Elix Polymers

Solid growth on a global basis / Worldwide capacities of 10m t/y / Asia dominates production and consumption / Restructuring in Europe makes an impact / Market players still face challenges

Božana Šošic joins sales team in Croatia

Carlos Mueller appointed business director of Spanish ABS producer

Immediate price hike for ABS and SAN

High heat ABS range introduced for interior and exterior automotive applications / Bio-ABS grades in development

Immediate price hike for European ABS and SAN

Spanish producer reduces lead times for standard ABS to four days

Higher prices for ABS and SAN

Pre-coloured ABS grades certified for revised European Toys Safety Directive

Prices marked upward for styrene copolymers

PC/ABS injection moulding blends available

Extended distribution agreement with Mito Polimeri in Italy

Spanish producer opens logistics hub in Germany

Higher prices for ABS and other styrene copolymers

Picoplast added to distribute in Benelux

Velox appointed to distribute of polymer modifiers in Central Europe

Engineering plastics company signs AMP as distributor to France and the Maghreb

A. Schulman appointed as distributor for Mexico

Radka to distribute ABS portfolio in central/eastern Europe

Initiative to reduce lead times and improve customer service for ABS products

North American distributor appointed / Part of strategy to expand outside Europe

Mito Polimeri to distribute product range across Italy

Engineering Thermoplastics in December 2012: Rollover dominates / Occasional signs of weakness / Supply suffices to meet sluggish demand / Rising benzene notations increasingly make themselves felt / Fresh calls for price hikes for ABS and PC

Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks

Price hike for “Elix” styrene copolymers