TRINSEO

COO Martin Pugh to retire in March / No successor as role will be scrapped

INEOS

Agreement to sell EPS activities to Poland's Synthos / Proposed deal would create Europe's largest EPS producer

NOVA CHEMICALS

Higher volumes and reduced fixed costs help improve operating profits across business / Agreements signed to assure feedstock supply for Alberta and Ontario plants

STYROLUTION

EU approves BASF-Ineos joint venture plans / Tarragona ABS unit must be divested

STYROLUTION

EU sets 1 June for Styrolution decision / Plant disposal likely / Deal to create EUR 5 bn business

BASF

Record sales and earnings in 2010 / Engineeering polymers buoyant / Crisis a distant memory

INEOS

EU gives green light for takeover of Ineos Nova

INEOS NOVA

Polystyrene prices on the rise

INEOS NOVA

Price increase for polystyrene

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in December 2010: Prices up again in the last month of 2010 / Higher costs passed on for polyolefins and PS / Snow stifles PVC and EPS / Ordering lively / Extensive hikes planned

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in November 2010: Notations firmer in aftermath of French strikes / Cost hikes largely factored in / PVC and EPS markets still sluggish / Weakening euro fuels upward momentum

STYROLUTION

BASF and Ineos plan to operate new business as a 50:50 joint venture / New big styrene player is born

INEOS

Takeover of Nova's stake in Ineos Nova styrene joint venture

INEOS NOVA

Styrene costs continue to climb

INEOS NOVA

Styrene costs to rise

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Lighting strike takes out Ineos Nova's PS and EPS lines in Wingles

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in May 2010: Notations on a slow upward curve / Supply of many products remains limited / Demand boosted by seasonal effects / June will also be a sellers' market

STYRENIC POLYMERS

German output down sharply since 2007 / Standard grades and EPS stable / Margins now improving

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ineos Nova lifts force majeure for PS as planned

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2010: Upsurge continues / Without higher costs many producers improve margins substantially / Supply generally tight / Demand lively but looking shakier

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ineos Nova expects to lift force majeure on PS next week / Lost production of “several thousand tonnes”

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ineos Nova announces force majeure for polystyrene / Barge strike paralyses Wingles plant

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2010: Prices still spiralling higher / LDPE and PP tightness bites / PP and styrenics see triple-digit rise / Lively seasonal demand coincides with supply shortfall

INEOS NOVA

Revised price hike for polystyrene

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in March 2010: Further increases go through / Severe shortages of LDPE and PP / Unbalanced production / Imports scarce / Seasonal upturn begins / Price hikes will dominate the picture in April