SPOLANA

Czech facility ready to resume production by mid-August / Force majeure still in place

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Unipetrol shuts down steam cracker in Litvinov following pipe rupture

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Some facilities back up and running following flooding / Spolana extends force majeure until 31 July / Synthos warns of delivery difficulties

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Spolana: Continued Elbe River danger leads chemical producer to call for force majeure

PEOPLE

Marek Switajewski named CEO of Unipetrol

BASELL ORLEN

Quarrel ignites between joint venture partners Basell and Orlen / Poland demands compensation

AZOTY TARNOW

Polish chemical group could be merged with ZAP in Azoty Holding / Eyeing new EUR 1.5 bn Baltic Sea petchems complex with Lotos

FEEDSTOCK MARKETS

Poland's PKN starts horizontal shale gas drilling

UNIPETROL

Plans to modernise HDPE line in Litvinov / New bimodal facility to replace older one

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Shale Gas: Poland prepared for extraction / PKN Orlen survey indicates support in development / International conference in Warsaw

PEOPLE

Piotr Chelminski appointed to PKN Orlen's management board

INDORAMA VENTURES

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

PKN ORLEN

New PX and PTA complex start up / Claimed to be most efficient facility of its kind in Europe / Output to go towards meeting growing regional demand

INDORAMA

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

POLYMER PRICES

PET February 2011: Notations see triple-digit increase / Pressure from fibres boom continues to hold imports at bay / Supply tight / Strong demand for off-season / Further rises appear in store for March

UNIPETROL

Czech polyolefin producer to strengthen its activities in German-speaking countries / HDPE and PP from Litvinov

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering Thermoplastics in April 2010: Notations skyrocket / Numerous triple-digit hikes / Supply tightens / Lively demand / Sharp rises expected again in May