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Polymer News On May-1-2007

Kraton Polymers Hires Vice President and General Manager of Packaging and Films End Use

May 1, 2007

Kraton Polymers LLC (Kraton), a leading global engineered polymer company, on Monday announced the appointment of Michael Oberk...


Cabot Oil & Gas provides an operations update

May 1, 2007

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation provided a regional operating update highlighting results from its first quarter drilling program t...


Eastman increases Oxo Alcohols prices on May 15

May 1, 2007

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Polymerupdate~s Market Buzz

May 1, 2007

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Ticona selects Nanjing, China, for Celstran(R) Long-Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (LFRT) plant

May 1, 2007

Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, announced that it will co-locate a new Celstran® long-fiber ...


NOVA Innovene announces May price increase for Polystyrene products

May 1, 2007

NOVA Innovene on Monday announced a price increase of Euro 50/mt for all European Polystyrene products effective May 1st 2007. ...


North American Weekly Update

May 1, 2007

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LME Plastics Prices (LLDPE & PP) - 30th April 2007

May 1, 2007

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Crude prices on Monday tumble

May 1, 2007

Crude oil prices on Monday gave up some of the gains registered on Friday last week as traders stepped forward and booked profi...


Trader comments on May price reductions announced by Indian resin makers

May 1, 2007

Late last evening a polymerupdate team member spoke with a local trader and asked him what he thought about the unexpected deci...


Acetic Acid demand in China remains healthy ahead of holiday start

May 1, 2007

On Monday, a polymerupdate source in China reported that Jiangsu Sopo Chemical Co., Ltd. maintained normal production at its ac...


South Korean firm Dongbu to shutdown SM unit this month

May 1, 2007

A polymerupdate source in South Korea despite being on holiday, spoke with a team member this morning and informed him that Don...


Huntsman Scales Up Process to Convert a Biodiesel By-product to Propylene Glycol

May 1, 2007

Huntsman Corporation on Monday announced a further step in its plan to commercialize a process for manufacturing propylene glyc...


Methanex shares to be listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange

May 1, 2007

Methanex Corporation announced that its shares have been registered for trading on the Foreign Securities Market of the Santiag...


Indian producers leave PVC prices for May, unchanged

May 1, 2007

Last evening a local source informed a polymerupdate team member that Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and IPCL had indicated a ro...


Dow Europe GmbH Announces Price Increase for Polystyrene

May 1, 2007

Effective May 1st, 2007 or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe polystyrene prices will increase by 100 Euro per metric ton for ...