SCG PACKAGING

Thai packaging firm buys Dutch recycler Peute for nearly EUR 80 mn

SIAM CEMENT

Entry into BOPET production in Vietnam / JV with film manufacturer AJ Plast

DOW

Follow-up: Thai propylene oxide plant successfully commissioned

DOW

Thai propylene oxide jv begins production / Full output expected in Q4 / Feasibility study for new world-scale EPDM plant

VIETNAM

New petrochemicals projects to stimulate plastics growth / More capacities to come on stream by 2015 / Sector in need of reconstruction and liberalisation

THAILAND

Government gives green light to majority of petrochemical plants in Map ta Phut / Many more months before crackers will be at full capacity