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Polymer Intermediates and Composite Resins businesses spun off as NewCo / Global investor CVC holds majority stake / Caprolactam supply ensured for 15 years / Focus on Performance Chemicals

Euroresins sale to Cathay Investments completed

Thermoplastic starch production hardly worthwhile / Low oil price pressures biopolymer producers

Weak caprolactam margins contribute to 7% drop in 2014 EBITDA / Plans to combine three businesses ahead of possible sale

Raising caprolactam output / Latest investment project receives financial backing from Rusnano

Euroresins composites distribution business sold to Cathay Investments / Part of plans for strategic realignment

Chinese flexible packaging producer Zhongshan Tian Cai Packaging acquired / South Chinese footprint now also includes pharmaceutical packaging

Part 2 – Plastics Production: Shale gas revolution drives Europe into a corner / Ailing facilities are consolidated / Massive changes in PVC market / Shale oil reserves change the balance once again

Third Point hedge fund launches renewed attack on management / Expanding PE capacities in Argentina / Shares in Kuwaiti joint ventures to be divested

Dutch chemical group may spin off or sell plastics business / Acrylonitrile and caprolactam in view

Trade fair breaks new records / AVK Conference to be managed in future by Composites Germany / Technical development dominated by automation in auto and aircraft construction / Machinery manufacturers strongly represented

Plans for licensing "Biosuccinium" / Unlocking the bio-based market

High-heat automotive air intake manifold in PA / First application in hybrid sports car

Performance Materials drives improved results in Q2 / Weak caprolactam sector hits polymer intermediates business / Positive outlook for 2014

Ravago subsidiary Channel Prime Alliance appointed distributor for Mexico / Focus on engineering thermoplastics for automotive, E&E markets

Pilot production for PA 6.12 feedstock successful / US company plans commercial plant in Malaysia

Renewable PBS polymer technology shown at "Chinaplas" / Dutch company is first-time exhibitor

New circular polymer venture / Brainchild of Dutch entrepreneurs / Construction of recycling plant at chemical park in Geleen

US agricultural giant ADM invests USD 25m in biotech company / Processes for renewable-based PA

Engineering thermoplastics consumption recovers slightly in 2013 / Gains driven by ABS and PMMA / Import volumes of PC, PA and SAN down / Asian producers increasingly step into the fold / Low local capacity utilisation rates / Plastinfo report

EBITDA up 20% in 2013 / Material Sciences buoyant in Q4 / "Macro-economic headwinds"

Reverdia: Marcel Lubben new company president

2.7m t of engineering thermoplastics consumed in 2012 / National strategy to raise domestic output / Self-sufficiency does not preclude imports

Toll compounding agreement with Petropol for South America / Faster to market

Ashland, Interplastic and AOC announce Q4 price hikes