LYONDELLBASELL

“Strategic options” for Houston refinery under review / Divestment most likely course / Analysts see “little interest” in fossil-fired facilities

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

EVOH: Bottleneck results from forces majeures on upstream product VAM / Numerous sharp price increases

W.R. GRACE

Bob Patel to take over as CEO from 2022

LYONDELLBASELL

CEO Patel announces retirement / Exit possibly linked to deadly accident

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: LyondellBasell declares force majeure for German production site in Knapsack

BOTTLE RECYCLING USA

PET recycler Evergreen to double operations by mid-2022

LYONDELLBASELL

Participation in Cyclyx as founding member / Nagarajan joins executive advisory board

LYONDELLBASELL

Restart of olefin, polyolefin units following blast / VAM production may have been idled / CSB starts probe / Workers file lawsuits

LYONDELLBASELL

Sales surge in Q2 versus weak year-earlier results / Profits nearly double / Fatal accident at La Porte plant

HUHTAMAKI

Q2 sales hit pre-pandemic levels / Food packaging market remains volatile / Tube laminates set for launch

PCEP

Polyolefins recycling organisation expands steering board / New members include PepsiCo manager

POLYMER PRICES

North America June 2021: Polyolefin and PVC prices rise again / Pressure eases for styrenics / Most engineering thermoplastics largely firmer / Tight supply situation expected to bring further increases in July

EVENTS

“Plastics Recycling Show Europe” returns to the Netherlands

LYONDELLBASELL

Acquisition of Malaysian compounding unit from Australia's PolyPacific / Exit from their JV

ALBIS

German compounder relocates UK sales team / Recyclate cooperation with Decathlon, LyondellBasell

SAMSONITE

Suitcase manufacturer reports difficult 2020 / Sales decline continued in Q1

NESTE / LYONDELLBASELL

Finnish company to supply renewable feedstock to US resin maker / Deal latest step in partnership

RECYCLING

Dow, LyondellBasell, Nova Chemicals join together to reclaim polyolefins / Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund starts with USD 25m

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PP: LyondellBasell declares force majeure for “Moplen” grades from Wesseling

LYONDELLBASELL

Commercial production with feedstock made from plastic waste

LYONDELLBASELL

Olefins, polyolefins provide Q1 sales and profit surge / Company expects to operate close to full capacity to meet robust demand / USD 1 bn of outstanding debt repaid in Q1

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PP: Apparent force majeure on several grades from LyondellBasell's Ferrara site

BRUJ INTERNATIONAL

Dutch plastics distributor acquired by compatriot trading group NCT / LyondellBasell retains Sasol contracts

LYONDELLBASELL

Grades added to “Circulen” brand / Work with Samsonite uses reclaim for luggage

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell lifts force majeure for polypropylene deliveries from Tarragona