CLARIANT

Additives division continues to invest in China / Joint venture with Tiangang / New plant near Beijing to start production in 2019 / Merger with Huntsman on schedule

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

USA: Hurricane "Irma" devastates Florida / Plastics sector slightly affected

VENATOR

IPO completed / Huntsman's former Pigments and Additives segment now independent

CLARIANT

Plastics and Coatings spin-off boosts H1 results / Update on Huntsman merger

VENATOR

Huntsman's Pigments and Additives division launches IPO

PLASTICSEUROPE

Daniele Ferrari elected president of European plastics producers association

HUNTSMAN / CLARIANT

Mega-merger in speciality chemicals / IPO for Huntsman's Pigments and Additives beforehand

POLYURETHANE MARKET

Threatening situation / Insufficient MDI delivery volumes / Processors switching off production lines / Customers reacting angrily and helplessly to asked prices / “Isocyanate producers no longer acting with common decency”

HUNTSMAN

Global titanium dioxide price increases / Imminent stock market launch for Venator's pigment division

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

MDI: Only one of Huntsman's two lines in the Netherlands restarted after maintenance

HUNTSMAN

Acquisition of IFS Chemicals completed / Deal strengthens downstream PU capabilities / MDI production in Rozenburg restarted

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyurethane: Covestro declares Europe-wide force majeure on MDI

HUNTSMAN

“Positive trends” in Q1 / Reduced output at Pori through 2018 / Venator spin-off in Q2

HUNTSMAN

Definitive cessation of titanium dioxide activities in Calais / PU segment posts stable result for 2016, pigments clearly stronger

BODO MÖLLER

New marketing subsidiary in Morocco

TRONOX

Acquisition of competitor Cristal in progress / Creation of world's largest titanium dioxide producer imminent

TITANIUM DIOXIDE

Prices of white pigments rise worldwide / Availability remains tight / Huntsman force majeure adds more pressure / Further cost reductions must come soon / France seeks classification as carcinogenic

UPDATE - TITANIUM DIOXIDE

Huntsman and Kronos jump on the price increase bandwagon / China's Henan the lone hold-out

HUNTSMAN

Global price hike for iron oxide pigments

HUNTSMAN

TiO2 plant at Pori in Finland offline after fire / “Committed” to repair / Business to be spun off

ASSOCIATIONS

Simon Storer becomes new CEO of British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers' Association

HUNTSMAN

New Shanghai Campus inaugurated / Home to Asia Pacific Technology Center

HUNTSMAN

Global price hike for titanium dioxide pigments

CRISTAL

Fresh hike for titanium dioxide products in place

TRONOX

Global price increase for titanium dioxide