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PROCAP
Acquisition of two caps and closures rivals / Increased emphasis on carton packaging market
22.01.2009
BRITISH VITA
UK foam producer cuts 80 jobs
21.01.2009
SUNOCO
Texas 180,000 t/y PP facility to close
21.01.2009
AMERICAS STYRENICS
PS producer removes over 100,000 t/y of capacity from US market
21.01.2009
CLARIANT
Third masterbatch facility opens in China
21.01.2009
BASF
Short-time working at Schwarzheide / About 10% of the workforce affected / PBT and styrenic compounds
20.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
Equistar La Porte cracker set to restart this month
20.01.2009
ERCROS
PVC output in Tarragona to rise to 200,000 t/y / Site will become one of Europe's largest producers
20.01.2009
WAVIN
Collapse in construction sees profits fall 25%
20.01.2009
TORAY
Investment in German carbon fibres specialist ACE / Plans to develop RTM process for mass market cars
20.01.2009
NOVA CHEMICALS
Further reorganisation will bring up to 600 job losses / Greater focus on the olefins/polyolefins
19.01.2009
DECEUNINCK
Fourth quarter 2008 sales hit as recession bites
19.01.2009
WOCO
Automotive supplier cuts working hours and pay by 20% / Agreement will run to June
19.01.2009
TEXAS PETROCHEMICALS
Plants idled as C4 and butadiene demand falls
19.01.2009
AUTOMOTIVE
German and US alliances target lithium ion battery technology / Efforts to reduce dependence on Asian producers
19.01.2009
INDIA
Linde consortium wins EUR 1.03 bn contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant
16.01.2009
THOMPSON PLASTICS
Three group companies in administration / Two have closed, another is for sale / Two further companies operating normally
16.01.2009
DOW
Sale of thermoplastic PU business to Lubrizol
16.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN
Net profit falls 18% in fiscal Q1 2009 / Drop in demand “unprecedented”
16.01.2009
PERLOS
Hungarian injection moulding plant to close by June / Mobile phone demand weak / Service units to stay
16.01.2009
BRASKEM
Withdrawal from PET business / Production on a competitive basis is no longer viable
15.01.2009
TRONOX
Chapter 11 filing in the US / Credit crunch and environmental liabilities / Overseas assets unaffected
14.01.2009
SPOLCHEMIE
Takeover of Hexion epoxy resins laid to rest / “Well placed to weather the financial crisis”
14.01.2009
FANUC ROBOSHOT
Mitsui's stake in joint venture acquired
14.01.2009
CONSTAR
Filing for Chapter 11 reorganisation / Plan for restructuring agreed with shareholder majority
13.01.2009
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