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REPOL Spanish compounder increases capacity / New extruder from Coperion	23.11.2021
TURKEY Processed polymer volume declined in 2020 / Packaging and white goods make up ground / Positive but shaky outlook for 2021 / Associations vehemently oppose import ban on plastic waste from Europe	11.06.2021
UBE INDUSTRIES Polyamide specialist opens first office in Turkey / Expansion of business in the Middle East	03.05.2021
RECYCLING SOUTH KOREA JGC to carry out feasibility study for plastics waste gasification recycling plant	28.01.2021
NORDMANN Distribution partnership with Repol extended to whole of Europe	20.10.2020
NORDMANN Distribution of Repol's engineering compounds in France	09.07.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Caprolactam: Ube Industries declares force majeure on production in Spain due to fire / PA production unaffected	17.04.2020
UBE INDUSTRIES Acquisition of US plastic compounds manufacturer PCTNA / First manufacturing base in North America	26.03.2020
CHEMICAL RECYCLING Japanese firms collaborate on waste gasification / Plans to license "Ebara Ube Process" and build plants in Japan and elsewhere	26.09.2019
UBE Acquisition of majority stake in Spanish compounder Repol / Expansion of PA 6 business	12.04.2019
TECHNO-UMG Japan's new integrated player now due to start in April / Three-way merger	19.01.2018
UBE / MITSUBISHI RAYON Agreement reached to merge Techno Polymer with UMG ABS	11.05.2017
SPAIN Economy continues to show solid growth / Plastics processing also on the up / Centro Español de Plásticos estimates annual turnover of EUR 14.5 bn / Positive stimulus from construction and automotive industries	28.03.2017
UBE MACHINERY Merger with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' injection moulding machinery business complete / Response to “increasingly severe” business environment	11.01.2017
UBE Significant PA 6 capacity increase in Spain / Added volumes due on stream in 2018	14.10.2016
POLYAMIDE Caprolactam market consolidates as a result of excess capacities in China / European PA 6 notations crumbling / Feedstock market shifts start to impact Europe / PA 6.6 prices sliding / Adipic acid availability continues to lengthen	27.09.2016
UBE Launching new PA packaging grade at “K 2016” fair / Reduced risk of retort shock	24.08.2016
UBE MACHINERY Deal for majority stake in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' injection moulding machinery subsidiary	03.08.2016
UBE / MITSUBISHI RAYON Planned merger between UMG joint venture and JSR subsidiary Techno Polymer / Japanese ABS industry continues to consolidate	20.05.2016
UBE Spanish activities merged under Ube Corporation Europe / Part of internal restructuring	11.04.2016
UBE INDUSTRIES Strontium carbonate nanoparticles produced for optical applications / Single layer retardation films improve viewing of LCD displays	29.06.2015
UBE PA 6 capacity expansion in Castellón brought on stream	01.04.2015
UBE INDUSTRIES Chemicals and plastics profit to plunge 60% for full year / Caprolactam market remains weak	08.11.2013
UBE Profit warning due to excess of caprolactam in China	08.10.2013
POLYMER PRICES China Engineering Thermoplastics August/September 2013: Most feedstocks rise / Demand sees modest growth / Import quotes increase / Domestic prices remain stable but with some concessions / National Day holiday looms in October	25.09.2013