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POLYMER PRICES Russia September 2016: Poor demand results in across-the-board slide / HDPE and PS fall to yearly low / Slight dip for PP / End of main processing season responsible for PVC and PET declines	05.10.2016
POLYMER PRICES Russia May 2016: Most notations roll over / Despite slide, LDPE remains high-priced / PVC still inching up following outage in Angarsk / Little change expected for June	01.06.2016
POLYMER PRICES Russia April 2016: Maintenance and FM takes LDPE up / HDPE crumbles / Logistical problems drive up PP and PS / PVC and PET see gains	10.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES Russia February 2016: Force majeure at Angarsk production hub lifts PVC and LDPE notations / All other grades mostly tread water / Exchange rate fluctuations propel PET higher once again	07.03.2016
SOLVAY Sales and operating profit increase in 2015 / Advanced Materials and Functional Polymers businesses contribute to growth	01.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES Russia January 2016: Notations mostly roll over amid little activity / Volatile exchange rate drives up PVC and PET / Respective trends expected to continue into February / PS catching its breath before renewed uptrend?	04.02.2016
SOLVAY Operating profit increases by 14% in Q3 2015 / Strong pricing helps push up earnings / Advanced Materials business leads gains / Russian chlorovinyls JV contributes to improved Functional Polymers result	02.11.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia August 2015: Rise in rouble-based notations / Prohibitive costs lead several converters to shut down their operations / Producers seek refuge in export channel / Volatile exchange rate drives prices down in euro-terms / No relief in sight	01.09.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia June 2015: Rises across the board / PET the sole exception / Uptrend unlikely to end in July as maintenance season gets underway	01.07.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia May 2015: LDPE makes a retreat / Feedstock rises continue to push PS up / Little changes for HDPE, PP and PET / Imported PVC sees strongest gains / Aside from PS, PVC and PET, notations could roll over in June	05.06.2015
SOLVAY Foreign exchange rates lift operating profit in Q1 / Speciality Polymers business records strong growth / Functional Polymers operating profit down	11.05.2015
POLYMER PRICES Russia February 2015: Little market activity / Slight rises for most polymers / Only HDPE blow moulding, EPS and homo PP pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could lead to additional increases in March	05.03.2015
SOLVAY Double-digit earnings growth for Q4 and FY 2014 / Strong performance for specialty polymers led by electronics and automotive sectors / Functional polymers sales down but profits up on optimisation measures	03.03.2015
SOLVAY Earnings up 10% in Q3 / CEO upholds “high single-digit earnings forecast for full year / Brazilian competition authorities reject sale of Indupa to Braskem	14.11.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia October 2014: Rouble continues to decline / Maintenance cycle mostly over / LDPE now pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could see rises for PS and PET / Other polymers likely to decline in November	06.11.2014
POLYMER PRICES Russia September 2014: LDPE and HDPE tight and expensive / Euro notations feel currency effect as rouble continues to lose in value / PP and PVC pointing down / PS and PET roll over / Little change expected in October	06.10.2014
RUSVINYL Russian PVC plant officially inaugurated / Output to substitute imports	23.09.2014
RUSVINYL First PVC test batch produced / Facility in start-up mode / Output to go towards domestic market	13.08.2014
SOLVAY Earnings rise in Q2 2014 on strong volumes and restructuring / Functional Polymers sales impacted by weak pricing / Softness in non-consolidated vinyls assets to go to Inovyn	01.08.2014
INTERVIEW "Chinaplas" exclusive: PIE speaks to Sibur managing director and head of Basic Polymers Sergey Komyshan / Sell-and-build strategy / Focus on integrated sites / Export share expected to rise / Ukraine crisis has no significant impact on operations	02.05.2014
INEOS PVC joint venture with Solvay / Combined projected sales of EUR 4.3 bn / Potential to be in the global top three	08.05.2013
PEOPLE Guenther Nadolny appointed new director general of RusVinyl	13.12.2011
SIBUR Polymer growth targets on track / Headed for the big leagues? / Most output still earmarked for domestic market / New projects proceeding apace	25.11.2011
RUSVINYL EUR 750m in financing secured for new integrated PVC hub / State-of-the-art European technologies and equipment	08.07.2011
SIBUR New base polymers division with broad role / Construction of Tobolsk PP unit in full swing	26.05.2011