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19.03.2013 TDI  Duties on EU imports to China confirmed for five years

19.03.2013 THERMAL INSULATION  European market to reach over EUR 10 bn by 2017/ Polymers lose out to fibres as demand rises for fire properties / Turkey leads growth in eastern Europe

19.03.2013 LAUREL BIOCOMPOSITE  Construction of bio-polyethylene plant in the US completed / Phase one production due to commence in April

18.03.2013 PERTAMINA  Partnering with Thailand's PTT for proposed Indonesian petrochemical hub / Joint venture to be established before end of 2013

18.03.2013 HAMBANA PETROCHEMICALS  Land-lease agreement for Sri Lanka's first PET plant / 540,000 t/y facility due on stream in 2015

15.03.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Electricity outage takes down Styrolution's PS plant in Wingles

15.03.2013 LINPAC PACKAGING  Manufacturing facility to be built in Belarus / Opening into Russian market / EPS trays for meat, fish and poultry markets

14.03.2013 INEOS  Joint venture with Sinopec YPC to build China's largest phenol facility / At least 400,000 t/y capacity to come on stream in 2015

13.03.2013 RETORTABLE PACKAGING  Plastic solutions to capture majority of retortable market growth / New co-injection barrier technology emerging / AMI report

13.03.2013 BIOPLASTICS  Nova study sees global output as nearly tripling by 2020 / Bio-PET market driver / PP produced completely from biomass?

12.03.2013 RECYCLING  European Commission launches plastic waste consultation / Results of latest Green Paper initiative to feed into 2014 waste policy review / Industry associations welcome latest action

12.03.2013 FLAME RETARDANTS  Global annual growth of over 5% predicted / Demand to reach 2.6m t in 2016 / Rising safety and environmental standards drive use of non-halogenated chemicals / Asia remains fastest growing region / Freedonia report

11.03.2013 ITALY  Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up

11.03.2013 POLYETHYLENE  North America: Sasol building swing line / ExxonMobil plans to raise exports / New player eyeing facility in the Appalachians

11.03.2013 BASF  Two joint ventures with Markor for butanediol and PolyTHF in China / Support for local customers

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