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18.10.2016 UPDATE - BASF  Explosion leaves three dead and six injured / Fire extinguished / 20 plants temporarily off stream / All activity at northern port at a standstill

18.10.2016 TRINSEO  Production of “Magnum” ABS resins to begin in China next year / Superior aesthetics at lower cost / Support for local automotive OEMs

17.10.2016 UPDATE - BASF  Deadly explosion rocks northern port at Ludwigshafen headquarters / Crackers switched off / Separate incident in Lampertheim leaves several injured

17.10.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Isocyanates: Covestro's force majeure on MDI and TDI likely to remain in place until December

14.10.2016 UBE  Significant PA 6 capacity increase in Spain / Added volumes due on stream in 2018

14.10.2016 DUPONT  First European “Zytel HNP” PPA plant starts / High performance automotive applications

13.10.2016 UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY  British Plastics Federation outlines priorities for Brexit talks / Single market access “crucial” / Converters depend on EU for polymer / Some 40% of plastics firms foreign-owned

13.10.2016 COVESTRO  PC capacity in Shanghai doubled / EUR 3 bn investment programme for global PC headquarters wrapped up

13.10.2016 TOTAL  Surface finishing technology specialist Atotech sold to investor Carlyle

12.10.2016 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Global demand for functional additives to rise by 6% per year to 2021 / Slower growth forecast for barrier coatings / Smithers Pira report

12.10.2016 MANALI PETROCHEMICALS  Acquisition of British PU systems house Notedome for EUR 15m / Expansion downstream

11.10.2016 NOVAMONT  Renewable BDO plant starts up at Bottrighe / Output 70% higher than planned / Products claimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 56% / Genomatica technology

11.10.2016 BASF  Joint venture with Avantium for FDCA and PEF / Synvina to develop markets for PEF films and bottles / Technology to be licensed

10.10.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Olefins: Ineos' Norwegian cracker offline after blaze

07.10.2016 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Isocyanates: Covestro declares force majeure for TDI and MDI / Significant delivery delays

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