SOLVAY

PARA rod stock from Drake Medical Plastics / Alternative to prototype tooling for single-use medical devices

LANXESS

Q1 earnings up / Sales contract due to weak automotive industry / New board member for Specialty Additives

SOLVAY

Changes to executive committee / Departure of polyamide manager Pascal Juéry

SOLVAY

More hydroquinone capacity planned in France / Raw material for PEEK production

SOLVAY

Expansion of high-performance polymers for 3D printing simulation / Research collaboration with Belgian start-up

LANXESS

Strong operating performance despite Q4 headwinds / Chemtura and Solvay businesses give extra boost to results / Core profit seen flat in 2019

PA 6.6

Butachimie postpones maintenance of ADN plant in Chalampé to the end of 2019 / Capacity increase of 20%

SOLVAY

Flat core profit in 2018 / Sales increase 1.3% / Modest EBITDA growth expected in 2019

BASF

EBIT hit by effects of low water on the river Rhine / Sales rise only marginally over 2018 as a whole

AEROSPACE PLASTICS

Demand to rise at a CAGR of over 7% to 2023 / Lightweighting and fuel efficiency major drivers of growth / PMMA accounts for largest share of market

BIESTERFELD

Distribution of Solvay's sulfone polymers to UK and Ireland

SOLVAY

Belgian chemicals group unveils new polymer grades / Corrosion and risk of fire reduced

BASF / SOLVAY

EU greenlights polyamide deal / Required conditions outlined for the first time

PERSTORP

Sale of caprolactone business to Ingevity / Refocus on high-growth products

LANXESS

German company announces EUR 200m investment for flame retardants production

LANXESS

Strong operative perfomance in Q3 / Engineering Materials improve pricing

SOLVAY

Expansion of development centre in Italy / Automotive applications in EMEA

SOLVAY

Expansion of fluroelastomer capacity in Italy and China / Strong demand from the automotive and semiconductor industries

BIESTERFELD

Distribution of Solvay's sulfone polymers in Switzerland

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Major shipping restrictions on Rhine river / Worsening PA 6.6 shortages feared / Styrene and propylene affected / BASF reports EPS shortages / Impacts on Lanxess, Celanese and Shell

POLYAMIDE 6.6

Polymer shortage and high prices dog French OEMs / “Structural problems”

VINYLOOP

PVC compounder Benvic acquires recycling plant in Italy / Conversion to compounding planned

BASF / SOLVAY

Chemical groups modify planned polyamide transaction / EU decision in January at earliest

SOLVAY

Ilham Kadri to become CEO in 2019

SOLVAY

Inauguration of UK aerospace composites plant