SOREPLA

French PET recycler faces insolvency / Takeover talks unsuccessful

KEM ONE

Race for Kem One apparently decided / OpenGate and Alain Krassny pool bids

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Total: Striking employees at French refineries / Unions exert pressure for better wages / Three crackers potentially offline

KEM ONE

OpenGate leading in the stretch / Unions present project "Phoenix" / Further potential delays to final decision

KEM ONE

OpenGate and Alain de Krassny seen as top bidders for insolvent PVC maker

KEM ONE

OpenGate, Sun Capital and a consortium of French unions submit binding proposals for PVC producer

ARKEMA

EUR 70m French PVDF expansion buried / Union strike disrupted production

TOTAL

Downstream units reorganised / Unions fear that Carling site could face closure in the future

LYONDELLBASELL

Berre refinery to be restarted / No end yet to force majeure / Arkema's PVC production also affected