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MEDICAL DEVICES

EU commission postpones MDR application / Shortages in getting devices certified "not an option right now" with Covid-19

06.04.2020 As intended, the European Commission has fulfilled its plans to postpone the medical device regulation (MDR) application date (see Plasteurope.com of 30.03.2020). On 3 April, the commission adopted the proposal for a one-year postponement of application of the MDR until 26 May 2021.The measure is to...

06.04.2020 PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY  Operations continue amid production stoppages and Covid-19 measures / Supply chains largely intact / Automotive ordering grinds to a halt / Some services offered at the weekend

03.04.2020 POLYMER PRICES  Styrenics March 2020: Prices in free fall after styrene reference crash / Processors securing stocks to weather the coronavirus pandemic / Massive turbulence in April is in the cards

02.04.2020 TURKEY  Government introduces Covid-19 measures to help out businesses / Pagev sees lack of including plastics sector as major deficiency / Polyolefin spot prices trending sharply downward

01.04.2020 FEEDSTOCKS  Record price drop for benzene / Olefins also in a free fall

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06.04.2020 POLYMER PRICES  Engineering thermoplastics March 2020: Most grades roll over / Only polyamides on the decline / Benzene crash to overshadow April / E&E sector could stabilise prices for POM and PBT

06.04.2020 LYONDELLBASELL  Covid-19 slows work on Texas PO/TBA plant / Group remains “committed” to project completion

06.04.2020 NOVAMONT New “Mater-Bi” grade for extrusion coating / Company “fully operational” in Italy

06.04.2020 BASF Lorenzo Bottinelli announced as new head of Italian branch

06.04.2020 RESEARCH Scientists from German Helmholtz research centre discover bacteria that eats polyurethane waste

03.04.2020 TRINSEO  Hefty price decreases for polystyrene in Europe

03.04.2020 POLYMER PRICES  Polypropylene March 2020: C3 setback pressures PP / Compounds unchanged / Converters lack common strategy / Sharp downswing likely in April

03.04.2020 POLYMER PRICES  Polyethylene March 2020: Injection moulding grades under pressure / Film grades manage to hold ground / Demand for blow moulding material runs wild / Many stocks overflowing / C2 crash will drive polymer notations down

03.04.2020 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Fracking giant Whiting Petroleum falls victim to fall in oil prices

03.04.2020 HUHTAMAKI Outlook for 2020 withdrawn due to Covid-19 / Demand for food-on-the-shelf packaging rising

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