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08.03.2013 POLYMER PRICES  North America February 2013: PE moving sideways / PP contracts continue to rise despite spot market turnaround / PVC pointing upwards / PS receding again / Engineering thermoplastics mostly subdued despite cost pressure

08.03.2013 DOW  Arbitration court orders Kuwait group to pay final damages of USD 2.48 bn / Breach of contract suit over failed joint venture

28.02.2013 UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY  Optimism for 2013 falls as economic woes continue to exert pressure / Exports affected by euro crisis / Former BPF president Brian Mann set to retire

13.02.2013 SUMITOMO  Chiba ethylene cracker to cease operations in 2015 / Responding to declining domestic demand and structural market shift

11.02.2013 GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING  Mixed plastics recyclers complain about dramatic dearth of sorted material / Call on industry to restructure itself

08.02.2013 SK CHEMICALS / TEIJIN  Plans for PPS joint venture in South Korea / Production of high-performance plastic scheduled to begin in 2016

07.02.2013 POLYMER PRICES  North America January 2013: Polyethylene prices rise considerably / Polypropylene notations explode / Benzene drives styrenics higher / PVC firm / Polycarbonate prices start to wobble / All quiet on the polyamide front

06.02.2013 TURKEY  Plastics industry grows strongly again in 2012 / Processing business expands by around 9% / Nevertheless, margins under increasing pressure and investment activity declines / Highly dependent on international raw material markets

06.02.2013 MITSUI  Plans to quit KEC ethylene joint venture / First steps toward consolidation of Japanese production

04.02.2013 FRANCE  Plastics processing sector posts losses in 2012 / Situation not expected to improve this year

01.02.2013 SK INNOVATION  Plans for new propane dehydrogenation unit in South Korea

31.01.2013 WESTLAKE  Technip receives engineering contract to switch Calvert City cracker to light feed

23.01.2013 GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY  Business weakens more than expected in the second half of 2012 / Export trade deteriorates / Capital spending and employment still on a high level / Industry's expectations now higher

22.01.2013 TALKE  Logistics contract for new Qapco PE line in Qatar

11.01.2013 TURKEY  Visitor numbers at Plast Eurasia 2012 rise 23% year-on-year / Foreign visitor numbers up 41% over 2011 / Exhibitor numbers increase by 10% / Next fair held in December 2013

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