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CLARIANT Restructuring, higher prices propel sales and profits / Pigments nearly doubles EBIT margin	08.11.2010
CLARIANT Capacity for non-halogenated flame retardants to be doubled / More environmentally friendly	01.11.2010
CLARIANT New headquarters opened in Shanghai / Start-up of pigment production in Hangzhou	25.10.2010
TOSAF New plastics compounds plant in Israel commissioned	01.10.2010
EVONIK Sale of carbon black activities sealed / Focus on “key growth markets” / EUR 1 bn business	27.09.2010
NUBIOLA Expanding capacity for pink and violet pigments	26.08.2010
POLYONE Masterbatch ranges achieve “OK Compost” certification	25.08.2010
POLYONE Strong second quarter 2010 helps boost first half profit and sales / All operating areas see double digit profit growth / More balanced earnings mix	09.08.2010
CLARIANT Recovery in profits and sales continues into the second quarter of 2009 / Masterbatches and pigments business units record significant growth / Focus on restructuring / Powder pigment units to close in China and South Korea	03.08.2010
TRONOX Reorganisation plan filed with bankruptcy court	20.07.2010
CLARIANT Business improves in first quarter / Pigments and Masterbatches perform better than the group	03.05.2010
BASF Streamlining global pigments business / Optimisation efforts will slash 500 jobs worldwide	14.04.2010
GABRIEL-CHEMIE New colour laboratory opened in Poland / Latest step in regional expansion	23.03.2010
CLARIANT Swiss group continues in loss / Slight recovery shaping up / Masterbatches see improvement	18.02.2010
TRONOX German group doing well / Millions invested in development despite insolvency	10.02.2010
POLYONE Earnings turnaround in Q4 2009 / Winning new business / Changed reporting structure in 2010	09.02.2010
GABRIEL-CHEMIE Acquisition of remaining shares in German subsidiary	08.02.2010
GABRIEL-CHEMIE Expansion in Poland and Italy	23.12.2009
CLARIANT Latest restructuring plan to kill 570 more jobs / Sites in Germany, France, UK and Mexico hit	23.11.2009
CLARIANT Workforce to shrink by another 800 by the end of 2009 / EBIT pre-special items down 40% in Q3	06.11.2009
MILLIKEN Acquisition of pigment and additive dispersions maker Rebus	20.10.2009
CLARIANT Changes in management and plastics organisation / Workforce pared further / Group-wide site analysis	29.09.2009
POLYONE New production lines in Europe / Additives for specialty applications in packaging, medical technology and transport	17.09.2009
HOLLIDAY PIGMENTS EUR 2m investment in environmentally friendly effluent treatment plant	16.09.2009
HUNTSMAN Acquisition of large parts of titanium dioxide producer Tronox / Deal excludes German facility in Krefeld	02.09.2009

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