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02.11.2012 CHINA  Protests in Ningbo elicit official pledge to halt petrochemical expansion / “Green” sentiment among the public rising / Is official acquiescence to demands linked to tendency towards petrochemical oversupply?

02.11.2012 DOW  “Styrofoam” XPS production plants in Hungary and Portugal close up shop

01.11.2012 AMER INTERNATIONAL  Construction of polyimide project in north east China kicks off / Local competition for DuPont, Sabic and Solvay

01.11.2012 REPIN MASTERBATCHES  Indian producer forms masterbatch and packaging joint venture with Dubai's Al Ahli Holding

31.10.2012 LA SEDA  Future of plastics business unsure / Search continues for industrial partner / Disposal of production assets may be needed to raise capital

31.10.2012 PETRONAS CHEMICALS  Plans to discontinue vinyls activities / Malay VCM, PVC plants to cease operations in 2013 / Vietnamese activities to be sold / Focus on higher-value operations

31.10.2012 PETROCHINA  Daqing Petrochemical subsidiary commissions massive ethylene line

31.10.2012 HELIX MEDICAL  Acquisition of MedVenture Technology in the US / Increase in design, development resources

31.10.2012 SIBUR  EPS expansion in Perm is on stream

30.10.2012 EXXONMOBIL  BOPP films business to be sold to India's Jindal PolyFilm / Merged capacity totals 480,000 t/y

30.10.2012 EASTMAN  Completion of PVB expansion in Belgium

30.10.2012 MEREDIAN  US bioplastics producer opens PHA plant in Georgia / Claimed to be “largest facility of its kind in the world”

30.10.2012 SITA  New PE agricultural and industrial film recycling plant opened in France

30.10.2012 COMPOSITES  City made of composites featured at “Feiplar” event in Brazil / Brazilian composites demand to grow by 9.5% in 2012

30.10.2012 BOTTLE RECYCLING  UK bottle recycling rate reaches 52% in 2011 / Significant increase in recycling of other rigid plastic packaging / Infrastructure change needed to increase levels further

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