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COVESTRO TPU line in Taiwan begins production / Uses for output include paint-protection films	24.05.2023
POLYMER PRICES North America April 2023: Widespread reductions despite a few plant outages / Feedstock prices softer / Revival in demand still on hold / May prices expected to be lower across the board	10.05.2023
COVESTRO Core operating profit for 2023 to be flat versus 2022 / Share buyback programme resumed	05.05.2023
EDITORIAL Viessmann deal sends warning signal to German plastics converters	02.05.2023
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Plastics use to surge over next few years – report / Design changes to support further resin demand / European component makers report profitability concerns / Employment growth in EV parts underperforming expectations	20.04.2023
COVESTRO German group still in the red / Loss lower than expected due to cost-cutting measures / Sale of 3D printing business completed	19.04.2023
POLYMER PRICES North America March 2023: Mixed price development despite subdued demand / Propylene, PP continue upward trend, PA 6 loses further ground / April expected to be generally weak	13.04.2023
COVESTRO Further development plans for PU foam recycling process / Collaboration with recycling companies	04.04.2023
M. HOLLAND Agreement to distribute Lavergne's recycled resins in North America	31.03.2023
COVESTRO Shareholders come up empty-handed due to dismal FY results / Company sees steep decline in 2023 EBITDA at group level and Performance Materials	06.03.2023
COVESTRO New TPU plant to be located in China / “Close to customers and value chains” / Project to include innovation centre	02.03.2023
EDITORIAL Of red lines and crossing them	01.03.2023
COVESTRO EUR 200 mn chlorine plant onstream in Spain / European MDI network strengthened / Energy saving by up to 25%	16.02.2023
DOW Sharp drop in profits in year-end quarter / Chemical giant announces massive cost cuts	27.01.2023
COVESTRO / LANXESS Chempark neighbours share sustainability resources / Cooperation to curb CO2 output / ISCC-PLUS certification	27.01.2023
COVESTRO EUR 300 mn net income loss surprises markets / Impairments cut earnings / High energy, material costs hit results	17.01.2023
POLYMER PRICES North America December 2022: Widespread reductions / Good availability coincides with disinclination to buy / The many short-term production outages due to winter storms have little effect on prices / Weak start to the year	11.01.2023
PEARL Arab PU, PET producer plans to expand export business to Europe, Asia	23.12.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Gas shortage takes its toll / Producers caught between rising prices, sinking profits / Firms look longingly to US	21.12.2022
RÖHM Acquisition of Sabic's Functional Forms business / Supply contract for compounds supposedly concluded	13.12.2022
CIRCULARISE Successful test run of blockchain-enabled system for ISCC Plus certification / Material traceability key aspect / Asahi Kasei invests in start-up	12.12.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PC, MDI: Covestro declares force majeure following outage in Uerdingen, Germany	07.12.2022
TURBINE BLADES European wind industry growth drives need for recycling / Trade group calls for landfill ban on used blades / Leading market players eye 100% recyclability	01.12.2022
INEOS STYROLUTION Deal with South Korean SK picglobal for the supply of mass-balance styrene	30.11.2022
COVESTRO Production begins at Thai isocyanate plant / Output supports elastomer manufacturing	28.11.2022