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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
UK government creates new office to drive shale gas exploitation / End of exploration ban in sight?
 		11.12.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
GM joins claimants in massive US price fixing case
 		10.12.2012
INSULATION
Global demand to reach USD 60 bn by 2016 / Foamed plastic sees largest gains / Asia-Pacific spearheads growth / Latest Freedonia study
 		06.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Imminent consolidation of European HDPE production / Rising global competition
 		05.12.2012
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Global exports to Russia rise by almost 50% year-on-year in 2011 / Germany is top machinery supplier
 		05.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol reportedly idles Portuguese cracker for “market reasons”
 		05.12.2012
ARGENTINA
Petrochemicals capacity to remain flat to 2016, GlobalData reports / Dow upgrades Bahia Blanca PE operations
 		04.12.2012
RETAIL-READY PACKAGING
Global market reaches USD 54 bn in 2011 / Asia to lead gains with 6% average annual growth to 2017 / Worldwide retail market performance will influence demand increases / Smithers Pira report
 		03.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Force majeure for styrene from Shell's Moerdijk plant remains in place
 		30.11.2012
BRAZIL
Plastic packaging demand to rise by 4.9% per year to 2015 / Highest growth rates expected for PP and PET
 		30.11.2012
NORTH AMERICA
Rigid plastic packaging market to grow by 2.6% per year to 2017 / Flexible packaging growth predicted at 2.3% / Smithers Pira study
 		27.11.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
European olefin production still muted in Q3 2012
 		26.11.2012
AVIATION COMPOSITES
Market growing at 12.8% per year to USD 414m in 2018 / Composites offer weight reduction and impact resistance advantages over metal / Frost & Sullivan study
 		23.11.2012
TAIWAN
Petrochemical industry to invest EUR 1.2 bn in four ports over next five years / Kuokuang plans new MMA facility
 		22.11.2012
BIOPLASTICS
EC's industrial policy favours bio-economy / Increasingly dynamic market / Largest global capacity in Asia and South America / Bio-PET drives development / Soft drink producers at the forefront of innovation
 		22.11.2012
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