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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Problematic plasticiser supplies following Evonik force majeure / Strike in Feyzin disrupting VCM in Tavaux
 		24.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MDI: Covestro cancels pan-European force majeure / Supply shortage will continue / Maintenance at Brunsbüttel
 		22.05.2017
ARAB GULF STATES
GCC polymer capacity to reach 34.5m t in 2022 / New capacity located mainly in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait / GPCA report
 		18.05.2017
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
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