PLASTICS PACKAGING

Converters groan under burden of high energy prices / Threat of production cutbacks / Barrier materials still tight / Can the use of recyclate be a gamechanger?

LOTTE

USD 3.1 bn Lake Charles hub inaugurated / MEG plant called biggest in US / Joint cracker with Westlake

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

EU close to classifying BPA as category 1 reprotoxin / REACH Committee approves draft

RODENSTOCK

German spectacles producer expands activities in the US / New investor Compass provides capital injection

INEOS AMERICAS

Acquisition of Axiall's aromatics businesses / Plans for further development

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

PIE talks to Stanley Chu, chairman of "Chinaplas" organiser Adsale / Key challenge for mega-fair is to maintain healthy growth amid economic slowdown / Revamping show's image for next year's 30th anniversary / Market sentiment generally optimistic

PPG

Glass fibre joint venture in India / US company's first manufacturing venture on the sub-continent