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POLYURETHANE MARKET
Threatening situation / Insufficient MDI delivery volumes / Processors switching off production lines / Customers reacting angrily and helplessly to asked prices / “Isocyanate producers no longer acting with common decency”
15.05.2017
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
German plastics associations warn of deleterious economic impact of tight supply situation for white pigment
15.05.2017
INTERPACK
More than 170,000 visitors at world's leading packaging trade fair in Düsseldorf
15.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MMA: Lucite halts production at its Cassel site in the UK / No more deliveries / Further tightening of supplies in Europe
12.05.2017
PROPYLENE
Shale gas revolution in the USA leaves its mark on PP feedstock / Detachment from ethylene becomes ever more noticeable / Worldwide US exports take off due to flood of propane / Volatility creates unrest in downstream markets
12.05.2017
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS
Sales flat in 2016 / Output rises slightly / Regrind market has potential
12.05.2017
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE
Concerns raised over supply of caprolactam and PA / Europe hit by force majeures
12.05.2017
FLUOROPOLYMERS
German industry association expects price hikes for PTFE / Capacity shortage in China
12.05.2017
PVC RECYCLING
More than half a million tonnes of PVC recycled in 2016 / VinylPlus conference hears of progress in material's role in a circular economy
11.05.2017
BIOPLASTICS
Global bioplastics packaging demand to grow by 17% per year to 2022 / Growth led by sharp rise in bio-PET consumption / Smithers Pira report
10.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Strike paralyses refinery in Feyzin / Cracker products and aromatics affected
09.05.2017
GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS
EU Commission imposes final anti-dumping duties on goods from China
09.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MDI: Only one of Huntsman's two lines in the Netherlands restarted after maintenance
08.05.2017
PET RECYCLING
Switzerland facing declining quality of PET bottle collections / Recycling processes increasingly hampered
08.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyurethane: Covestro declares Europe-wide force majeure on MDI
28.04.2017
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