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Companies

19.06.2013 SIBUR  Commissioning of new TPE line in Voronezh

19.06.2013 KRAUSSMAFFEI Expanding activities in Chinese market / Partnering with Echom to produce SkinForm products / Assembly of MX products underway in Haiyan

19.06.2013 WITTMANN BATTENFELD New sales office in Bilbao

18.06.2013 HIP PETROHEMIJA  Following 3-year shutdown, Crepaja compounding line of Serbian petrochemical producer running again

18.06.2013 IMCD Dutch company now distributor for BioAmber in Europe

18.06.2013 OWENS CORNING Strategic alliance established with Taishan Fiberglass

18.06.2013 FRX POLYMERS  Uhde Inventa-Fischer wins contract to build Nofia flame retardant plant / World's first commercial-scale facility

17.06.2013 WILLIAMS  Explosion at US Geismar cracker / Two fatalities and several injuries / Force majeure likely / Downstream reporting little impact

17.06.2013 HUHTAMAKI  Restructuring in Alf, a closing in Norway / Goal to become more competitive

17.06.2013 JOHNSON CONTROLS Takes over full ownership of Tata Johnson Controls in India / Plans to expand engineering in Pune

14.06.2013 KEM ONE  Buyers showing interest in ailing PVC producer / Production returning to normal at most sites / Insolvency process still on schedule

14.06.2013 VICTREX Rusplast to distribute products in CIS / Oil and gas sector important to company's PEEK polymer

13.06.2013 FILTRONA New name for UK speciality supplier to better represent assorted business activities

13.06.2013 CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES Parikh Packaging transaction now closed

13.06.2013 STYRON Velox now European distributor for medical products

13.06.2013 DUPONT  China subsidiary to pull out of JV Asahi-DuPont POM / Focus on homopolymer production

12.06.2013 CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL Tenth cracker furnace planned for Texas facility / Additional 90,000 t/y ethylene available in 2014 / US Gulf Coast petrochemicals project on track

12.06.2013 AIR LIQUIDE  Chinese order two PA 6 plants / Lurgi Zimmer technology to be utilised

11.06.2013 INEOS  EPS line in Marl to be shut down / Optimisation steps for remaining production sites / Site no longer profitable

11.06.2013 ALPLA In joint development partnership for PEF bottles / Commercial-scale plant planned for 2016

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People

19.06.2013 PEOPLE Novamont: Gunter Pauli new chairman

18.06.2013 PEOPLE Perstorp: Jan Secher new president and CEO

17.06.2013 PEOPLE FRX Polymers has a new sales vice president

14.06.2013 ASSOCIATIONS BPF announces Mike Boswell as new president

07.06.2013 PEOPLE Songwon: Berka new sales and distribution manager Europe

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Markets

19.06.2013 SWITZERLAND  Swiss plastics industry sees sales fall to CHF 15 bn last year / Pressure from euro crisis and strong Swiss franc / Processed volume amounts to 812,000 t / Productivity declines / Packaging industry also weak / Recovery expected during 2013

19.06.2013 PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY  Small fall in sales expected in 2013 / More buoyant market anticipated in 2014 with 6% gain forecast / Increasing global market share

12.06.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Fracking company says UK shale gas reserves vastly underestimated / Deals and discussions heat up as government plans tax breaks for exploration

12.06.2013 CHINAPLAS Growing number of international visitors and exhibitors in Guangzhou / Focus on sustainability and production efficiency

12.06.2013 POLYPROPYLENE  Russia: PP production declines / Consumption up / Larger volume for export in future

11.06.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Spolana: Continued Elbe River danger leads chemical producer to call for force majeure

05.06.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Propylene: PetroLogistics declares force majeure

04.06.2013 ITALY  EPS consumption plunges 11% over 2011 figures / Building industry takes the hardest hit

03.06.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  West European olefins output up slightly in Q1

03.06.2013 EGYPT Approach of Ramadan lifts polymer buying interest / Imports still hampered by currency issues

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Production and Engineering

19.06.2013 RPC Hercules mini-squeeze multi-layer plastic bottles selected for Swiss sauces

18.06.2013 TEKNOR APEX US compounder adds two PLA alloys for use in electronic devices / Increased toughness with up to 40% bio-based content

17.06.2013 EREMA Prepares to unveil new recycling technology at “K 2013” in October

14.06.2013 TICONA PPS meets food-grade rules in Europe and US / Formulated for use in conveyor systems

14.06.2013 POLYSCOPE Two additions to "Xiran" terpolymer range / Dutch plant upgraded

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Industry

17.06.2013 ASSOCIATIONS EuPC elects new steering committee members / Discussions on industry concerns / Confirms priorities for Europe

10.06.2013 EPSE Benefits of polycarbonate sheet for greenhouse construction

31.05.2013 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Belgian plastics producers, coastal communities and NGOs sign resolution involving plastics waste Management on land and sea

17.05.2013 PACKAGING INDUSTRY French ELIPSO and German IK come together to tackle environmental and sourcing concerns

16.05.2013 SHALE GAS  North American firms end Polish shale gas activity / Reserves smaller than thought

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