HUNTSMAN

Plans to shed 900 jobs, mostly in Europe / IPO envisaged for Additive and Pigments business / Looking to reduce titanium dioxide capacities

WANHUA

World's largest MDI producer commissions new line in Yantai / Smaller old facility shuttered

FLINT HILLS RESOURCES

Michigan-based PP plant to be shut next July / Looking for buyers

BODO MÖLLER

Acquisition of Nortec-Cannon's trade business / Sales activities in Denmark expanded / Strengthening relationship with Huntsman Advanced Materials

HUNTSMAN

UV-protected TPUs developed / High environmental Standards / Offshore and cable applications

HUNTSMAN

Gomet integrated into PU division following Rockwood acquisition

HUNTSMAN

European Commission nods off purchase of Rockwood's Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide businesses

HUNTSMAN

Additional MDI capacity expansion in Geismar / New 400,000 t/y facility due on stream in 2018

HUNTSMAN

Distona is new Swiss distributor for MDI products

HUNTSMAN

European Commission mandates sale of "TR52" business to allow purchase of Rockwood additives units / Approval expected in the coming weeks

UPDATE - AKZO NOBEL

Strike constrains force majeure for PVC feedstock chlorine / Shin Etsu and Huntsman affected

HUNTSMAN

Equipment failure takes out Texan propylene oxide facility / Downstream MDI plants affected

HUNTSMAN

Collaboration with German footwear group ara in Portugal / European production on the rebound / Gap to China closing

KOCH INDUSTRIES

Acquisition of PetroLogistics for USD 2.1 bn / World's largest PDH plant processes shale gas

BASF

Chinese MDI joint venture with Huntsman to double output / Chongqing plant delayed

HUNTSMAN

Two new TPU grades at “Chinaplas” / Materials developed for injection moulding in footwear applications

HUNTSMAN

TPU now produced in China as well / Catering to rising regional demand / Three global production sites

INEOS

Acquisition of Sasol's German solvent business

YEAR IN REVIEW 2013

Part 2 – US shale gas advantage a game changer for European plastics industry / Players seek to level the playing field but authorities slow to react

HUNTSMAN

Price increase for MDI polymers in European markets

HUNTSMAN

Target investment of USD 150m for Port Neches production expansion

DUPONT

Spin-off of Performance Chemicals division / Fluoropolymers and TiO2 in new company

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane feedstocks September 2013: Higher raw material costs drive notations up / Increases rarely exceed rising costs / Demand mostly soft / Prices likely to move sideways in October

HUNTSMAN

In agreement to buy Rockwood's additives and pigments businesses / Merger creates world's second largest pigments company

CPC

Subsidiary Kuokuang cancels plans for Malaysian cracker / Shale gas threatens naphtha