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MATERIALS
Milliken unveils new additives to enhance PP impact copolymers for injection moulding 1
Orion presents new conductive carbon black for thermoplastics; posts 1Q 2018 sales gains 2
Vertellus launches compatibilizer and chain extender to boost use of recycled polyesters 3
Emerald adds polymeric product to expand high-performance plasticizers range 4
Eckart offers sparkling orange effect pigment 5
Baerlocher USA introduces antioxidant to foster polyolefin recycling 6

COMPANY STRATEGIES
Cabot to raise global carbon black capacity by more than 300 000 tonnes 7
SK Capital agrees to acquire SI Group, plans to combine with Addivant 7
Americhem purchases Indian masterbatch producer Prescient Color 8
Tosaf opens masterbatch production plant in the USA 8
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is increasing Indian organic peroxides capacity 9

FINANCIALS
Songwon achieves strong profit growth in 1Q 2018 9
Growth continues for Nabaltec in first quarter of 2018 10
Chemours doubles first-quarter earnings in 2018 10

MARKETS
Alumina trihydrate market value forecast to reach US$1.99 billion by 2023 11
EVENTS CALENDAR 12