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PLASTICS MARKET
Global plastics production grows by 3.5% / European output declines slightly / Consumption in EU rises / Turkey is the biggest buyer of resins / Trade surplus crumbles / Report from PlasticsEurope presented at "K 2016"
 		24.10.2016
KI GROUP POLYMER SUMMIT K 2016
Between fear and opportunity / Key industry stakeholders comment on raw material market shifts and impacts on the plastics industry / Second session of KI Group's exclusive summit during “K 2016”
 		24.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6: Solvay encounters delivery problems for HMD feedstock
 		20.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SAN: Ineos Styrolution announces force majeure for “Luran” from Ludwigshafen / No styrene supplies from BASF
 		20.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Isocyanates: Covestro's force majeure on MDI and TDI likely to remain in place until December
 		17.10.2016
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Global demand for functional additives to rise by 6% per year to 2021 / Slower growth forecast for barrier coatings / Smithers Pira report
 		12.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Vinnolit declares force majeure for deliveries from Knapsack
 		30.09.2016
POLYAMIDE
Caprolactam market consolidates as a result of excess capacities in China / European PA 6 notations crumbling / Feedstock market shifts start to impact Europe / PA 6.6 prices sliding / Adipic acid availability continues to lengthen
 		27.09.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bankruptcy of Hanjin shipping company prompts delays for import deliveries from Asia / “Thousands of tonnes of plastics are bobbing on the ocean”
 		26.09.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Saudi Arabia and China explore investment opportunities / MOUs signed at "G20 Summit"
 		26.09.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: Borealis declares force majeure for Antwerp-based Kallo plant
 		19.09.2016
SMART POLYMERS
Strong growth forecast to 2020 / Drug delivery systems to dominate / Americas the largest market by revenue / Technavio report
 		12.09.2016
RECYCLED POLYMERS
Global market to expand by 4.3% per year to 2020 / Ongoing investment in recycling units / Technavio report
 		06.09.2016
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
ECHA verifying classification of white pigment as "a likely carcinogenic" / German industry calls approach “unfounded and inappropriate”
 		31.08.2016
BIOPLASTICS
Growing demand for biodegradable products boosts bioplastics industry / Global consumption to grow by 19% per year to 2021 / Smithers Rapra study
 		26.08.2016
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