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SPAIN
Plastics output expected flat in 2014, says PlasticsEurope / Output declined 0.9% in 2013
 		19.05.2014
PVC RECYCLING
VinylPlus: Record of more than 440,000 t PVC recycled in 2013 / 81% decrease in the use of lead-based stabilisers in the EU-27
 		16.05.2014
POLYURETHANES
Total PU consumption in the Americas seen as growing nearly 4% up to 2018 / Study by IAL Consultants
 		12.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite declares force majeure for MMA from Cassel
 		06.05.2014
PET PACKAGING
Global market to grow by 4.6% per year to 2019 / Rising demand for bottled water / Smithers Pira report
 		05.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience declares force majeure for MDI in EMEA
 		30.04.2014
POLYOLS MARKET
Global green and bio polyols sector growing at 10.8% per year / Strongest growth in Asia / Corn and soybean most common feedstock / Markets and Markets report
 		24.04.2014
RUSSIA
Specialty chemicals market to grow by 5.6% to 2018 / Government targets reduction in imports to 12% / TechSci Research report
 		23.04.2014
SHALE GAS
German anti-fracking groups mobilise against Baltic coast test drilling / US study finds Environmental Protection Agency underestimated methane emissions from gas fields
 		22.04.2014
ADDITIVES
Global market to grow by 4.9% per year in 2020 / Strong plasticisers demand / Allied Market Research study
 		16.04.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Brindisi / C3 increasingly tight as Versalis' cracker appears to be off stream too
 		14.04.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF temporarily shuts down its Ludwigshafen cracker
 		11.04.2014
NONWOVENS
Beyond plastics: European production up 2% year-on-year in 2013
 		11.04.2014
ITALY
EPS consumption drops by 3% year-on-year in 2013 / Construction sector hardest hit
 		04.04.2014
PLASTICISERS
Danish report says most phthalate-free plasticisers safe for PVC medical devices
 		31.03.2014
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