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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

14.05.2012 SK GLOBAL  Building new plastomer and elastomer plant in Ulsan

14.05.2012 BIOPLASTICS  Nova-Institut publishes second edition of bio-based plastics and composites business directory

11.05.2012 INTERVIEW  German plastics packaging: Ulf Kelterborn, head of IK business association, talks to PIE about plastic bag bans

11.05.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Westlake restarts Geismar VCM unit / Site reported to be fully operational

11.05.2012 INEOS  Possible sale of two HDPE plants / Increased focus on integrated assets

11.05.2012 PET PACKAGING  Annual growth of 5% up to 2017 / Asia-Pacific to drive consumption / Bottled water edging out carbonated drinks / Collection issues dog recycling / Barrier coatings are the future / Consolidation gathers momentum / Pira study

11.05.2012 PETROCHINA  Construction of mega-refinery joint venture project with Venezuela's PDVSA begins / Project includes two ethylene crackers

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