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PIE 883 of 10.05.2013

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SUMITOMO
Chiba ethylene cracker to cease operations in 2015 / Responding to declining domestic demand and structural market shift (13.02.2013)

MITSUI
Plans to quit KEC ethylene joint venture / First steps toward consolidation of Japanese production (06.02.2013)

TICONA
Full range of engineering plastics now available directly in Japan (24.05.2012)

JAPAN
Output and volume sales decline in 2011 / Both standard and engineering thermoplastics hit (11.04.2012)

FAIRS
Attendance plummets at "IPF Japan" in Tokyo / Multiple issues blamed / Many Japanese activities in Thailand (10.11.2011)

JAPAN
Follow-up: More supply chains in difficulty / Speciality cable manufacturers suffer from shortage of fluoropolymers / TPE and polymerisation additives scarce / BOPET film for LCD also tighter (04.04.2011)

JAPAN
The post-quake reality: One-third of ethylene capacities offline / Petrochemical industry crippled by electricity shortages / European and US companies appear largely unaffected / Numerous plants idled as a cautionary measure (18.03.2011)

JAPAN
Almost half the olefin chain affected by quake and tsunami / Exact extent of damage remains unclear (14.03.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Earthquake devastates Japan's east coast / Tokyo Bay refineries ablaze / Several countries issue tsunami warnings / Petrochemical industry under threat (11.03.2011)

ASAHI / MITSUBISHI
Cracker consolidation in Mizushima to go ahead as planned (28.02.2011)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
New bio-based integral PU foam / Mass production earliest in 2013 (15.12.2010)

JAPAN
Industry in uproar over proposal to tax naphtha (29.11.2010)

PET
Japan's Mitsui and Teijin merge their PET bottling activities (11.08.2010)

JAPAN
Plastics machinery manufacturers end a disastrous year 2009 / Massive pressure from China (06.04.2010)

JAPAN PETROCHEMICALS
Producers face pressure from Middle East / Overseas expansions targeted (29.03.2010)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Offer to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon (20.11.2009)

MITSUBISHI RAYON
Aerospace materials collaboration with Cytec (13.10.2009)

TEIJIN
Bio-based PLA demonstration plant starts up / Production capacity to reach 5,000 t/y by 2011 (01.10.2009)

MITSUBISHI RAYON
Possible takeover by Mitsubishi Chemical / Keeping pace with the rest of the world / New structure for PMMA (17.08.2009)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Exit from caprolactam and styrene production / Consolidation of ethylene activities in Mizushima (12.06.2009)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Company to exit PX and PTA production in Japan / Negotiations on withdrawing from PS / Chlorine facilities including PVC to be liquidated (18.05.2009)

MITSUBISHI
Construction of carbon fibre plant halted / Demand slowdown leads to JPY 29bn net loss (30.04.2009)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL / SINOPEC
Wider strategic partnership follows PP and PC joint ventures / China seeks high quality polymer base (16.04.2009)

JAPAN POLYSTYRENE
Mitsui, Sumitomo joint venture to shut down as domestic demand falls / Osaka and Chiba plants to close (08.04.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rising demand rise spurs output increase in Japan (06.04.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Japanese ethylene output falls nearly 25% in 2008 (22.01.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Japanese companies cutting ethylene capacity / Oversupply and slack demand are cited (01.09.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Feedstock and energy costs delay commercial start-up of MCC's new USD 210m PC facility (20.08.2008)

NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL
Plans to build a Chinese facility / Machinery for the Chinese market to use Japanese parts (04.07.2008)

SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
Expansion in PP compounds / New production lines in Saudi Arabia and Thailand / More capacity in China (09.04.2008)

PLASTICS MACHINERY
Japanese output of small injection moulding machines down considerably in 2007 / Industry stable (27.03.2008)

ASAHI GLASS
Fibre business sold to “compete with Corning” (26.09.2007)

JAPAN
Plastics machinery: Dominant in its domestic market / Mixed outlook for 2007 / German companies supply equipment for speciality applications (20.09.2007)

ASAHI GLASS
Expansion for ETFE in UK and Japan / Growth in automotive and film for the building industry (12.09.2007)

GE PLASTICS
Sabic takeover prompts Asian PC realignment / Bayer sells share in PC glazing jv Exatec (28.08.2007)

PLASTICS MACHINERY
Japan increases output in injection moulding sector / Balance of trade falls (16.04.2007)

HUSQVARNA
Japanese power tools producer acquired for EUR 116m / Production in Japan and China (09.02.2007)

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS
Polyplastics to increase "Vectra" LCP capacity / Demand escalating / Further expansion planned (09.01.2007)

KURARAY
Production capacity expansion for "Genestar" PA9T / Market diversification into auto parts (21.11.2006)

SUMITOMO
PES capacity increase to meet aerospace demand (15.09.2006)

JAPAN
Plastics machinery manufacturing: Sales of small injection moulding machines slump / Exports down / Imports continue to rise (07.04.2006)

DUPONT
Establishment of automotive centre in Japan (06.10.2005)

PLASTICS MACHINERY IN JAPAN
New record for injection moulding machinery output / New number three in worldwide market (07.04.2005)

POLYOLEFINS
Mitsui-Idemitsu merger to create Japan´s largest PP producer / EUR 1.7 bn business (13.01.2005)

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