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Companies

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PVC: Shin-Etsu declares force majeure in Rotterdam / Available capacity in Europe drops to 70%	07.05.2021
LYONDELLBASELL Olefins, polyolefins provide Q1 sales and profit surge / Company expects to operate close to full capacity to meet robust demand / USD 1 bn of outstanding debt repaid in Q1	07.05.2021
NEXEO Development of car parts with antiviral properties / Collaboration with Ruspa and Parx Materials	07.05.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PVC: Vynova declares force majeure / Disruption with VCM	06.05.2021
CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES Move to acquire Turkish snack packaging producer Propak / Tripling of Danish capacity to support Scandinavian growth	06.05.2021
IMCD Strong start to 2021 / Q1 revenue up 8% / Three distributors acquired in EMEA	06.05.2021
GRAMMER Situation improves after poor 2020 / Joint venture with Chinese truckmaking giant	06.05.2021
NOLATO Plastics processor defies crisis in 2020 / New record in sales and profits	05.05.2021
WALKI Acquisition of Spain's Plasbel Plásticos / Sustainable packaging portfolio expanded	05.05.2021
BASF Outlook revised higher / Strong end of 2020 continues into Q1 / Sales up 16%	04.05.2021

People

MBA POLYMERS Appointment of Sam Marsters and Jonathan Armishaw to leadership roles	03.05.2021
EUCIA Ben Drogt tapped for newly created MD position	19.04.2021
ARMACELL Malte Witt appointed vice-president for EMEA	15.04.2021
IVK EUROPE Marina Arz new MD	13.04.2021
CEP Marc Monnin appointed new director general of Spanish plastics association	04.03.2021

Industry

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT WTO's Informal Dialogue group seeks to address plastics trade data gaps / Talks on transparency, international cooperation / Trade and environment committee discusses climate change, sustainability	03.05.2021
REACH ECHA's integrated approach speeds regulatory process / Some 1,900 substances assessed in 2020 / Post-Brexit bureaucracy causes compliance headaches	30.04.2021
MARINE LITTER UNEP partners with Google to counter plastics pollution / Project based on machine learning for Asian rivers	29.04.2021
RECYCLING UK BPF calls for easier recycling system / Response to proposed governmental ban on oxo-biodegradable materials	28.04.2021
EUCIA Partnership with EBI to address circularity of composites in boating	27.04.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Lawsuit filed against labelling rule for disposable beverage cups / Paccor and six other manufacturers take legal action before EU Commission	19.04.2021
INDIA Plans for phased ban on SUPs in 2022 / PE bag thickness to increase / Packaging industry voices concerns	14.04.2021
CLARIANT Membership of Circular Plastics Alliance	13.04.2021
ELIPSO Christian Théry elected new president / Christophe Morvan and Emmanuel Guichard depart	12.04.2021
RECYCLASS More certification bodies join packaging recycling initiative	09.04.2021

Markets

PLASTIC PACKAGING New IK study: Use of paper composites frequently constitutes greenwashing / Mixed materials hard to recycle	06.05.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PA 6, PA 6.6, PBT: Lanxess declares force majeure on compounds from North America	05.05.2021
RAW MATERIALS Q&A Powerless in the face of force majeure? / What converters need to know if their supplier stops delivering	05.05.2021
LOGISTICS Freight rates continue to rise / Container shortages exacerbate price inflation	05.05.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PP: Apparent force majeure on several grades from LyondellBasell's Ferrara site	04.05.2021
PACKAGING MACHINERY VDMA: Coronavirus hits fourth-largest engineering sector	03.05.2021
SPAIN National report: Coronavirus-related economic slump impacts plastics processing / CEP association expects massive drop in production value in 2020 / Supply bottlenecks exacerbate current situation	30.04.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Nova Chemicals declares force majeure for polyethylene in Canada / Corunna cracker failure	29.04.2021
TURKEY Boycott of virgin resin leads to lower prices for material – Pagev / Processors question timing of plastics production shutdowns	29.04.2021
POLYURETHANE MARKET Asia-Pacific PU production to grow 4% per year following 2020 dip / Covid-19 impact strongest for flexible foams / IAL Consultants report	27.04.2021

Production and Engineering

SOCAR POLYMER Azerbaijani manufacturer introduces resin featuring Milliken additives	06.05.2021
DELTA TECNIC Production of PVC compounds that prevent generation of static electricity	30.04.2021
REPSOL Additional advanced materials for 3D printing	29.04.2021
BASF “Ultramid” Advanced N grade widens PPA portfolio	28.04.2021
SAICA Launch of recycle-ready mono-PE pouch laminates / More than 50% rLDPE content for non-food applications	28.04.2021

Management

MANAGEMENT Sale-and-leaseback financing / Opportunity to increase liquidity and free up the balance sheet / Consideration needed for asset values, running times and “rights to separate satisfaction”	12.04.2021
SUPPLY CHAINS Companies introduce strategies to protect against Covid-19-related disruptions / Survey shows 30% of firms considering near-shoring / Euler Hermes report	01.02.2021
LOGISTICS Container freight rates rise / High demand for Asian products in Europe and US / Shipping business not expected to slow before February 2021	10.12.2020
OFFICE MANAGEMENT UK report says pandemic has companies considering renting and cutting floorspace / Over 10 times more people now working at home in UK	29.09.2020
GLOBAL ECONOMY Insolvencies to rise amid Covid-19 crisis / Hardest hit countries in 2020-2021 include US, Brazil, China / Euler Hermes report	08.09.2020

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