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Europe

21.08.2017 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  POM: Force majeure in effect for some compound grades from BASF / Bottlenecks continue

21.08.2017 POLYMER PRICES  Engineering Recyclate August 2017: Prices rollover in all cases / Base material remains expensive / Situation eased by fall in demand / Minor reductions likely for rPA and rPOM in September / Secondary PP compounds tending upwards

21.08.2017 SABIC  Shell's shares in joint venture Sadaf taken over / Deal completed

21.08.2017 ATHLONE EXTRUSIONS Irish sheet manufacturer acquired by Swiss firm Schweiter Technologies

21.08.2017 FAINPLAST Italian compounder expands capacity for halogen-free flame-retardant compounds

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North America

21.08.2017 THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS  Metals substitution drives global consumption / Asia-Pacific accounted for half of demand in 2016 / Auto applications lifted by vehicle weight and fuel efficiency regulations / Grand View Research report

21.08.2017 TEKNOR APEX German compounding capacity expanded / New products in the market from 2018

21.08.2017 PLASTIC FANTASTIC The walls are a blank slate

16.08.2017 AUTOMOTIVE FILM MARKET  Global demand driven by expanding car production / Consumers prefer protective wraps and greater comfort / Grand View Research report

16.08.2017 INTERPLASTIC  Global price increases for gel coats and colourants

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Australia

26.05.2017 AMCOR Speciality plastics food container business acquired in Colombia

28.04.2017 AMCOR Michael Zacka appointed as CCO

24.01.2017 NEWELL BRANDS Rubbermaid storage crate business sold to United Solutions

20.12.2016 NEWELL BRANDS “Bolt-on” acquisition of New Zealand food storage container Sistema Plastics / Geographic expansion

11.11.2016 AMCOR Purchase of Chinese flexible packaging producer Hebei Qite for USD 28m / Acquisition of Sonoco's rigid plastics blow moulding slate wrapped up

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Asia

21.08.2017 SABIC  Shell's shares in joint venture Sadaf taken over / Deal completed

18.08.2017 GLASS FIBRE MARKET  European producers see threat if EU drops Chinese anti-dumping duties on open mesh fabric

18.08.2017 PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK Indian carbon black producer expands capacity

17.08.2017 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  MDI: BorsodChem declares force majeure on deliveries from Hungary

17.08.2017 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  PET: JBF disconnects plant in Belgium / Liquidity problems / UAE production also set to stop

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South America

11.08.2017 DELTAPLAM Brazilian food packaging company acquired by Sealed Air

07.08.2017 COLOMBIA  National plastic bag fee introduced in July / Follow-up to awareness and recycling campaign

31.07.2017 COSTA RICA  National initiative to replace single-use plastics with renewables by 2021

12.07.2017 SOLVAY Divestment of Brazilian PVC compounder Dacarto Benvic to jv partners

06.07.2017 BRASKEM  Construction of USD 675m plant in Texas / Largest PP line in the Americas

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Africa

09.08.2017 MONDI Water-soluble films introduced for packaging / Applications in home care and agricultural industries

08.08.2017 BOREALIS New sales office in South Africa to enable local distribution / Focus on plastic pipe systems

24.07.2017 MOROCCO  Authorities get hold of 420 t of forbidden plastic bags / Large efforts across the country to go green

19.07.2017 ETHYDCO  Egyptian PE production up and running without a hitch / High export quota / Privatisation to be increased

14.07.2017 DIC AMP Polymix to distribute PPS resins in parts of Europe and North Africa

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