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

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene/C3: Production chain in Europe and the US undersupplied / PP spot prices in Europe rising

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics trend August 2020: Producers seldom manage to improve margins / Demand still below expectations / Imports and low-priced spot volumes virtually disappear from the market

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: Total declares force majeure

DOW / SHELL

Collaboration on electrifying steam crackers

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LLDPE: Qapco declares force majeure on supply from Qatar / Less material from the US

PCEP

Polyolefins recycling organisation elects board members / Mark Vester new chair

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES

Agreement to install chemical recycling site at Dutch research hub

BOREALIS

Buyout of Nova's 50% stake / Wider North American footprint

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Historic collapse in demand due to coronavirus / Opec+ agrees to cut production / US stocks full / Refineries limit output / Polymer supply so far unaffected / Polyolefin niches face rising prices

ARKEMA

French group seeks alternatives for MMA/PMMA business / Only speciality materials in future / Intermediates division to be dissolved