EPS INSULATION Syndicate plans to lobby EU to prolong use of HBCD as flame retardant / Decision expected by year's end / Ban already enforced in Switzerland / German association members plan to follow in mid-2014	11.03.2014
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend February 2014: Price movements largely follow costs / PE producers achieve small margin gains / PVC manufacturers refuse to budge / Styrenics tending weaker	17.02.2014
VERSALIS Major revamp at Porto Marghera to cost EUR 200m / Six-month shutdown / Unions agree	13.02.2014
VERSALIS MoU with Elevance to develop metathesis technology for vegetable oil-based bio-chemicals / Plans for world-scale facility in Porto Marghera	11.02.2014
BRASKEM Agreement with Genomatica to develop bio-based butadiene process / Genomatica butadiene programme extended into the Americas	16.01.2014
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend November 2013: PE and PP producers pass on lower costs / Signs point to stabilisation / PVC stands its ground / Styrenics fall in line with monomer	14.11.2013
VERSALIS Styrene rubber site in Hythe to close / New elastomer joint venture with Lotte in South Korea	13.11.2013
VERSALIS Partnership with LG Chem for mLLDPE	29.10.2013
REPSOL Plans to invest EUR 120m in Tarragona and Puertollano through 2016 / Restructuring for high-grade materials EVA, PE metallocene grades and polyols / Days numbered for EPS site Monzon	01.10.2013
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend September 2013: Polyolefin rise held to cost increase / PVC and styrenics with slightly more momentum / No across-the-board easing / Only PE tending weaker	13.09.2013
TOTAL Update: Plans to restructure Carling / More speciality resins in future / Cracker to be mothballed / Expansion of PE line included / Ineos to continue HDPE at Sarralbe site	06.09.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Fiery flare-offs at Versalis LDPE plant in Ferrara / Production shut down for a week	05.09.2013
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics August 2013: Notations rise on a broad front and exceed costs / Demand in summer holiday season driven by pre-buying / Substantial increases likely in September	04.09.2013
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2013: Hikes overcompensate cost rise / Supply limited by production cuts and outages / Demand strong for a summer month / Prices could climb further	13.08.2013
VERSALIS Plans to produce hydrocarbon resins at Priolo site / Agreement with Neville Venture	12.08.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Versalis: Force majeure for EVA from Oberhausen facility	07.08.2013
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics July 2013: All products rise despite stagnating costs / Market tight due to poor supply and normal demand / Monomer-plus-margin strategy drives calls for hikes	05.08.2013
ENI Plan to revamp Gela refinery / Project to restore efficiency and profitability / Training and safety centre planned / Biofuels research continues	26.07.2013
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2013: Moderate increases for most products / Sharp output cuts / Demand still sluggish / Rising crude oil notations support producer hike plans	12.07.2013
LANXESS First bio-based PBT produced in German commercial-scale plant / Genomatica's process technology utilising BDO key	26.06.2013
VINYLS ITALIA Bankruptcy staved off once again / Ministry of economics roundtable slated for June	30.05.2013
VERSALIS Ambitious recovery plan for Italian producer / Set to reduce commodity dependency	02.05.2013
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2013: Producers hold onto half of cost reductions / Falling naphtha strengthens converters' waiting game / Intensity of demand revival will decide further developments	15.04.2013
VERSALIS JV for renewable butadiene is finalised	15.04.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Technical glitch takes out Versalis' ethylene cracker in Priolo	05.04.2013

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