DUPONT

Q2 EBITDA down 20% / Net loss widens due to Covid-19 impacts and impairment charge in Transportation & Industrial

DOW POLYURETHANES

Partnership with French mattress recycler Eco-mobilier / Supply of post-consumer PU foam

DOW

Cost reduction programme widened / Plans to slash global headcount by 6% and dispose assets badly hit by pandemic

DOW

US chemicals giant joins recycling pilot in Nigeria

POLYMER PRICES

North America June 2020: Export business props up PP prices / PP and PVC bottom out / Engineering plastics tread water / Higher feedstock prices / Uncertainty in July in view of infection developments

PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

US chemicals group Dow drops its membership

DOW

Post-consumer recycled resins on European market / New sustainability targets include plastics waste prevention

PLASTICSEUROPE

Covestro CEO Markus Steilemann is new president

EQUATE

Naser Aldousari to take over as CEO of petrochemical group

DOW / SHELL

Collaboration on electrifying steam crackers

POLYMER PRICES

North America May 2020: Polyolefin price slide comes to a halt / PVC could bottom out / Output reductions take effect / Demand subdued despite easing of lockdown / Turnaround in June unlikely

CORONAVIRUS

Industry firms continue contributions for plastic masks and shields / Multiple collaborations and networks set up in Spain

PLASTICSEUROPE

Alicia Martín new general manager of Madrid-based Iberian section

DOW POLYURETHANES

Foam recycling collaboration with Orrion Chemicals Orgaform in France

DSM

Launch of open platform for Covid-19 solutions / Production of masks and nose swabs for Dutch government

DOW / DOXA PLAST

Partnership on bio-based polyethylene stretch films

SAUDI ARAMCO

EU commission greenlights JV with Baker Hughes / Composite plastic pipes for oilfield applications / Sabic takeover in Q2?

POLYMER PRICES

North America April 2020: Unprecedented plunge in oil price causes thermoplastics prices to tumble / Inventories at record level after plant closures / Producers opt for shutdowns

FORMOSA PLASTICS

Covid-19 outbreak at Texas site / Start-up of new polyethylene plant delayed again

USA

Industry urges USD 1 bn in aid for recycling in pandemic / Plastics groups lead initiative

DOW

Q1 results contract due to Covid-19 pandemic and oil price fall / Suspension of select production units

BASF

Plastics segments already significantly weaker / Q2 will show actual consequences of coronavirus pandemic / Only few plant shutdowns to date

MARINE LITTER

Circulate Capital invests USD 6m in plastics recyclers in India and Indonesia

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LLDPE: Europe becomes the stage for a sales battle for film grades / Prices for C4 and C6 materials nearly equal in some areas / Can plastics converters benefit from the price pressure?

INEOS

Forties pipeline shutdown delayed again / Hand sanitiser output increased