PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

World Plastics Council undertakes marine litter combat / Increasing awareness for waste prevention concepts in Asia / G20 Action Plan announced in Hamburg

CELANESE

POM plant in Saudi Arabia could start in Q3 / Joint venture with Sabic

SABIC

PP copolymers introduced to aid thin-wall rigid packaging

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polycarbonate: Sabic declares force majeure for North America

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

"Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2017": Ceremony in Madrid / Borealis wins the special category of delivery reliability / Marsh: "Major opportunity for a better dialogue"

SABIC

PP grade introduced for rigid packaging

SAUDI METHACRYLATES

MMA and PMMA plant set for production / Construction of joint venture facility in Saudi Arabia began in 2014

EXXONMOBIL / SABIC

Texas chosen for cracker-PE complex / Substantial investment aid / Start-up after 2020

SABIC

New PE foam grade for MEA and Asia / Material and energy savings

SABIC

Agreement to acquire Shell's 50% stake in Saudi Arabian Sadaf joint venture

SABIC

First gas tanker for ethane deliveries from Texas to UK completed / Second vessel to follow next year

GP MATERIALS

New US polymer distributor / Focus on small- and medium-sized plastics processors

SABIC

Foamable polymers portfolio expanded / “Fast converting” foam materials introduced to improve production efficiency

SABIC

Building next-generation PP pilot plant at European HQ in Geleen / Facility will also experiment on advanced catalysts

SABIC

Significant delivery delays for PC, ABS and other polymers

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

WPC general assembly meeting at “K 2016” / Focus on Asia / Recognition by UN hits a snag / Reliance and Daelim decide to join

SABIC

First ethane deliveries for Teeside expected in November / PP line in Gelsenkirchen still running / PC joint venture in China to start up by 2020 / Press conference at “K” fair

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

PIE speaks to Sabic CEO Yousef Abdullah al-Benyan and executive vice president Polymers Abdulrahman al-Fageeh ahead of "K 2016" / Company committed to "diversifying its feedstock sources" / Confident in European and American PC markets

COVESTRO

PC capacity in Shanghai doubled / EUR 3 bn investment programme for global PC headquarters wrapped up

POLYAMIDE

Caprolactam market consolidates as a result of excess capacities in China / European PA 6 notations crumbling / Feedstock market shifts start to impact Europe / PA 6.6 prices sliding / Adipic acid availability continues to lengthen

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Saudi Arabia and China explore investment opportunities / MOUs signed at "G20 Summit"

SABIC

Polymershapes business goes to US company Blackfriars / Joint semi-finished products holding with Laird and Amari Plastics

A. SCHULMAN

Personnel reshuffle continues following change at the helm / Gary Miller appointed COO

SABIC

“Lexan” PC resin and plasma technology used by Toyota for rear quarter window / First use of “Exatec” in a commercial vehicle / Meeting driver visibility regulations

INDUSTRIAL FILMS

Dutch research partnership collaborates with Sabic on development of starch-based films / Combination of waterproofing and oxygen barrier in low-cost production of food packaging