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Producers´ Announcements
US BIOPOLYMERS
Demand set to increase by 4.3% annually / Cellulose ethers account for one third of market / Packaging segment benefits from declining PLA prices / Freedonia study
 		07.06.2016
POLYURETHANE
Ukraine imposes anti-dumping duties on semi-finished PU materials
 		07.06.2016
SHALE GAS
Non-binding vote to ban fracking passes Scottish Parliament / Ineos “focused on England” / Crotty says Scotland will “miss out”
 		07.06.2016
FRANCE
Strikes widened to include nuclear plants / Refinery blockade hits plastics converters
 		27.05.2016
FRANCE
Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations
 		25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP: Ineos declares force majeure for Lavéra and Sarralbe
 		25.05.2016
FRANCE
Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage
 		25.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: FCC outage at Unipetrol in Kralupy / Refinery completely switched off / No propylene for Litvinov
 		20.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP, PS: Strike leads Total to declare force majeure for Gonfreville / Other sites also affected
 		19.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Renewed glitch at Versalis' plant in Ferrara / Fourth emergency shutdown this year / Line said to have resumed normal operations
 		12.05.2016
PMMA
Output of transparent plastic continues to grow / Most capacities located in Asia / Key applications include optoelectronics, underground engineering and automotive / New production processes are more economical
 		12.05.2016
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY
Sales flat, output slightly higher in 2015 / PlasticsEurope arm draws mixed picture
 		12.05.2016
POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE
European plastics converters alliance calls on EU to suspend tariffs on polymer imports / Processors increasingly anxious in the face of tighter PP and PE availability
 		04.05.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EVA: Versalis declares force majeure for Oberhausen
 		04.05.2016
IRAN
A country with vast potential / 10th "Iranplast" attracts many visitors as the nation opens up after sanctions / Positive mood in Tehran / PE exports dominate / Negative trade balance for PP
 		29.04.2016
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