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23.05.2012 THERMOFORMING  Growth driven by packaging applications / Market expected to reach 3.9m t in 2017 / BCC Research

22.05.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Rhodia declares force majeure for Brazilian polyamide chain

22.05.2012 ALBEMARLE  Exit from phosphorous flame retardants business / Avonmouth and Nanjing sites to cease production

22.05.2012 GREECE  Plastics industry suffers from shrinking domestic demand / Packaging industry is one bright spot

22.05.2012 MITSUI  Raising PP compound output across the globe / Acquisition in Brazil / Meeting increased demand from global automotive sector

21.05.2012 FEEDSTOCK MARKETS  Shale gas revolution has North America celebrating a comeback in the ethylene chain / Previous heavyweight champion is back in the ring / Europe currently the loser / Cracker changeovers accelerate propylene and butylene bottlenecks

21.05.2012 TOSOH  No. 1 VCM line in Nanyo complex resumes operations following November blast

21.05.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Arkema places customers on strict PA 12 allocations / CDT deliveries expected to resume by year's end / Frenzied efforts to produce PA 10 substitutes / Force majeure remains in place for “Pebax” TPE and “Rilsamid” PA 12

18.05.2012 EPS  Italian market has been stagnant for years / Demand pegged at 141,000 t in 2011

18.05.2012 BIOPLASTICS  European Bioplastics industry group claims recent US report not scientifically backed-up / “Unbalanced conclusions”

17.05.2012 GERMANY  Plastics producers raise 2011 output to 20.7m t / Revenues on the rise / Margins pressured by feedstock costs / PlasticsEurope Deutschland predicts “growth interval” in 2012

17.05.2012 ECO PLASTICS  Continuum bottle recycling jv with Coca-Cola officially opened / Setting new industry standards for sustainable packaging / New bottles from old within six weeks

15.05.2012 PLASTICS PACKAGING  Detailed 2011 figures for Germany released / Volume sales grow faster than sales by value / Margins pressured by high polymer prices / End markets apply the brakes because of high costs

15.05.2012 COCA-COLA  Use of material in packaging to be reduced by 25% by 2020 / All bottles to include recycled and bio-based PET / Sustainability plan published

14.05.2012 NOVA CHEMICALS  Follow-up: PS line in Monaca not part of PFB deal

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