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STYRENE
China considers anti-dumping investigation of South Korean styrene imports / Strong impact on Korean producers
 		22.06.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polycarbonate: Sabic declares force majeure for North America
 		20.06.2017
THERMOFORMING MARKET TURKEY
Plastic thermoforming materials market shrinks 8% to USD 972m despite higher volumes / PET contribution falls 7% to USD 424m / Pagev report
 		16.06.2017
AGRICULTURAL FILM RECYCLING
German initiative increases collection volume by almost 17%
 		13.06.2017
BIOPLASTICS
Global bio-based chemicals market to exceed EUR 30 bn by 2030 / Drop-in bio-based materials growing at fastest rate / Nova-Institut report
 		08.06.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MDI, TPU: BASF announces force majeure in North America
 		07.06.2017
ITALY
A country muddles through the swamp / Political warfare inhibits progress / Plastics consumption rises in 2016 / Auto industry orders more engineering thermoplastics / Can it compete internationally?
 		30.05.2017
IRAN
Lifting of economic sanctions boosts plastics demand / Huge potential for infrastructure and consumer packaging sectors / AMI plastics processors database / "Iran Plast" 2017 trade fair in September
 		26.05.2017
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
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