LA SEDA

Spanish PET producer declares voluntary insolvency / Plans for debt restructuring fail / Business continues

POLYMER PRICES

PET April 2013: Sinking costs pressure notations but slight uptick in demand stems the bleeding / Supply shrinks further / Producer margins improve / Sideward movement likely in May

INDORAMA

New PET plant to be located in Alabama / USD 190m investment

POLYMER PRICES

PET December 2012: Notations stable / Cost burden eases slightly / Demand slack in line with the season / January production cost trend will be decisive

STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS

Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec

INDORAMA

New 540,000 t/y PET plant planned for USA / Polish project scaled back

POLYMER PRICES

PET October 2012: Market spirals down into slump / Hikes cover only higher costs / Demand hit by economic downtrend / Little improvement on the horizon / Consolidation looks likely

POLYMER PRICES

PET September 2012: Producers fail to pass on all of higher feedstock bill / Further margin erosion / Demand slips as inventories widen / Threat of structural overcapacity

INDORAMA

PET expansion in China is brought on stream / Added capacity in Rotterdam due to be commissioned in Q3

INDORAMA

Follow-up: Acquisition of Polypet plant in Indonesia wrapped up / New capacities co-located with existing PET, PTA facilities

BIOPLASTICS

New PLA study predicts global market volume of 800,000 t/y by 2020 / Capacities currently spread across 30 different sites / German nova-Institut poll

INDORAMA

Port Harcourt PET facility starts operations

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Neo Group declares force majeure for PET from Klaipeda

PET PACKAGING

Annual growth of 5% up to 2017 / Asia-Pacific to drive consumption / Bottled water edging out carbonated drinks / Collection issues dog recycling / Barrier coatings are the future / Consolidation gathers momentum / Pira study

INDORAMA

PET production resumes in Lopburi, Thailand after floods / Full rates expected in May

INDORAMA VENTURES

Follow-up: Takeover of Old World Industries' ethylene glycol and MEG business wrapped up / Virtually integrated into PTA in the US / IVL chairman says deal is a “game changer”

INDORAMA

Agreement to purchase Indonesian PET plant / Output to be integrated to existing PTA production

PURAC

Thai lactide plant successfully commissioned

INDORAMA

Purchase of UK company Beverage Plastics / Growth in full year profits and revenues / Volatile Asian PTA margins

INDORAMA VENTURES

Acquisition of leading North American ethylene oxide and MEG producer Old World Industries / USD 795m deal / Fully integrated into MEG chain

INDORAMA VENTURES

PTA and PET project planned in India / Investment cost estimated at USD 700m / Joint venture with Indo Rama Synthetics (India)

INDORAMA

Two Polish subsidiaries merged / New company named Indorama Ventures Poland

INDORAMA

New indirect subsidiary to hold Wellman's recycling business

INDORAMA

Intermediate growth targets reached / Clear market leadership in PET / As cotton hype ends, margins return to long-time average

INDORAMA

Heavy rain, flooding force shutdown of Lopburi PET plant