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SOLVAY
Purchase of US specialty films producer Ajedium
19.09.2008
LANXESS
Antwerp caprolactam capacity to increase
18.09.2008
SIPA
Acquisition of bottling and packaging company Berchi
18.09.2008
VINYTHAI
Thai PVC plant expanded / Further expansion to 400,000 t/y planned
18.09.2008
UPONOR
Canadian plant closed / Investments planned in the US
18.09.2008
ALCAN PACKAGING
Sale process almost over? / USD 6 bn asking price / Amcor, Bemis, Apollo and Bain may be interested
17.09.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
PP complex planned for Trinidad and Tobago / Agreement signed with Lurgi and government
17.09.2008
VALEO
German rear lighting systems production to be shifted to France and Poland / Increasing competition
17.09.2008
BOREALIS
PP line for packaging grades dedicated in Burghausen / OMV completes cracker expansion and new C3 production line
16.09.2008
KRONOS
Second PC sheet line installed in Omsk / Russia
16.09.2008
BASF
EUR 3.8 bn takeover bid for Ciba / Offer to close on 1 October 2008 / Leader in plastics additives
15.09.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
EUR 300m upgrade of PU feedstocks planned in Germany by 2013 / Gas phase phosgenation process
15.09.2008
DUPONT
Expansion of capacity for “Tedlar” PVF film / Doubling of output / Backsheets for solar panels
15.09.2008
ARETON
UK compounder in administration / Plant closed / Israel-based parent buys bulk of machinery
12.09.2008
IAC
Job losses in Sweden / Plant closures threatened as economy weakens / Takeover of Visteon site in UK
12.09.2008
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL
Specialty compounds agreement signed for Asia Pacific
11.09.2008
RIETER
German plant to close / Some 75 jobs affected / Restructuring, higher costs hit H1 2008 earnings
11.09.2008
LUCITE
Two takeover bids exceeding USD 2 bn mooted for acrylics producer / Mitsubishi Rayon, Saudi group competing?
10.09.2008
REHAU
Modernisation and expansion of the Viechtach site / Moulded joints for pipes / Pilot plant for new coating process / Improved logistics, energy management and recycling
10.09.2008
LURGI ZIMMER
Contract for new PBT plant in China
10.09.2008
JOHNSON CONTROLS
Extensive restructuring in North America, western Europe / Pretax charge of USD 400-500m in Q4 2008
09.09.2008
FILTRONA
Plastic technologies helps boost first half results
09.09.2008
UPONOR
Growth targeted through European reorganisation
09.09.2008
CEDO
Traceable film recycling in Geleen / Over 40,000 t/y waste treated / Recylcate supplied to the group's production plants in Europe
09.09.2008
EADS
Expansion in composites processing / Augsburg, Nordenham and Varel facilities transferred to new business
08.09.2008
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