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25.05.2016 FRANCE  Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations

25.05.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  PE, PP: Ineos declares force majeure for Lavéra and Sarralbe

25.05.2016 FRANCE  Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage

25.05.2016 FOOD PACKAGING  Project to develop bioplastic packaging that helps extend shelf life / Sensors display when food not fit to eat / Four prototypes

25.05.2016 PETRONAS  Engineering contractors appointed for Malaysia LLDPE and PP projects / Start-up expected by early 2019

23.05.2016 CHEMOURS  Commercial start-up operations at Mexican titanium dioxide plant underway

20.05.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  PP: FCC outage at Unipetrol in Kralupy / Refinery completely switched off / No propylene for Litvinov

20.05.2016 UBE / MITSUBISHI RAYON  Planned merger between UMG joint venture and JSR subsidiary Techno Polymer / Japanese ABS industry continues to consolidate

19.05.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  PE, PP, PS: Strike leads Total to declare force majeure for Gonfreville / Other sites also affected

19.05.2016 REICHHOLD  Investors plan merger with Italian composites producer Polynt / Deal expected to close this year

17.05.2016 SIBUR  Logistics agreement with Karl Schmidt for ZapSibNeftekhim polyolefins hub / Deal comprises silos, warehouse and container terminal

17.05.2016 KURARAY  Texas-based PVOH plant starts up

12.05.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  LDPE: Renewed glitch at Versalis' plant in Ferrara / Fourth emergency shutdown this year / Line said to have resumed normal operations

12.05.2016 PMMA  Output of transparent plastic continues to grow / Most capacities located in Asia / Key applications include optoelectronics, underground engineering and automotive / New production processes are more economical

12.05.2016 PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY  Sales flat, output slightly higher in 2015 / PlasticsEurope arm draws mixed picture

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