(chemmonitor) -- Production of synthetic rubber and most plastics showed a considerable increase last year in Poland.
For instance, whole-year polyethylene output amounted to 365,000 tonnes in 2011. Local polyethylene makers generated only 30,000 tonnes in December 2010, down by 73,000 tonnes year on year.
Polyvinyl chloride output totaled 282,000 tonnes through January-December 2011. It was 15,700 in December.
Synthetic rubber production reached 186,000 tonnes in the previous year, in comparison with 16,300 tonnes in the last month of the year.
MRC