ARKEMA

Raising "Evatane" EVA copolymer prices

ARKEMA

Medical PA grades available under “MED” designation / Specialty materials distributor Velox appointed in Europe

PMC ORGANOMETALLIX

Price hike for tin stabilisers

PMC

Acquisition of Dow Chemical's tin stabilisers and lubricant business

ITALY

PVC plant at Ravenna near permanent closure / Industrie Generali stumbles over feedstock question

ARKEMA

EMEA price hike for polymer catalysts

KEM ONE

Raising emulsion PVC capacity in Spain / New COO for Vinyls business

YEAR IN REVIEW

Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks

ARKEMA

EUR 70m French PVDF expansion buried / Union strike disrupted production

PEOPLE

New EMEA sales manager for Emerald's “K-flex” plasticisers

ARKEMA

Divestment of PVC heat stabiliser business finalised / Chinese activities to transfer in H1 2013

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering thermoplastics in August 2012: Commodity ABS and PP compounds react to higher feedstock prices / Higher-grade materials mostly roll over / Costs continue to rise / Hopes that new VW Golf 7 will stimulate demand

ARKEMA

Sales rise by 15% to EUR 1.72 bn in Q2 2012 / Operating profit near to record level in 2011 / EBITDA target close to EUR 1 bn for full year

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2012: Market suddenly turns around / Polyolefins, PS and EPS rise significantly / PVC also up / Prolonged phase of price increases likely in store

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering Thermoplastics in July 2012: ABS, PA and PP feel the effect of June's feedstock slide / PC, PBT and POM stable / PMMA up slightly / Back pressure generated by reversal of feedstock notations / August still stable

ARKEMA

Price of EVA copolymers to rise

ARKEMA

Changshu PVDF capacity expansion on stream

ARKEMA

Sale of PVC heat stabiliser activities to PMC Group

ARKEMA

Divestiture of vinyls business to Klesch complete / Activities will become part of KEM One holding

ARKEMA

Go-ahead for EUR 70m investment in fluoropolymer expansion in France / Quarrel with unions has been laid to rest

RHODIA

“Technyl” eXten PA 6.10 offers drop-in solution for long chain polyamides / Versatile alternative for tight PA 12

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Arkema places customers on strict PA 12 allocations / CDT deliveries expected to resume by year's end / Frenzied efforts to produce PA 10 substitutes / Force majeure remains in place for “Pebax” TPE and “Rilsamid” PA 12

ARKEMA

Two new distributors for “Kynar” PVDF range in Italy

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PA 12 market facing extreme tightness after Marl blast / Evonik production out at least three months

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Acquisition of Arkema's “Tuffak” polycarbonate sheet business in US / Global network extended