ICIS Pricing Launches Price Assessments for the European Polyethylene (PE) Pipe Grade Market

SINGAPORE, December 10 - ICIS pricing, the world's trusted price reporting service for
the global chemical industry has launched a new weekly price report for
Europe polyethylene (PE) pipe grade resins. With strong support from the
market, an independent price assessment comes at a time of increasing demand
for pipe use in construction and new capacity coming on line globally.

The Europe polyethylene (PE) pipe grade report contains weekly
contract prices for black, compounded and pressure grade HDPE-based pipe
resins. It includes Free Delivered (FD) Northwest Europe (NWE) price quotes
for HDPE80 and HDPE100 grades, along with the latest market news and expert
commentary.

The addition of the new report follows the successful launch
of similar reports covering Middle East/South Asia and Asia. The Middle
East/South Asia and Asia reports provide spot price assessments for HDPE80
and HDPE 100 pipe grade resins which are already widely used by market
players.

"ICIS pricing already has established benchmarks in the
polymers market. PE pipe resin is highly competitive with more market players
globally interested in requiring concise, authoritative prices for the
European market," said ICIS Editor Stephanie Wilson. "We are pleased to be
able launch the Europe report, which should help industry players compete
globally and perform efficiently in these challenging times."

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Request your sample copy of the new Europe Polyethylene pipe
grade price report from ICIS pricing at tinyurl.com/ye8nlnq or
alternatively email your request to sales.ap@icis.com.

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    For further information please contact:

    Nadine Spoeri
    ICIS pricing
    tel: +44-20-8652-3082
    email: Nadine.Spoeri@icis.com

For further information please contact: Nadine Spoeri, ICIS pricing, tel: +44-20-8652-3082, email: Nadine.Spoeri at icis.com .