CORONAVIRUS

Chemicals and plastics producers help with hand sanitiser supply / Ineos building new plants for ethanol and isopropanol / North Sea Forties pipeline planned shutdown delayed

ML POLYOLEFINS

Business as usual for now despite additional coronavirus restrictions in Poland

UBE INDUSTRIES

Acquisition of US plastic compounds manufacturer PCTNA / First manufacturing base in North America

SHELL

Work on Pennsylvania shale complex suspended / Authorities fear coronoavirus risk to workers

ADVANSA

PET producer making a fresh start under new ownership / Cooperation with PT Asia

ORBIA ADVANCE

Group results down by a third / PVC production pulls down revenue and earnings

BRIGHT GREEN PLASTICS

Former Imerplast UK business renamed / Recycling of polyolefins for targeting applications

CLARIANT

Collaboration with Floreon to extend performance of biopolymers

ARKEMA

India sustainable castor bean project extended to 2022 / Project founders include BASF and Jayant Agro-Organics

UNIPETROL

Chemical feedstock from plastics waste / Pyrolysis pilot plant planned in Czech Republic

BOREALIS

Launch of renewable PP / Collaboration with Neste and Henkel

DOMO CHEMICALS

Plans to start building EUR 12m polyamide compounds plant in China

INGENIA

Acquisition of LyondellBasell's site in Texas

CELANESE

Full-year sales down 12% / Net earnings dip 29% / Engineered Materials operating profit declines

INDORAMA

Joint venture with Coca-Cola inked on bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in Philippines / 30,000 t/y capacity by 2021

TEKNI-PLEX

Fire destroys PVC film production plant in northern Italy

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY

ContiTech declares force majeure at its sites in all countries affected by Covid-19 / Akwel halts or reduces production

UPONOR

Withdrawal of 2020 financial target due to potential coronavirus impacts

HELLA

Headlight specialist revises forecasts / Short-time working and other cost-cutting measures due to coronavirus pandemic

ALPLA

Construction of new packaging facility in South Africa

GUILLIN

French packaging group acquires majority stake in Switzerland's Thermoflex

LEGO

Financial results improve in 2019 / Strong growth in China despite coronavirus epidemic

TUPPERWARE

Profit warning causes additional drop in share price / Beauty business causes massive problems

KB COMPONENTS

Acquisition of rival injection moulding company in Sweden

PREGIS

Takeover of Italian films manufacturer Soprad

COVERIS

Acquisition of Hungary's Plasztik-Tranzit / Gain in access to markets in Central and Eastern Europe

LIQUIBOX

Acquisition of DS Smith's plastics business is complete

HELVOET

Cleanroom manufacturing capacity expanded

PLASTCHIM-T

First BOPP/BOPE hybrid stretching line ordered / First ever fully recyclable BOPE film

PLASTIFLEX

Purchase of Smooth-Bor vacuum and swimming pool hose business