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17 Aug – Shell Singapore restarts cracker after brief outage

source Chemorbis  Shell restarted its cracker at its Pulau Bukom complex and refinery in Singapore last week after a brief...
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15 Aug – Daelim to take off-stream HDPE plant in South Korea for maintenance

Source: MRCplast Daelim Industrial is likely to shut its high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant for a maintenance turnaround, as per...
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15 Aug – Indonesia’s Polytama to delay restart of PP plant

Source: Chemorbis According to sources close to the company, Indonesia’s Polytama Propindo is planning to delay the restart date of...
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15 Aug – Competitive US PE offers emerge in SEA after latest round of US-China tariffs

Source: Chemorbis The trade tension between China and the US intensified further over the past week, with the US administration...
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13 Aug – Shintech sees delay in planned cracker on contractor issues

Source: Chemorbis According to media sources, Shintech, a subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical, has delayed the start-up of its proposed ethane-fed...
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10 Aug – Malaysia’s Petronas restarts HDPE/LLDPE swing units

source Chemorbis  Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group has resumed operations at its two HDPE/LLDPE swing unit in Kerteh, Malaysia. The company...
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9 Aug – Thailand’s HMC Polymers shuts PDH unit unexpectedly

source Chemorbis Thailand’s HMC Polymers has unexpectedly shut down its PDH unit in Map Ta Phut, Thailand due to undisclosed...
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7 Aug – Italian private equity fund completes divestment of Treofan

source PlasticsNewsEurope Milan-based private equity firm M&C SpA has completely divested its bi-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films business with the sale...
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7 Aug – Amcor in $6.8bn deal to buy Bemis, create global flexible packaging powerhouse

source PlasticsNewsEurope With Bemis Co. Inc., Amcor Ltd. sees a way to significantly expand its flexible packaging business in the...
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7 Aug – Shell faces unexpected upset at cracker in Singapore

source Chemorbis  Sources close to the company reported that Shell has experienced an operational upset at its Pulau Bukom complex...
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6 Aug – China releases list of US products to face additional tariffs

source Chemorbis  China’s Ministry of Commerce has released four lists of goods imported from the US that could face more...
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6 Aug – China retaliates with fresh tariffs on US goods

source Chemorbis  China is planning to hit back at the US with fresh tariffs in retaliation against the US administration’s...
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6 Aug – DowDuPont starts expansion work on Texas ethylene cracker

source Chemorbis  US DowDuPont has recently begun construction on the expansion of its ethylene cracker in Freeport, Texas, the company...
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2 Aug – COVERIS Rigid packaging business taken over by Lindsay Goldberg

source Plasteurope.com  What had looked to be on the cards has now become official – with effect from 31 July...
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2 Aug – Lotte Chemical Titan Nusantara plans to shut LLDPE line

source Chemorbis  According to sources close to the company, Lotte Chemical Titan Nusantara is planning to shut its LLDPE line...
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