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Producers´ Announcements
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyurethane: Covestro declares Europe-wide force majeure on MDI
 		28.04.2017
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
Global consumption to expand by 5.5% per year to 2020 / Strong demand from automotive sector / Smithers Rapra report
 		27.04.2017
ITALY
EPS consumption stagnates at low level / Slight shift to packaging materials
 		25.04.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Crackers and downstream units start up in Iran / Gas output pulls even with Qatar
 		24.04.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Technical problems with Vynova's EDC production / Downstream impact on PVC cannot be excluded
 		21.04.2017
PMMA
Global market worth USD 8 bn by 2025 / Growing Asian demand for LED monitors / Grand View Research report
 		18.04.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Titanium dioxide: Chemours declares force majeure in Europe
 		13.04.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Major turnaround at Schwechat refinery from mid-April / Borealis units offline
 		13.04.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Caprolactam: Fibrant shuts plants and declares force majeure / Further price rises foreseeable
 		31.03.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Extensive fire in Durban warehouse / Loss of all PP, LDPE and LLDPE export stocks of Sasol
 		31.03.2017
COMPOSITES
Global market for carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics to grow by 10.8% per year / Automotive and aerospace applications drive demand / Grand View Research report
 		30.03.2017
FLAME RETARDANTS MARKET
Demand for construction-related flame retardants to grow by 3.2% per year / Steady gains in the US to compensate for slower construction activity in China / Freedonia report
 		29.03.2017
SPAIN
Economy continues to show solid growth / Plastics processing also on the up / Centro Español de Plásticos estimates annual turnover of EUR 14.5 bn / Positive stimulus from construction and automotive industries
 		28.03.2017
OLEFIN MARKETS
Ethylene and propylene defy reductions for naphtha / Shift in raw materials base to gases being felt
 		27.03.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Incident at Ineos' LDPE plant in Cologne / Out of action for several weeks
 		24.03.2017
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