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Europe

20.09.2018 EU PLASTICS STRATEGY MEPs vote in favour of proposals to boost recycling and tackle marine litter / Call for ban on microplastics in cosmetics / FEAD voices support

20.09.2018 POLYMER PRICES  Standard Recyclate September 2018: Mixed trends / Slight oversupply exerts pressure on rPP homo and rLDPE prices / Significant hikes on clear rPET / Upward potential for a few polymers in October

20.09.2018 VENATOR  Titanium dioxide plant in Finland to be shut down / Capacity to be distributed to other sites

20.09.2018 HEXPOL Swedish compounder acquires Kirkhill Rubber / Presence to be boosted in US rubber compounds

20.09.2018 NEDERLANDSE TRANSPORT MAATSCHAPPIJ Homogenised recyclate for Dutch manufacturer of plastic pallets and walls

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North America

20.09.2018 HEXPOL Swedish compounder acquires Kirkhill Rubber / Presence to be boosted in US rubber compounds

19.09.2018 UNIVAR USD 2 bn takeover of US distributor Nexeo / Potential divestment of plastics business

17.09.2018 KORDSA Takeover of two composites suppliers in the US / Tyre reinforcement producer aims to also become a big player in aviation applications

14.09.2018 MARINE LITTER "World Cleanup Day" to tweak awareness / Ocean Cleanup vessel launched to collect waste in Pacific garbage patch

14.09.2018 INVISTA  Capacity expansion for PA 6.6 in China / Upgrade by 40,000 t/y

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Australia

14.08.2018 SECOS New biodegradable resins plant in Malaysia onstream / Capacity expandable to 12,000 t/y

07.08.2018 AMCOR Australian group to acquire US packaging company Bemis / USD 6.8 bn merger / New Amcor to focus on consumer flexible packaging in Europe, Asia and the Americas

13.12.2017 FREUDENBERG Another acquisition in Household Products segment / Purchase of Australian E.D. Oates

19.09.2017 AMPACET New masterbatch plant opened in Australia

11.09.2017 AMCOR  Flexible packaging segment closes unprofitable factories in France

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Asia

19.09.2018 CLARIANT Plastics division planned with Sabic's stake / Polymers, masterbatches and additives / Complete takeover?

19.09.2018 POLYMER PRICES  China Engineering Thermoplastics August 2018: Prices show mixed developments / Significant hikes for PA 6.6 and PBT / PC notations decline

18.09.2018 AGC  PVC expansion planned at Indonesian subsidiary / Japanese firm's Southeast Asia PVC capacity to reach 1.2m t/y

17.09.2018 POLYMER PRICES  China Standard Thermoplastics August 2018: Hikes across the board / Higher input costs / Sharp rises for PP and bottle-grade PET / Brisk demand for LDPE and LLDPE

17.09.2018 MITSUI CHEMICALS  Expansion of UHMW-PE production capacity in Japan

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South America

11.09.2018 UNITED CAPS Collaboration with Braskem on bio-sourced plastic closures

06.09.2018 CELANESE  Hefty hikes for PA 6 and PA 6.6 compounds in Europe, Asia and the Americas

04.09.2018 SEKISUI  Global price increases for polyvinyl alcohols

30.08.2018 BRASKEM  Petrobras reviews sales plans and considers exercising pre-emptive rights / Acquisition by LyondellBasell in doubt?

29.08.2018 TAGHLEEF INDUSTRIES Acquisition of Colombian films producer Biofilm / On the heels of market leader Jindal

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Africa

07.09.2018 BODO MÖLLER CHEMIE Global speciality chemicals company expands into Kenya

17.08.2018 ASHLAND  Price hikes for composites products in EMEA region

24.07.2018 INDORAMA PET world leader acquires majority stake in Egyptian preform producer Medco Plast

12.07.2018 A. SCHULMAN  Price hikes for masterbatches in EMEA

28.06.2018 HENKEL  Sustainable multilayer flexible packaging developed / APK's “Newcycling” process recovers high-quality LDPE

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