FEEDSTOCK MARKETS

Awards for best polymer supplier presented at EuPC annual meeting in Lyon / Repsol takes prizes for innovation and HDPE / “Unique insight” into supply chain dynamics

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation

INDORAMA

Takeover of Cepsa's PET-related assets complete / “Stronger base in Europe”

INDORAMA

Purchase of BP's petchems hub in Decatur completed / Backward integration for AlphaPet / Takeover of Cepsa “imminent”

INDORAMA

Agreement for Indian PET joint venture with Dhunseri / MicroPet ownership to be split / Capturing more market share in high-growth region

INDORAMA

Post-tax profit rises fourfold to EUR 170m / High value added products play an increasingly important role / Sales fall on weaker crude prices

ITALY

Plastics industry in strong recovery mode in 2015 / Thermoplastics consumption rises by 3% to 5.5m t / Strong acceleration in Q4 / Demand from automotive segment particularly high / Biotechnology continues to play an important role

INDORAMA

Agreement to acquire BP's PX and PTA complex in Decatur / Backward integration into PET

INDORAMA

Acquisition of Micro Polypet completed

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

INDORAMA

Indian PET market penetration with MicroPet buy / Back-integration into PTA and MEG

OTTANA POLIMERI

Labour agreement renewed but no bets are on about the future of Sardinian PET production / Talks over feedstock supply at a stalemate / Rumours of an Indorama exit persist

INDORAMA

Cepsa exits PET as Indorama takes Spanish business / Thai group gains vertical integration

INDORAMA

Conversion of mothballed Louisiana cracker to run on ethane and propane / USD 175m investment / First Thai company to take advantage of shale gas boom / Start-up in 2017

PET

US authorities investigate alleged dumping practices from Canada, China, India and Oman / Initial probe results to be published in August

INDORAMA

Purchase of Cepsa's Canadian PTA plant wrapped up / Global PET production fully backward integrated into PTA

INDORAMA

Follow-up: Purchase of Bangkok Polyester concluded / Larger footprint in both Thailand and Japan

INDORAMA

Acquisition of Canada's only PTA producer / Latest in a string of global purchases

INDORAMA

Purchase of Thai PET producer Bangkok Polyester / Global market leader continues to consolidate

ASSOCIATIONS

Mark Kenrick appointed new president of Petcore Europe

INDORAMA

Acquisition of Polyplex's Turkish PET plant wrapped up / Facility now operates as Indorama Ventures Corlu PET

INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Most producers see sales and earnings improvement in 2014 / Cautious optimism for 2015 / Falling raw materials prices and strengthening demand provide impetus / Currency shift will boost European companies

INDORAMA

Operating profit leaps 30% as falling crude prices contribute to improved cash flow / PET and fibres businesses see gains / Costly plant in Sardinia mothballed

CEPSA

Spanish chemicals group to quit its PET activities / Will Indorama take over the plants?

INDORAMA

Second Turkish deal abandoned / No plans to buy 51% of Sasa Polyester Sanayi