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PLASTICS PROCESSING Nearly 3m t of polymers processed in Gulf Cooperation Council states in 2009 / Packaging about half the market / No regional production of high performance plastics / AMI report	19.04.2010
DOW Business alliance for polyurethane systems in the Middle East / New manufacturing plant planned in Saudi Arabia	09.03.2010
ISRAEL Environment ministry distributes memorandum on packaging waste / Knesset passes law on beverage containers / 22.5% recycling target for plastic	25.02.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY German sales held back by weak exports in 2009 / Booming demand in the Middle East / Asia remains main growth market / Traditional markets contracting	11.02.2010
DOW EUROPE Distribution pact with Targray for optical media grades	22.01.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS World-scale ethylene and PE complex to be built at Ras Laffan / New cracker to start next month	08.01.2010
GULF STATES Gulf Cooperation Council member states invested around USD 82 bn in plastics and chemicals manufacturing industry in 2008 / More than 50% of all state investment	16.12.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Qatofin's LLDPE line in Mesaieed / Qatar officially comes on stream	30.11.2009
FACC Foundation stone laid for Strata plant in Abu Dhabi / Production of composite parts for aircraft construction	30.11.2009
PLASTICS PROCESSING Persian Gulf states drive growth / Region to add 15m t of polymer capacity in three years / Favourable positioning due to abundant petrochemical supply / Packaging accounts for over half of output / Focus on PE, PP and PVC / AMI report	22.09.2009
COMMODITY MARKETS Qatar: Ras Laffan megacracker about to come on stream / Qatofin's LLDPE plant in Mesaieed to start operating soon	09.09.2009
SABIC Mitsubishi Rayon jv to produce MMA and PMMA	13.08.2009
QAPCO Tekfen wins USD 165m LDPE plant contract	21.07.2009
TECHNIP French contractor tapped for two Saudi projects	17.07.2009
SABIC Two polyolefin plants on stream this year / PC to follow at the end of 2010 / ABS in Al-Jubail	02.07.2009
FACC Cooperation with Arabian company Mubadala / Building of new plant in Abu Dhabi / Transfer of orders	25.06.2009
EQUATE Shuaiba expansion adds 225,000 t/y to PE capacity	23.06.2009
SABIC Uhde Inventa-Fischer appointed for PET expansion	18.06.2009
UHDE Order for PE line in Qatar	17.06.2009
SIPCHEM EVA plant to use ExxonMobil process	08.06.2009
SABIC MOU with Sipchem on petrochemicals project / EUR 2.94 bn investment / On stream mid-2013	19.05.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Al-Jubail petrochemical complex started up	12.05.2009
PETRO RABIGH Cracker start-up as complex nears completion / MOU is signed for Rabigh II feasibility study	23.04.2009
BOREALIS Borouge 2.5m t/y expansion enters design phase	20.04.2009
QAPCO Sumitomo Asia to buy ethylene from Qatar	13.03.2009

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