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11.01.2016 POM  Output grows continuously by 7% a year / Consumption doubled over past decade / Global capacities approach 2m t/y / Situation unclear in China / EU imports pressure recyclate grades

11.01.2016 COM-ITAL  Fire destroys warehouse of Italian plastics distributor

11.01.2016 GERMAN PLASTICS PACKAGING  IK member companies optimistic about 2016 / Selling prices likely to be increased

08.01.2016 INDORAMA  Agreement to acquire BP's PX and PTA complex in Decatur / Backward integration into PET

07.01.2016 SOLVAY  Newspaper says Belgian group plans to exit PA business / Goldman Sachs reportedly tasked with finding a buyer

07.01.2016 US PROTECTIVE PACKAGING  Demand to grow by 4.9% annually until 2019 / Increases to be driven by rising level of internet shopping / Flexible packaging will continue to dominate market / Freedonia study

07.01.2016 SHALE GAS  Dow/YPF joint venture will triple shale gas output in Argentina / “Extraordinary results” from drilling

07.01.2016 SONOCO  Closure of two of Weidenhammer's German plants in Hockenheim and Bunde / Manufacture of composite cans shifted to Poland / Investment in injection moulding production in eastern Germany

05.01.2016 ARMACELL  Flexible foams producer acquired by investors linked to Blackstone and Lego majority shareholder Kirkbi

04.01.2016 SHALE GAS  Fracking yes, but get it right, UK task force says / Incentives can sweeten the pill for communities

04.01.2016 PLASTICS COMPOUNDING  North American processors' share of market to grow fastest / Backwards integration is key trend / BCC Research study

04.01.2016 AXIALL / LOTTE  Plans for US ethane-based cracker receive definite go-ahead / Lake Charles plant to start up in 2019

04.01.2016 BRENNTAG  German compounder Leis Polytechnik acquired / Portfolio now includes high-performance plastics

04.01.2016 HAITIAN  Büchler takes on sales and service activities in Austria and Hungary

23.12.2015 SHELL  Moerdijk cracker restarted / Lengthy SM/PO repair works finally completed / Singapore-based cracker down / Preparing for expansions in China and the US

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