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

INDORAMA VENTURES

Acquisition of Wellman International PET recycling business in Europe / Enterprise valued at EUR 42m

INDORAMA VENTURES

Three polyester projects planned for Thailand and Indonesia / Total investment estimated at USD 81.6m

INDORAMA VENTURES

Acquisition of 50% stake in Indonesian PTA producer / Idled facility scheduled for restart

ALFA

Foray into North American market continues / Acquisition of Wellman's last remaining PET plant

INDORAMA VENTURES

PET expansion planned in Poland / Capacity to reach 360,000 t/y in 2013

NIGERIA

Indorama joint venture to build USD 1.8 bn petrochemical complex in Port Harbour / New methanol and LDPE capacities / Saudi Arabia's Natpet planning even larger hub

INDORAMA

PTA expansion in Rotterdam / High PET capacity utilisation in Q1 / Significant rise in revenues

INDORAMA

Plans for 220,000 t/y Brownfield expansion of PET capacity in Europe / Latest capacity increase comes on top of previous plans

INDORAMA

Takeover of Invista's PET activities in USA and SK Chemicals' Polish subsidiary wrapped up

PURAC

Talks about possible PLA cooperation with Indorama in Thailand