PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

ABS, PP: Force majeure follows power outage in Daesan, South Korea / Key EU import volumes at risk?

LG CHEM

Lactic acid, PLA joint projects in US shelved / High construction costs cited as reason

LG CHEM

Joint venture to produce bio-based PA 6.6 with CheilJedang

WOODLY

Guzman Polymers to distribute cellulose granulate in Southern Europe

LG CHEM

South Korean firm establishes tech centre in Germany

PLASTICS AND FINANCE

Brand Finance rates corporate brand performance / BASF wins again / Resin makers dominate top 25 / Consultants increasingly reward sustainability

BIOPLASTICS

Chemists redesign biological PHAs / LG Chem, Gevo to develop bio-based feedstocks / PHA used to line paper cups / First bio-PP production planned in the US / Biodegradable straw doesn't get soggy

LG CHEM

Plans to recycle marine waste with Netspa / Reclaiming fishing nets could cut emissions

MERAXIS

Distributor buys plastics unit of French competitor Fournier / Expansion in North Africa

LG CHEM

Development of fourth carbon nanotube manufacturing plant in South Korea

LG CHEM

Two JVs with ADM / Plans for US production of PLA, lactic acid

PLASTICS AND FINANCE

Consultant Brand Finance rates “most valuable” and “strongest” chemical brands / BASF, DuPont, Rongsheng, and Ineos in prominent positions

LG CHEM

Chemical group buys stake in Mura Technology / Recycling process to be used in South Korean reclaim plant

LG CHEM

Plans for technical centres in US, Germany / Company to build ABS compounding plant in America / Moves support global expansion

POLYMER-SERVICE

German distribution for Italy's Taro Plast

LG CHEM

Plans for major complex to produce eco-friendly products by 2028 / PBAT and POE plants to start in 2024 / First exports of bio-based super absorbent polymers

REPSOL

German distributor sells polyolefins for medical technology applications

LG CHEM

Digital sales channel launched for ABS clients

ABS

Prices approach new all-time high / No relief until at least May / European feedstock supply not running smoothly / Significantly lower impact of Chinese New Year also a contributing factor

BASF

Subsidiary BTC Europe takes over PU distribution / Competition for US distributor Univar

NESTE

Renewable feedstock deal with LG Chem / PO, PC and PVC on the agenda

LG CHEM

Employees arrested after fatal styrene accident in India

LG CHEM

Expansion of carbon nanotube production planned

LG CHEM

Deadly styrene leak / At least 11 killed and 800 injured after accident on India's east coast

LG CHEM

Large-scale expansion of ethylene and metallocene-catalysed PE in South Korea