EPS

Materials becoming scarce / Styrene cost explosion drives danger of bottlenecks / Prices likely to hit record high in March

STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS

Collaboration with PRE to offer reciprocal membership / Move aims to advance take-up of recycled PS

POLYPROPYLENE

Supply situation remains difficult / Signs of availability improvement treacherous / Upcoming maintenance turnarounds and unscheduled outages of US production lines

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

New US administration reverses Trump's polluter-friendly rollbacks / Industry and environment stakeholders seek dialogue with Biden

POLYMER PRICES

North America January 2021: Unceasing upward movement in all segments / Rising feedstock prices and supply bottlenecks reinforce the trend / Slight easing of the situation expected in February

INEOS STYROLUTION

Joint development of chemically recycled PS with Polystyvert

COVESTRO

Receipt of first shipment of sustainable benzene from Total / Plans to make aniline for MDI production

POLYMER PRICES

North America December 2020: High feedstock prices, tight supply situation and recovery tendency in plastics processing combine to drive up prices / Significant increases with few exceptions / Tension unlikely to ease

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Total lifts force majeure for polystyrene deliveries from France

RECYCLING

(Petro)chemical instead of mechanical – or perhaps in addition to? / The future of material recycling for plastic packaging / Pyrolysis, solvolysis and other methods at a glance

SUMITOMO CHEMICAL

License agreement with Axens / “Atol” ethanol-to-ethylene process picked for waste-to-polyolefins project in Japan

INEOS STYROLUTION

Groundbreaking ceremony for Chinese ABS plant / Capacity of 600,000 t/y to be ready by 2023

POLYMER PRICES

North America November 2020: Prices stable to firmer / PE and PVC cool down / PP still rising / High feedstock costs push up styrenics / Further increases expected

TOTAL CORBION

Thomas Philipon replaces Stephane Dion as CEO

TOTAL

Chemically recycled PS tested successfully in yoghurt pots / Collaboration with Intraplás and Yoplait

POLYMER-GROUP

Withdrawal from Polyblend / Focus on biopolymers / Film-like copolymers based on PLA

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LDPE: Total declares force majeure on material from France

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Total declares force majeure for PS / Failure of Carling plant

TOTAL

L'Oréal PE bottle said to be first made from industrial waste gas

REPSOL

Collaboration on circular materials with Elix Polymers / Supply of recycled styrene

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Total extends FM for European PP

TOTAL

New renewables strategy for Grandpuits / Refinery site to become hub for bioplastics and chemical recycling / Start-up in 2024

STYRENICS RECYCLING

Ineos Styrolution and Trinseo spearhead new sustainability project / Pilot plant for feedstock recycling in France

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyethylene: Total declares force majeure on metallocene grades from Belgium

EVENTS

"Petrochemical and Refining Congress – Europe 2020" to take place online in September