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Fire at Momentive facility / No injuries or toxic emissions reported

Sustainability focus to include the entire chain / CO2 emissions to be halved up to 2025

2015 sales exceed EUR 12 bn / Adjusted EBITDA up 41% / Year of many premieres / Former Bayer MaterialScience expects mid-single-digit core volume growth for 2016

Rubber jv with Aramco wins all approvals / New company called Arlanxeo starts on 1 April

Pilot plant for PC wastewater recycling / New process reduces salt burden on the Rhine / German environment ministry provides funding

Former Bayer Material Science manager Michael Koenig named to head Bluestar

Stock listed in Germany's MDAX / “Gratifying performance” after two months of trading

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

Despite overcapacities, plans to lift output in Asia / Global consumption stands at 4m t/y / Decline in optical data storage devices pressures sector / Market unsettled by BPA controversy / Opportunities for lighting technology and automotive applications

Good Q3 performance in line with forecasts / EBITDA rises 44.5% year-on-year / Sales decline in PU segment

Stake in MEGlobal sold to Equate as Kuwaiti ventures restructured / MEG plant to be built on US Gulf Coast / Options under review for agrochemicals unit / Plastics leads gains in Q3 volumes but lower prices and foreign exchange hit sales

Dutch IBC specialist plans IPO in the US

Stock market debut goes smoothly / Shares initially gain 12% / Issue three times oversubscribed

Half of rubber carve-out to be sold to Aramco / Joint Venture set to start in Q1 2016 / First back integration for German producer / Farther-reaching Middle East projects envisaged

Former Bayer MaterialScience to make stock market debut on 2 October / Gross proceeds of EUR 2.5 bn targeted / Bayer group to become pure life science player

Exit from blue-chip stock index / Rubber woes put downward pressure on share price

Former Bayer MaterialScience business plans IPO in Q4 this year

Dennis McCullough appointed new CEO and president

Bayer unveils new management team / Patrick Thomas will continue to lead the company

PU expansion at HQ almost complete / Higher amount of TPU sold in Europe by NRC

Solid growth on a global basis / Worldwide capacities of 10m t/y / Asia dominates production and consumption / Restructuring in Europe makes an impact / Market players still face challenges

Earnings at MaterialScience surge on higher demand and cost relief / Sales flat / Plans for separation of polymers sub-group “on schedule,” Dekkers said / Renaming in September

Indian group announces polyols capacity expansion / Proprietary technical process

Name change to Covestro from 1 September / “Colorful identity and positive vision”

Steffan Huber appointed president of Bayer MaterialScience's Greater China region