plant delayed again
 		14.05.2020
RWDC
USD 133m for bioplastics production expansion secured
 		13.05.2020
SNETOR
Distributor for Cabamix's plastic additives and compounds
 		13.05.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
Key profits fall on Covid-19 impact and low oil prices / Facilities for automotive idled or running at reduced rates / European crackers operating around 80% in Q2
 		12.05.2020
DUPONT
Company temporarily shuts 50% of polymer capacity / Q1 EBITDA falls 8% to USD 1.3 bn
 		12.05.2020
TRINSEO
Unprofitable German assets put styrenics group in the red in Q1 / Weaker styrene margins, lower prices and Covid-19 impacts
 		12.05.2020
BOREALIS
Fire at cracker in Stenungsund / Impact on polyethylene and PVC facilities unclear
 		11.05.2020
INEOS
Three new butane barges to supply Cologne cracker via Rhine river / Fourth barge due later in 2020
 		11.05.2020
BOREALIS
Net profit feels Covid-19 effects and slips by a quarter in Q1 / Cost-cutting programme announced
 		11.05.2020
LG CHEM
Deadly styrene leak / At least 11 killed and 800 injured after accident on India's east coast
 		08.05.2020
VINMAR
Distribution of Egyptian-produced polypropylene in Southern Europe
 		08.05.2020
COVESTRO
All operating segments affected by coronavirus pandemic in Q1 / Reduced production rates on several continents
 		07.05.2020
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