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GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Nutritional healthcare bottles to be made on site
21.11.2008
BASF
“Massive decline in demand” prompts capacity cuts, plant shutdowns / Some 180 units affected / Preparing for “tough times”
20.11.2008
INEOS
Waiver of debt covenants sought as demand crashes / Debts four times EBITA / Crotty “battening down the hatches”
20.11.2008
ALBIS PLASTIC
New distributor for BASF polymers in Benelux and France
20.11.2008
ARKEMA
PVC technology agreement with Aker Solutions
20.11.2008
GEIGER TECHNOLOGIES
Application filed for insolvency / Sintex reported to have missed EUR 3.2m payments
19.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience: Force majeure for PU components in North America lifted
19.11.2008
BASF
Ciba stake of 94.6% nailed down / Final result this week
19.11.2008
BOREALIS
“Lupotech T” specified for 350,000 t/y LDPE plant
19.11.2008
LEONI
Acquisition of vehicle wiring systems business in Russia / First order from Kamaz
19.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE
First German supplier insolvency averted for now / Automakers grouping criticises bank policies / Short-time working and extended leave
18.11.2008
OLTCHIM
Scaling back production to 40% of capacity / Sourcing of C2 and C3 from Arpechim halted / Job cuts
18.11.2008
VISIOCORP
Considering strategic options / New working hours to generate savings
18.11.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU systems house opens in Guangzhou
18.11.2008
INEOS
European olefins and polymers units to combine
17.11.2008
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL
Mitsubishi acquires UK producer for USD 1.6 bn
17.11.2008
LANXESS
Earnings forecast for 2008 revised upward / Successful price hikes in Q3 / Provisions for falling demand
17.11.2008
INTERQUISA
Shutdown of 630,000 t/y PTA plant in San Roque / Rising Asian imports hit profitability
14.11.2008
APPC
455,000 t/y PP plant commissioned in Jubail
14.11.2008
SABIC
New PP line comes on stream at Ibn Zahr / World's largest single “Unipol” facility
13.11.2008
HUHTAMAKI
US flexible packaging production to close / Site dedicated to films production
13.11.2008
ROHM AND HAAS
Additives plant starts up in Turkey
13.11.2008
BASF
Takeover of Ciba advances / Minimum acceptance threshold exceeded
12.11.2008
ROSNEFT
Petrochemicals complex to be built near Vladivostok
12.11.2008
AMCOR FLEXIBLES
“No more extrusion facilities to be closed”
11.11.2008
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