RUSSIA

PET producers and processors appeal to prime minister Medvedev to intervene on proposed ban / Law would send the industry back years

SIBUR

Linde to build new C2 cracker in Tobolsk / ZapSibNeftekhim subsidiary will turn out 2m t/y of polymer once completed

POLYMER PRICES

Russia May 2012: PP, LDPE and PS pointing upward / HDPE and PVC stable / Import PET notations ease / Producers likely to offer rebates in June as petrochemical feedstocks slide

SIBUR

Launching PP imports to battle tightness in Russian market

SIBUR

Stake in BOPP producer Biaxplen increased to 100%

RUSSIA

Market for standard thermoplastics grapples with old and new challenges / WTO entry will force lower import tariffs that could further pressure local producers / Price developments similar to western Europe

SIBUR

Raising Perm-based EPS capacity / Second production phase to go on stream this summer

SIBUR

Mulling new petrochemical hub in western Siberia / Project still has to meet board approval

SIBUR

Polymer growth targets on track / Headed for the big leagues? / Most output still earmarked for domestic market / New projects proceeding apace

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics in October 2011: PE, PP and PVC down despite stable costs / PS in triple-digit fall / EPS margins improve / Production cuts with limited impact / Targeted hikes have little chance of success

SIBUR

Plans to launch PE production at the Caspian Sea reportedly taken off the shelf again / New LDPE line to start up by 2015?

SIBUR

Austrian petchems trader Citgo rebrands under parent's name / Executives replaced

UHDE INVENTA-FISCHER

MTR-powered PET line for Russia's Alco-Naphtha starts operations in Kaliningrad / “Biggest single-train PET plant in Europe”

SIBUR

Follow-up: Additional TPE capacity in Voronezh to go towards road materials

SIBUR

New base polymers division with broad role / Construction of Tobolsk PP unit in full swing

SIBUR

Plans to raise TPE production capacity in Voronezh

BIAXPLEN

Three new film production lines added in Novokuibyshev

SIBUR

Polymers production to rise 26% in 2011 / Significant increases planned for 2012-2013

RUSSIA

Polyolefins capacity set to surge / Increased focus on export-oriented projects

SIBUR

Russian billionaire acquires 50% of shares

SIBUR

Plants in Perm are now on stream

SIBUR

Expansion of polymer output continues / PP to be sold in Europe / Polyethylene upgrade not yet ripe

SIBUR

Joint venture in PP with Moscow Oil Refinery / Plans to acquire Russian polyolefins producer

RUSSIA

Plastic film market continues to expand / Producers increase capacities / Biaxplen to build new BOPP plant

SIBUR

Automotive components agreement with Sollers