POLYMER PRICES

PVC October 2018: Rollovers predominate for standard PVC / Numerous production stoppages / Bottleneck on plasticiser market following BASF's force majeure / Lower November C2 reference contract takes upward pressure off the market

PKN ORLEN

Takeover of Czech group Unipetrol completed / New PE plant to boost market position

ALBIS

Distribution of “Purell” polyolefins for Basell Orlen in Poland

UNIPETROL

Strong increase in sales and profit in 2017 / High capacity utilisation of refineries and crackers

IZOBLOK

Zbigniew Pawlucki joins as deputy chairman / Adient places orders worth EUR 10m for EPP car parts

PKN ORLEN

Polish company intends to take over Czech-based Unipetrol

BASELL ORLEN

Polish polyolefins producer appoints Radoslaw Majczak as board member

POLAND

Plastics industry continues on the road to growth / Processing segment gains 3% / Local polymer supply still inadequate / Lack of investment / Strong customer industries / Uncertain political landscape

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

HDPE: Basell Orlen lifts force majeure

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

HDPE: Basell Orlen Polyolefins announces force majeure for HDPE from Plock / Lack of feedstock / Hardly any material on stock

UNIPETROL

Repairs to damaged Litvinov cracker completed / Full run slated for October

UNIPETROL

Andrzej Modrzejewski appointed board chairman

UNIPETROL

Plans to buy back PVC producer Spolana from Anwil / Groundbreaking for new PE plant in Litvinov

POLYETHYLENE

Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report

UNIPETROL

Technip appointed as contractor for new 270,000 t/y PE unit / Start-up in mid-2018

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LDPE: Incident at Basell Orlen may impact supply / No indication of possible plant damage

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PVC: Anwil lifts force majeure in Wloclawek

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Poland's Anwil declares FM for PVC after lightning strike / Customers on allocation / Spolana hit by ethylene shortfall at Unipetrol / Cracker up and running again

POLAND

Plastics industry sees dynamic growth / Processing rises by 7% in 2014 / 3.1m t polymer consumption / Dependent on feedstock imports / Few petrochemical projects / Large-scale investment in packaging

PKN ORLEN

Propylene metathesis plant to start up in 2017 / Captive use / Growth strategy calls for investment of EUR 2.6 bn in lead-up to 2017

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Basell Orlen Polyolefins announces FM for polypropylene

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell: Force majeure for HDPE from Plock facility

PEOPLE

BasellOrlen Polyolefins: CEO Steve Dwyer dead

PKN ORLEN

Plans to expand phenol production / Target is 200,000 t after 2017 / Around EUR 640m development plan

SPOLANA

PVC and caprolactam production resume at Czech facility