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02.11.2015 SABIC  Collaborating with Dell to recycle carbon fibres / Latest sustainability initiative

30.10.2015 POLYETHYLENE  High-pressure production: LDPE becoming increasingly tight in Europe / Global importance wanes / New plants mostly flexible and easily switched to EVA / Specifically targeted types more expensive

30.10.2015 SOCAR  Azerbaijani president lays foundation stone for Socar Polymer polyolefins hub in Sumgayit / One of the largest investments in the region

30.10.2015 BASF  South Korean “Ultradur” and “Ultramid” compounding plant starts up / Development laboratory to follow in Q2 2016

29.10.2015 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  C2/C3: Borealis declares FM for Stenungsund cracker / Problems during start-up / Downstream production not affected

29.10.2015 LOTTE  Uzbek gas chemical complex completed / Start-up in January 2016 / Integrated project includes HDPE and PP facilities / Korea and Japan jostling for position in Central Asia

28.10.2015 BIOAMBER  Canadian bio-succinic plant now at commercial scale / Margin prospects better than expected

27.10.2015 PET  US authorities impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on PET imports from Canada, China, India and Oman / Chinese producers slapped with highest tariffs

26.10.2015 CHINA  Concerns about industrial safety rising / Sinopec reportedly mulling stake in Dragon Aromatics' ill-fated PX plant / Tianjin chemical companies ordered to relocate following deadly blast

26.10.2015 A. SCHULMAN  Three plants to close in USA / Production to be consolidated in Evansville / Acquisitions boost full-year and Q4 results

23.10.2015 BIOPLASTICS  Global growth rates remain high / Degradable and bio-based polymers still niche materials / Market dominated by drop-in applications / Europe is leading production region / 5m t of bio-PET for bottles by 2018

23.10.2015 UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker only expected to restart in July 2016 / Outage impacts Q3 results

19.10.2015 ASHLAND  New distribution deals for Scandinavia

16.10.2015 INTERVIEW  “Our industry needs reliable suppliers!” / IK president Roland Roth on the situation on the polyolefin market / Need for more choice / US processors could become a threat

15.10.2015 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Dow confirms that Tarragona cracker is offline / Repairs in progress

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