POLYMER PRICES

Engineering Thermoplastics in April 2012: PC, PA 6 and PBT hit by Q2 price hikes / POM and PMMA in rollover / PP compounds rise slightly / Business surprisingly slack / Surplus tendencies

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering Thermoplastics in March 2012: More grades succumb to upward price trend / Output remains tight / Demand starts to soften / April price hikes could fall short of producers' expectations

KOREA ENGINEERING PLASTICS

Mitsubishi and Celanese joint venture raises POM output / New capacity to come on stream in early 2014

POLYPLASTICS

New compounding capacities to come in stream in Asia to meet rising regional demand / Taiwan jv to ramp up production / New plant to be established in China

POLYPLASTICS

Raising POM capacity in Malaysia / Additional output to go towards meeting rising Asian demand

CELANESE

Takeover of DuPont's LCP and PCT portfolio / Ticona will produce the polymers in the US

CELANESE

Ticona leads group with record result / New LFT acquisition and competitor outage provide boost

POLYPLASTICS

Japanese Ticona jv to expand LCP production / Demand on the rise in China