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12.12.2014 YEAR IN REVIEW 2014  Part 2 – Plastics Production: Shale gas revolution drives Europe into a corner / Ailing facilities are consolidated / Massive changes in PVC market / Shale oil reserves change the balance once again

12.12.2014 RTP  Three plants acquired from contract compounder Alloy Polymers

10.12.2014 BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE  New TDI line in Dormagen now officially on stream / Position as global market leader reinforced

09.12.2014 INEOS / SASOL  Work on Texas HDPE joint venture begins

08.12.2014 SHELL  Versalis' Porto Marghera cracker to pick up the slack for Moerdijk? / Rumours of possible restart of Italian unit

08.12.2014 JUSHI  Egyptian facility could allow Chinese glass fibre producer to escape EU's punitive tariffs

08.12.2014 JSP  Japanese plastic foam producer to build fourth expanded PP plant in China / Meeting rising demand from the automotive sector

05.12.2014 HUNTSMAN  Plans to shed 900 jobs, mostly in Europe / IPO envisaged for Additive and Pigments business / Looking to reduce titanium dioxide capacities

02.12.2014 BASF  Strategic cooperation with Kazanorgsintez / Supply of plastics additives and technical support for HDPE

01.12.2014 POLYMER-CHEMIE  Total acquires majority share in compounding subsidiary Polyblend / New lines under construction in Carling

01.12.2014 HIP PETROHEMIJA  Ethylene and PE production resumes following maintenance turnaround

27.11.2014 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Ineos declares force majeure for LLDPE and HDPE from Grangemouth

27.11.2014 BAERLOCHER  Start-up of Turkish PVC stabiliser plant imminent / Debut at "Plast Eurasia" fair

25.11.2014 WANHUA  World's largest MDI producer commissions new line in Yantai / Smaller old facility shuttered

24.11.2014 SHALE GAS  Germany's door to shale gas exploration kicked open slightly / Experts to decide on suitability of geological formations / Industry urges quick start to exploration / Plans still controversial

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