PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyethylene: Dow to throttle production / Resin maker blames move on logistics, low European demand / Little impact expected in Europe

CARBIOS

French reclaim tech firm plans 40,000 t/y rPET plant / Talks with Equipolymers about hosting facility in Germany / Start-up scheduled for late 2024

EQUATE

Food-grade PET with 30% recycled content / PET manufacturing innovation adds step closer to circular economy objective

EQUATE

Naser Aldousari to take over as CEO of petrochemical group

EQUATE

Production of first batch of 25% chemically recycled PET has started / European market targeted

EQUIPOLYMERS

Food-grade PET with up to 25% recyclate from chemical recycling

DOW

First DowDuPont spin-off starts up / Other units to follow in June

DOWDUPONT

Full-year income falls / Materials Science to be named Dow / Specialty Chemicals will become DuPont

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Olefins: Operations resume at Equate's ethylene unit in Kuwait

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Olefins: Unplanned shutdown of Equate's ethylene unit in Kuwait

MEGLOBAL

Ground-breaking ceremony for Texas MEG plant

MEGLOBAL

First US plant to be built at Dow's Freeport site / Long-term ethylene supply pact

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

DOW

US chemicals giant said to be in talks with DuPont over potential merge / Combination would create company worth USD 120 bn / Plans for three-way split of activities / Response to shareholder pressure?

DOW

Stake in MEGlobal sold to Equate as Kuwaiti ventures restructured / MEG plant to be built on US Gulf Coast / Options under review for agrochemicals unit / Plastics leads gains in Q3 volumes but lower prices and foreign exchange hit sales

DOW

Third Point hedge fund launches renewed attack on management / Expanding PE capacities in Argentina / Shares in Kuwaiti joint ventures to be divested

PIC

Kuwaiti group plans new PET complex in Saudi Arabia / QPIC subsidiary to build hub in Al Jubail

DOW CHEMICAL

Price gains on plastics drive strong earnings performance in Q4 2010 / Charges on Styron sale

DOW CHEMICAL

Follow-up: Strategy shift for polyolefins / CEO Liveris reportedly wants to keep LLDPE business