PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PE, PP: Bomb discovery paralyses Unipetrol refinery in Czech Republic

ORLEN

Unipetrol lifts force majeure / Deliveries of PE, PP from Czech Republic up and running

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PE, PP: Force majeure declared after emergency cracker shutdown at Orlen's Czech site

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Anwil plant in Wloclawek out of order / Price hike likely

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EUROPE

How much plastics does electromobility require? / Auto sector faces radical change / Renaissance of combustion engine also conceivable

ORLEN

First quarter net profits slide / 2030 strategy ‘significantly behind schedule', says CEO

GRUPA AZOTY

Adam Leszkiewicza appointed CEO

ORLEN

Fafara tapped as new CEO

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

European plastics sector has nothing to fear from EV transition / Businesses shift capacities eastwards seeking lower costs / Political decisions impact global position of local car manufacturing

ORLEN

CEO Daniel Obajtek gets the axe / Public prosecutor's office investigates Lotos takeover

ORLEN

Q3 sales rise 3% on Refining segment / Core profit dips nearly a quarter

ORLEN

Q2 revenues climb due to acquired companies / Petrochemicals segment core profit swings to loss from year-earlier profit

ORLEN

Plock plant expansion investment higher than estimated / Second vessel for LNG transport

PLASTICS AND CLIMATE

Huntsman's PU plants, PC resin obtain mass balance certification / PKN Orlen plans to speed up carbon-neutrality goals

PKN ORLEN

Takeover of LDPE ops from JV complete / Deal makes firm sole Polish producer of the resin

PKN ORLEN

Investments finalised with Saudi Aramco / Plans for world-scale cracker in Poland / Aramco to supply 45% of the Polish group's crude oil requirements

LYONDELLBASELL

Lupotech process licensed to PKN Orlen / New 250,000 t/y LDPE plant

ORLEN

Proposed acquisition of Czech plastics recycler

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyamide 6: Poland's Grupa Azoty temporarily suspends polymerisation, production of precursor caprolactam

BASELL ORLEN POLYOLEFINS

O'Bert takes helm of LYB-PKN Orlen JV

PKN ORLEN

Polish chemical group to acquire LDPE production from joint venture with LyondellBasell

SAUDI ARAMCO

Oil giant ousts Apple as largest company in world / Energy trumps tech

SAUDI ARAMCO

Plans for investment in Polish petchem sector / MoU with PKN Orlen includes Sabic

LG CHEM

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

POLAND

Plastics industry upbeat / Economy booming, raw materials scarce and expensive / Polymer consumption up 3-4% in 2020 / Car sector slowing due to lack of microchips