BRASKEM

Negative currency effects push results deeper into the red / Expansion of PE capacity in Brazil

BRASKEM

Sales, operating results skyrocket / Lower net loss / Change in management

BRASKEM

Weak Q4 leaves Brazilian polyolefin group in the red / Capacity expansion for bio-PE nears completion

BRASKEM

Change of leadership at Brazilian polyolefin group

BRASKEM

Q1 core profit falls on higher costs / Strong Brazilian real props up net profit / Sustainability efforts intensified

BRASKEM

Strength of Brazil economy spurs return to profit / More investments planned this year

BRASKEM IDESA

Agreement with Pemex to build ethane import terminal in Mexico / Adjustment of ethane supply contract

POLYMER PRICES

North America May 2021: Notations race from one high to the next / Product shortages everywhere / Numerous forces majeures still in place / Benzene price gives reason for hope / Only PS situation likely to improve in June

POLYMER PRICES

North America April 2021: Mammoth price increases dominate the picture / Converters despair over record costs / Benzene price explodes / High costs and low inventories point to new record demands for May

POLYMER PRICES

North America February 2021: Dramatic shortages spark price explosion / Winter storms on Gulf of Mexico bring production to standstill / Producers often unable to meet demand / Relief unlikely

POLYMER PRICES

North America January 2021: Unceasing upward movement in all segments / Rising feedstock prices and supply bottlenecks reinforce the trend / Slight easing of the situation expected in February

POLYMER PRICES

North America December 2020: High feedstock prices, tight supply situation and recovery tendency in plastics processing combine to drive up prices / Significant increases with few exceptions / Tension unlikely to ease

BRASKEM

Gas supply halt forces PE shutdown in Mexico / Q3 sales and core profit soar on higher prices and demand recovery / Ramp-up of sustainability efforts

US PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Improved performance in 2017 / Mexico and Canada remain strongest trading partners / Plastics Industry Association report

MEXICO

Plastics industry on growth course / Billions invested in booming automotive and aviation industries / Domestic polymer capacities limited to PVC, PET and PS / Highly dependent on polymer imports

POLYMER PRICES

North America June 2016: PE notations tread water / PP once again in free fall / PVC trending slightly up / Styrenics stable / Engineering thermoplastics moving sideways

BRASKEM IDESA

Mexico's “Etileno XXI” hub is officially inaugurated

BRASKEM IDESA

New PE complex not affected by nearby VCM explosion

BRASKEM IDESA

First PE line starts up / Additional facilities to be brought on stream before May

BRASKEM IDESA

Ethylene hub in Mexico fully brought on stream

ETHYDCO

PE plant in Egypt in start-up mode / Preparing for exports to Europe

POLYMER PRICES

North America January 2016: PE continues to slide / PP proceeds to climb / PVC and PS stuck / Engineering thermoplastics pointing down

CORRECTION - POLYOLEFINS

Imminent commissioning of new large-scale global plants / Export-oriented production lines in Mexico and Saudi Arabia waiting in the wings / Uncertainty about Borouge / Iran makes a return / Europe as key export destination

BRASKEM IDESA

Large PE hub starts up in Mexico / HDPE and LDPE exports could commence in March

BRASKEM IDESA

Mexico plants to start shipping PE to Europe in early 2016