Last Year The Total Sales Value Of The Polish Chemical Market Increased By 6.9% Y/Y To PLN 70.7bn.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49513) has announced the addition of “Polish Chemical Report” to their offering.

The Polish Chemical Sector Report offers an extensive summary of the Polish chemical market. It includes a complete coverage of the latest developments as well as the latest corporate news accompanied by statistical data. This sector report is ideal to keep you abreast on recent company and industry news. Written by local analysts, it is a unique market and business intelligence analysis, tailored to save time by providing in-depth information, while helping you to make confident and informed business decisions. The report covers the period January –August 2006.

According to the annual report of the Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry (PIPC), following the moderate economic growth in Poland, economic results of the Polish chemical industry in 2005 were better than in 2004. Last year the total sales value increased by 6.9% y/y to PLN 70.7bn. Sales income increased by 5.3% y/y in the group of chemical products and by 9.8% y/y in the group of rubber and plastic goods. After the significant growth in 2004, the prices of sold production in chemical industry dropped by 0.3% y/y. Similarly to 2004, the prices in the market of rubber and plastic production decreased by as much as 1.6% y/y, whereas the prices of chemical goods kept a slight average annual tendency of growing at the level of 0.5%.

Highlights

– PIPC: Economic standing of chemical industry improves in 2005

– European Commission accepts final version of REACH draft

– Ciech to pay PLN 300mn for 80% shares in Organika-Sarzyna and Zachem

– Kedzierzyn and Tarnow-Moscice sold to German PCC AG

– Privatization of ZA Pulawy and ZCh Police scheduled for 2007

– Ciech to acquire Romanian soda plant still this year

– Unipetrol wants to sell 82% of Spolana’s shares to Anwil

– FCh Dwory granted exclusive negotiation rights to the Czech Kaucuk

– Tire market to increase by 4% to 8mn units in 2006

– Bridgestone to invest EUR 200mn in tire factory in Poland

– Australian Ansell fails to take over Unimil

– PMR: Polish cosmetics market worth PLN 8.7bn in 2005

– Kolastyna to be floated on WSE by Q2/2007

Topics Covered:

-Heavy Chemistry Sector News

-Rubber and Plastics Sector News

-Cosmetics/Household Chemicals News

Companies Mentioned:

-Nafta Polska

-Ciech

-ZCh Organika-Sarzyna

-ZCh Zachem

-ZA Pulawy

-ZA Police

-ZA Tarnow-Moscice (ZAT)

-Unipetrol

-Spolana

-Anwil

-FCh Dwory

-Kaucuk

-Aquafil

-Boryszew

-Polish Energy Partners (PEP)

-BASF Polska

-ZCh Permedia

-Becco

-IG Petrochemicals

-Bridgestone

-Continental Opony Polska (COP)

-Debica, Ansell

-Unimil

-Stomil Sanok

-Gates Polska

-Lubawa

-Milagro-Powlekarnia

-Plast-Box

-MEMRB

-PMR

-Kolastyna

-Pollena Ostrzeszow

-Pollena Ewa

-Henkel Polska

-Pilawa

-Sniezka.

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