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Producers´ Announcements
POLYETHYLENE
High-pressure production: LDPE becoming increasingly tight in Europe / Global importance wanes / New plants mostly flexible and easily switched to EVA / Specifically targeted types more expensive
 		30.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
C2/C3: Borealis declares FM for Stenungsund cracker / Problems during start-up / Downstream production not affected
 		29.10.2015
PET
US authorities impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on PET imports from Canada, China, India and Oman / Chinese producers slapped with highest tariffs
 		27.10.2015
BIOPLASTICS
Global growth rates remain high / Degradable and bio-based polymers still niche materials / Market dominated by drop-in applications / Europe is leading production region / 5m t of bio-PET for bottles by 2018
 		23.10.2015
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker only expected to restart in July 2016 / Outage impacts Q3 results
 		23.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow confirms that Tarragona cracker is offline / Repairs in progress
 		15.10.2015
PU MARKET
Production in Asia Pacific forecast to rise by 6.2% per year to 2019 / Strongest growth in India / IAL Consultants report
 		12.10.2015
POLYETHYLENE
Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report
 		09.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF/Shell: Ellba styrene and propylene oxide plant in Moerdijk to resume operations by year's end
 		08.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: Ducor lifts FM at Rozenburg ahead of plan
 		06.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF declares all forces majeures in PA 6.6 chain over / New orders now being accepted
 		29.09.2015
COMPOSITES
Europe is slowly emerging from its trough / Strong increase in Germany / Thermoplastic processing techniques, like GMRT and LFRT, on the rise / SMC and BMC processing stagnant / “Composites Europe” fair presents a mixed bag
 		28.09.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Consolidation of PTA production in South Korea / Hanwha, Lotte and Hyosung want to merge activities
 		24.09.2015
POLYETHYLENE
New production era for mass plastics begins / European refineries on the brink of extinction / Feedstock base lost / Global competition increasingly relegates Europe to second class / High time for discussions on how to react
 		16.09.2015
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Confidence maintained despite minimal output growth / Sales down 4% / Trade surplus deteriorates / Polymers output continues pointing down in June / Cefic chemicals trends report
 		09.09.2015
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