BOROUGE

Shanghai compounding unit to be expanded / Plans for second Chinese facility scratched

PEOPLE

Borealis executive board has a new member

BOREALIS

New line for PP-LGF compounds at Monza / Automotive weight saving of 15% claimed

BOREALIS

Soft European polyolefins market contributes to 26% fall in net earnings in Q2 2013 / Borouge profits improve following maintenance turnaround

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2013: Hikes overcompensate cost rise / Supply limited by production cuts and outages / Demand strong for a summer month / Prices could climb further

CLARIANT

Long-term ethylene supply contract with OMV for Gendorf / Surplus from Burghausen cracker

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

South German ethylene pipeline dedicated in Munich

BOREALIS

HDPE production at Burghausen facility to be mothballed in 2014 / Company to focus on PP production

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2013: Moderate increases for most products / Sharp output cuts / Demand still sluggish / Rising crude oil notations support producer hike plans

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Borealis: Force majeure for PP at German site Burghausen

EVENTS

Registration open for "Thin Wall Packaging Conference” in Cologne

BOREALIS

EUR 65m investment to upgrade Porvoo PE plant

BOREALIS

EUR 100m “Sirius” catalyst plant now open / “Central pillar” of polyolefins growth strategy

PEOPLE

Borealis: Rochas new vice president of energy & infrastructure

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics April/May 2013: Mixed bag of perspectives / Ethylene pricing continues depressed / Largely stable pricing / Some slight upward movements / Downstream processing capacity utilisation 70%

PEOPLE

3B Fibreglass appoints Hubert CEO

BOREALIS

Profits hit by Borouge turnaround / Soft market conditions add to pressure on earnings / Final work on third stage at Ruwais JV is underway

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in March 2013: Producers find it hard to pass on costs / Cold weather, soft markets and reluctant buyers dash hike hopes / Cost reduction and rising demand jockey for position in April

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2013: Falling costs upstream dash producers' hopes of triple-digit hikes / Polyolefins rise less than costs / Higher input prices added to PVC, PS and EPS / Supply in line with demand

BOREALIS

Acquisition of DEXPlastomers jv completed / DSM also sells LLDPE Compact Solution Technology

BOREALIS

2012 net profits hampered by poor polyolefins demand / European operations to be further optimised / Austrian PP catalyst plant onstream / Borouge 3 expansion on track

BOREALIS

Plans to invest EUR 46m to upgrade European sites / C4 project in Stenungsund to improve n-butene supplies / Heater replacement at Porvoo phenol complex

BOREALIS

PE and PP price hike in January

STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS

Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Borealis' executive vice president Polyolefins Alfred Stern talks to PIE about the global and European market situation and the company's experiences with “Borstar”