ASAHI KASEI

Joint ventures created with Bluestar for mPPE production and sales in China

CHINA

Giant's appetite satiated for now / 13th Five-Year Plan calls for more competition, prosperity and environmental protection / State monopoly in petchem sector to be reduced / Investments in Europe skyrocket

POLYMER PRICES

China Engineering Thermoplastics March/April 2013: Feedstock prices continue to slide / ABS, PC tending soft / Little movement for PA, POM and PMMA

POLYMER PRICES

China Engineering Thermoplastics January/February 2013: Feedstock prices see moderate rises ahead of lunar new year break / PC largely stable / ABS slightly up / Introducing PIE's latest China price report

BLUESTAR

Chinese group raises epoxy resin output in Nantong / Maleic anhydride line already on stream