Sipchem

Saudi petrochemical group acquires remaining shares in Petrochem / Third major transaction in two years

Polyolefins: Limited production at Saudi site Al Jubail due to power failure

Distribution of PBT from Sipchem in the Benelux region and Germany

Saudi Aramco's supply to plastics producers no longer curbed / Sabic, Yansab and Sipchem report raw material deliveries as back to normal

Distribution of Sipchem PBT in countries including Italy and France

Distributing Sipchem's PBT resins in Europe

Resinex to start distributing EVA from Al-Jubail plant across Europe in May

Distributing Sipchem's EVA in Europe

Saudi LDPE/EVA swing plant starts operations

Arab region's first PBT plant to come on stream this year / 63,000 t/y facility built by ThyssenKrupp

"Plastivision Arabia 2014" set for April in Sharjah / "GPCA PlastiCon" during the exhibition

Start-up of EVA and LDPE Saudi facility moved to Q4

Acquisition of Swiss petrochemical trading firm Aectra / Better access to European markets

Alternative feedstocks rejuvenate global plastics sector/ Oilfield licences to be awarded in Brazil / Shale gas fever rages on three continents / Middle East resources still firmly driving / Saudi Arabia, Iran are major players / GlobalData reports

New polymer compounding joint venture with Korea's Hanwha / Jubail-based jv to manufacture special resins used in wires and cables

Engineering contract awarded for Jubail EVA and LDPE project

New VAM line on stream in Al Jubail / Partnership agreement withUK polymer consultancy Smithers Rapra on development centre

Standard Thermoplastics in January 2010: Feedstock costs drive notations up significantly / Unusual circumstances / Converters in a bind / End markets put up resistance / Further rises likely in February