BRASKEM Fernando Musa nominated as group CEO	09.05.2016
PE FILM Growth in Europe driven by restructuring and acquisitions / RKW is leading player / Supply and volatile price of raw materials as key challenges / AMI report	22.04.2016
MEDICAL PLASTICS MARKET Demand for polymeric applications increasing steeply throughout the world / German medical devices providers report record sales / Russian market caves in / Significant potential in ASEAN region	20.04.2016
PLASTIC ADDITIVES Global demand to expand by 4.5% per year to 2022 / Growth driven by rising industrial output in emerging markets / Grand View Research report	11.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES North America March 2016: PE makes up some lost ground / High-priced PP headed for a correction / Increase in PVC comes as a surprise / Despite pressure, PS still holds stable / Engineering thermoplastics continue to tumble	08.04.2016
DOW Agreement to sell Specialty Films business to Transilwrap / Transaction would include certain operations in France	04.04.2016
POLYTALK Two-day high-level conference on “Zero Plastics Waste to the Oceans” draws industry, government and private sector together / Need for collaborative efforts across the chain / Design for end of life / Calls for system change	30.03.2016
MEGLOBAL First US plant to be built at Dow's Freeport site / Long-term ethylene supply pact	30.03.2016
DUPONT Randy Stone becomes new president of Performance Materials	16.03.2016
PLASTICS MARKETS Germany's IK packaging industry association continues to engage plastics producers / IK president Roland Roth meets with Dow EMEA manager Javier Constante / Importance of Europe emphasised	11.03.2016
BASF Counter-offer for DuPont reportedly being considered / No comment from Ludwigshafen	07.03.2016
DOW US giant pays USD 835m to end PU price fixing case / Uncertainty over Supreme Court	02.03.2016
DOW Collaboration with Nordmeccanica to develop adhesive solutions for flexible packaging	29.02.2016
ICL IP Long-term PolyFR supply agreement with Albemarle / Flame retardants production to take place in Israel and The Netherlands	29.02.2016
DOW / DUPONT Post-merger material science company to be headquartered in Midland / New company's name will include Dow	23.02.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos	09.02.2016
INDUSTRY First European Plastics Innovation Awards bestowed / Seven categories	08.02.2016
DOW Margins increase in 2015 as crude oil prices continue to decline / “Chronically volatile macroeconomic environment” / Performance Plastics unit helps boost operating profit	05.02.2016
UPDATE - DOW James Fitterling promoted to president and COO / Liveris touts plans to retire by H2 2017	04.02.2016
ICL IP Flame retardants producer says availability of PolyFR in Europe suffices to meet demand / Israeli production facility operating at commercial scale	01.02.2016
DUPONT Sales and operating profit slide / Repositioning of business / Proposed merger with Dow is a priority	29.01.2016
CORRECTION - POLYOLEFINS Imminent commissioning of new large-scale global plants / Export-oriented production lines in Mexico and Saudi Arabia waiting in the wings / Uncertainty about Borouge / Iran makes a return / Europe as key export destination	22.01.2016
LYONDELL BASELL Daniel Coombs new head of global Olefins and Polyolefins business	18.01.2016
ASSOCIATIONS PlasticsEurope appoints Javier Constante and Daniele Ferrari as vice presidents	14.01.2016
SHALE GAS Dow/YPF joint venture will triple shale gas output in Argentina / “Extraordinary results” from drilling	07.01.2016

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