PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Glass fibre shortage impacts Domo's polyamide compound production / Force majeure rumoured

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

DUPONT

Higher prices announced for TPV and silicone elastomers

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PA 6.6: Ascend declares force majeure for precursor ACN in the US

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

DuPont declares force majeure on polyamides, PPA, PBT worldwide / Deliveries stopped / BASF USA also cuts back

POLYAMIDES

Precursors, pull from China, and freight prices: Fragile PA 6.6 chain alarmingly unsteady / Steeply rising prices / Cost of PA 6 also moving up

POSEIDON PLASTICS

Start of recycling project for difficult-to-recycle scrap PET / Use of glycolysis technology

DUPONT

Q4 sales and profit seen higher year-on-year / Full-year sales forecast lower as profit-loss widens / Merger of nutrition and biosciences unit with IFF complete

KURARAY

Subsidiary Trosifol expands production of PVB films in Czech Republic

BASF

Subsidiary BTC Europe takes over PU distribution / Competition for US distributor Univar

TOTAL CORBION

Thomas Philipon replaces Stephane Dion as CEO

DUPONT

Price hike planned for polyester materials

DUPONT

Q3 recovery at a low level / Record result in electronics segment

DSM

Price increases for polyamide and PBT

DUPONT

Higher prices for polyamide and POM

EASTMAN

Partnerships set to incorporate bio-based materials into eyewear and fabrics

DOW

Group to slim down even more / Fewer investments / Sale of tank farms and railway lines

DUPONT

New "Liveo" brand for silicone-based medical and pharmaceutical products

BOREALIS

McArdle new VP of polyolefins strategy

DUPONT

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

DUPONT

Company temporarily shuts 50% of polymer capacity / Q1 EBITDA falls 8% to USD 1.3 bn

HIGH-PERFORMANCE PLASTICS

Global consumption to grow by 5.5% per year to 2024 / Asia Pacific share to reach 54% / E&E makes up one third of consumption / Smithers report

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

Court dismisses spin-off's lawsuit against DuPont / Chemours to appeal

DUPONT

US producer joins digital marketplace Knowde

ADVANSA

PET producer making a fresh start under new ownership / Cooperation with PT Asia