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MEDICAL DEVICES
German manufacturers lament disrupted supply chains during Covid-19 pandemic / Free trade more important than ever / Carmakers' support could worsen component bottleneck
 		13.05.2020
POLYMER PRICES
China standard thermoplastics April 2020: Negative crude oil prices impact domestic polymer markets / Only polypropylene rises on demand for medical supplies / Mostly low demand to continue in May
 		13.05.2020
ITALY
Plastics tax postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19
 		13.05.2020
PLAS.TV
“The crisis has proven that plastics create a lot of value for society” / Plastics unite(d) interview with Braskem's Alexander van Veen
 		13.05.2020
VERITAS
German automotive supplier insolvent
 		13.05.2020
RWDC
USD 133m for bioplastics production expansion secured
 		13.05.2020
SNETOR
Distributor for Cabamix's plastic additives and compounds
 		13.05.2020
PCEP
Polyolefins recycling organisation elects board members / Mark Vester new chair
 		13.05.2020
POLYMER PRICES
China engineering thermoplastics April 2020: Large falls for prices of most grades / Ups and downs of crude oil prices impact polymer markets / Subdued demand expected in May
 		12.05.2020
GERMANY
Medical mask production gets going / Two plants for nonwovens poised to come online
 		12.05.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
Key profits fall on Covid-19 impact and low oil prices / Facilities for automotive idled or running at reduced rates / European crackers operating around 80% in Q2
 		12.05.2020
DUPONT
Company temporarily shuts 50% of polymer capacity / Q1 EBITDA falls 8% to USD 1.3 bn
 		12.05.2020
TRINSEO
Unprofitable German assets put styrenics group in the red in Q1 / Weaker styrene margins, lower prices and Covid-19 impacts
 		12.05.2020
VISTEON
Q1 sales down 12.8% due to coronavirus impact / Shift to face shield production in Portugal and Brazil
 		12.05.2020
PLAS.TV
“We are not suffering from the coronavirus but from overworking” / Plastics unite(d) interview with Latife Karabulut from Turkey's EKiN Makina Plastik
 		12.05.2020
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