BAYER Group forecast for 2013 upheld / BMS cost-saving scheme confirmed / PC overcapacity seen to ease	04.11.2013
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Blowing your horn and lighting it up as well...	28.10.2013
PC SHEETS EPSE Awards 2013: Recognition of special polycarbonate applications in construction and design / Awards ceremony during K 2013	24.10.2013
POLYCASA Rebranding the former Quinn Plastics / Broad portfolio of transparent and translucent sheet / Margins suffer following price decline for semi-finished products	15.10.2013
POLYMER PRICES China Engineering Thermoplastics August/September 2013: Most feedstocks rise / Demand sees modest growth / Import quotes increase / Domestic prices remain stable but with some concessions / National Day holiday looms in October	25.09.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE MDI capacity increase in Shanghai slated for mid-2014	20.09.2013
BAYER CEO announces cost-cutting measures at subgroup MaterialScience / Up to 700 jobs may be lost	19.09.2013
EVENTS 11th “IdentiPlast” to be held in Paris in November / Zero plastics to landfill again the focus	12.09.2013
BAYER Increase of 80% in Russian sales targeted by 2017 / “Substantial share” in plastics markets	10.09.2013
PLASTICS INDUSTRY CHINA Diverts focus away from export to domestic markets / Shift in consumer behaviour boosts demand growth / Small companies to disappear / Industry consolidation gathers pace	28.08.2013
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Production declines by 2% EU-wide in the first five months of 2013 / Growth engine revving in fits and starts / Company chieftains now more cautious about full-year outlook / Cefic trend report	12.08.2013
GEBA Eco-friendly TPU available / Lighter weight and better mechanical properties / Cooperation with Bayer MaterialScience	08.08.2013
BAYER Full-year earnings targets “increasingly ambitious” / MaterialScience hit by poor PC business	01.08.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Scaled-up CO2-fed polyols unit set to start in 2015 / “Several thousand tonnes” of capacity	29.07.2013
AIR LIQUIDE Construction begins on German TDI feedstock facility / EUR 100m investment	23.07.2013
PEOPLE Bayer MaterialScience: Miebach is new China president	09.07.2013
CHINAPLAS Growing number of international visitors and exhibitors in Guangzhou / Focus on sustainability and production efficiency	12.06.2013
EVENTS 1-day Chinaplas B2B conference well received / Focus on OEMs and sustainable packaging in China / View to challenges the global plastics industry must address / 200 participants attend kick-off Guangzhou	29.05.2013
CHINA Standard plastics stagnate / Growth of 6% for engineering thermoplastics in 2012 / Market dominated by foreign capacities / Growing surpluses with PC and POM / Another grand "Chinaplas" comes to an end	24.05.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Innovation centre opens in Shanghai / Expands global network	23.05.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Work stops on carbon nanotubes / Future use of research and know-how still to be decided	14.05.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Sale of US polyester resins businesses to Stepan / Columbus site to be expanded	03.05.2013
POLYMER PRICES China Engineering Thermoplastics March/April 2013: Feedstock prices continue to slide / ABS, PC tending soft / Little movement for PA, POM and PMMA	26.04.2013
BAYER Weaker than expected Q1 showing at BMS / Full-year forecast now lower	26.04.2013
RUSSIA Engineering thermoplastics market contracts slightly in 2012 / Imports from Europe and Asia on the rise / Russian production still too low / Western European quality often not matched / Plastinfo report	19.04.2013

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