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Trade warFormosa Plastics foresees holiday gloom as orders slow Bellwether petrochemical group says trade war saps market confidence Formosa Plastics makes raw plastics as well as petrochemical and electronics materials that are used by companies in ... (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group on Monday said it expects oil prices to rebound in the second half of 2017 after falling global crude hit its April-June net profit. [2]

Asia300Taiwan's Formosa says US is best investment spot Trump's steel tariffs won't affect industrial conglomerate's $15bn projects Formosa Plastics Group is monitoring and assessing the impact of a trade war if the U.S. (confirmed by 3 sources) [3]

TAIPEI -- China's economic slowdown is the primary threat to petrochemical demand in that country this year, senior executives at Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate, warned Monday. [4]

TOKYO -- A Vietnamese joint steel venture led by Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group that includes Japan's JFE Holdings will open a second blast furnace this summer, doubling its potential crude output in a steel-hungry region. [5]

BusinessFormosa Plastics exec says oil rally may peak at $55 'Hot money' will flee if output cuts aren't sustained, says head of Taiwan giant Executives at Taiwan's Formosa Plastics warn that 2017 could be a bumpy one, citing China's slowdown. [6]

TAIPEI -- Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest petrochemical producer, is aggressively expanding how much it invests in the U.S., where it has $14.4 billion worth of projects underway. [7]

HANOI — Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to foreign factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country in an angry reaction to Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, officials said on Wednesday. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-11-06 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics foresees holiday gloom as orders slow

Trade warFormosa Plastics foresees holiday gloom as orders slow Bellwether petrochemical group says trade war saps market confidence Formosa Plastics makes raw plastics as well as petrochemical and electronics materials that are used by companies in

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-10 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics sees oil bottoming out, lowers price target

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group on Monday said it expects oil prices to rebound in the second half of 2017 after falling global crude hit its April-June net profit.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-06 · 75% match

Taiwan's Formosa says US is best investment spot

Asia300Taiwan's Formosa says US is best investment spot Trump's steel tariffs won't affect industrial conglomerate's $15bn projects Formosa Plastics Group is monitoring and assessing the impact of a trade war if the U.S.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-11 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics worries China slowdown may dampen demand

TAIPEI -- China's economic slowdown is the primary threat to petrochemical demand in that country this year, senior executives at Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate, warned Monday.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-22 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics steel venture in Vietnam set to double capacity

TOKYO -- A Vietnamese joint steel venture led by Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group that includes Japan's JFE Holdings will open a second blast furnace this summer, doubling its potential crude output in a steel-hungry region.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-07 · 75% match

Formosa Plastics exec says oil rally may peak at $55

BusinessFormosa Plastics exec says oil rally may peak at $55 'Hot money' will flee if output cuts aren't sustained, says head of Taiwan giant Executives at Taiwan's Formosa Plastics warn that 2017 could be a bumpy one, citing China's slowdown.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-03 · 75% match

Taiwan conglomerate plans $15bn worth of projects in US

TAIPEI -- Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest petrochemical producer, is aggressively expanding how much it invests in the U.S., where it has $14.4 billion worth of projects underway.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-05-15 · 75% match

Vietnam Mobs Set Fire to Foreign Factories, 20 Killed in Anti-China Riots

HANOI — Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to foreign factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country in an angry reaction to Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, officials said on Wednesday.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-08 · 36% match

Hit the road, JACK! Time for a new 'Fab Four'

Aidan Foster-Carter is honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University in the U.K.

[10] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-02-15 · 41% match

Thai companies produce Buddhist amulets from used plastic

Two local companies have teamed up to make Buddhist amulets by using nine types of recyclable materials, including plastic bottles and nylon fishing nets, in the hope of inspiring more Thais to recycle plastic waste.

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