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20.09.2011 ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY  ZVEI: Business situation in Germany still healthy / July orders slightly above last year / Drastic price increases with rare metals / Record exports in first six months

20.09.2011 FKUR  Production of compounds based on Braskem's biobased PE

20.09.2011 FRÄNKISCHE ROHRWERKE  German pipe manufacturer lays corner stone for first French plant

19.09.2011 AUTOMOTIVE  Use of lightweight substitute materials set to grow rapidly / Global revenues to reach USD 95 bn in 2017 / Polymers finding increasing application / Frost & Sullivan study

19.09.2011 BIOAMBER  Agreement to supply biosuccinic acid for Thai PBS project / Biosuccinic acid and PBS plants to come online in 2014

16.09.2011 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY  Focus remains on mass markets of Russia, China and India / CAFE standard will drive the switch to new materials in USA / Lightweight construction a key topic at IAA / Will global sales stagnate in 2012?

16.09.2011 CHEVRON PHILLIPS  Phillips Sumika PP plant to close / Joint venture to be dissolved

16.09.2011 HUNTSMAN  Plans to raise multifunctional epoxy resins capacity in the US

16.09.2011 QINGHAI SALT LAKE  Another Chinese firm takes “Unipol“ licence / Coal-to-PP unit part of magnesium metals complex

15.09.2011 POLYETHYLENE FILM  European market at 7.5m t in 2010 / LDPE accounts for 46% but is feeling the pressure from LLDPE and metallocene grades / Bags and sacks dominate applications / Sector characterised by consolidations / Latest AMI report

15.09.2011 CHINACOAL  Coal-based polyolefins projects gearing up / Two new PP lines will use Dow's “Unipol” process

15.09.2011 FOODSERVICE DISPOSABLES  US demand forecast to grow by 4.1% up to 2015 / Packaging to see greatest gains / Improved economy will fuel rise in dining out and use of disposables / Freedonia report

15.09.2011 INDIA  Recycling plastic waste for road construction / Recyclate-bitumen mix said to result in stronger and longer lasting roads

14.09.2011 BASF  Follow-up: Groundbreaking ceremony for antioxidant plant in Bahrain

14.09.2011 FIBRON TECHNOLOGIES  US conductive polymer producer establishes Finnish subsidiary / First foothold in Europe

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