ORBIA

USD 250 mn cost-savings programme launched as Q3 sales, profits fall / No improvement expected in Q4

ORBIA

Q2 sales, core profit fall / 2024 earnings outlook tweaked lower

PVC MARKET

Orbia's PVC plant expansions on hold / CEO Bharadwaj: “Weak period will last five to seven years” / PIE analyst confirms ongoing price declines in Europe

ORBIA

Q1 earnings drop sharply / Declines hit core PVC unit covering Vestolit, Alphagary / 2023 earnings forecast lower

ORBIA

Core PVC business weakens in 2022 / Global uncertainty weighs on outlook

BIOPLASTICS

Demand drives innovation / Products include TPEs, compostable packaging films, coatings / Search for resin for music records

ALBIS

Distribution of Alphagary TPE compounds / Applications in medical sector and toys

ORBIA

PVC compounder Alphagary to acquire stake in Indian competitor / Group benefits from high PVC prices

ORBIA

CEO Daniel Martínez-Valle steps down / Sameer Bharadwaj announced successor

ORBIA

Sale of vinyl sector including Vestolit put on ice / Post-crisis times awaited

ORBIA ADVANCE

Group results down by a third / PVC production pulls down revenue and earnings

ORBIA

Previous Mexichem group analysing strategic alternatives for PVC division / Processing apparently not affected

MEXICHEM SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS

AlphaGary is renamed five years after acqusition

ALBIS PLASTIC

Planning “significant investments” in UK subsidiary / Albis (UK) celebrates 50th anniversary

COIM

Acquisition of Turkish plastics distributor Enser

PEOPLE

New European sales and marketing director for Teknor Apex's engineering thermoplastics line

WAVIN

Mulling unsolicited non-binding takeover proposal from Mexichem

MEXICHEM

Partnering with state-owned Pemex on vinyl chloride joint venture

MEXICHEM

Purchase of AlphaGary compounding business from Rockwood