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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
SHALE GAS
Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in
 		28.03.2014
THERMOSET RESINS
South African and Kenyan demand to rise by 3.9% per year to 2017 / Infrastructure developments boost growth / Frost & Sullivan report
 		26.03.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET
Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth
 		25.03.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Chemical output stagnant in 2013 / H2 growth helped pull sector out of a recession / Net trade surplus reached EUR 46 bn / Sector confidence down slightly in January 2013 / Cefic report
 		25.03.2014
POLYETHYLENE FILM MARKET
Impact of US shale gas reserves will see resin costs decline / European market contracting / Strong growth in the Middle East / Demand for speciality film rising / AMI multi client study
 		13.03.2014
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