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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE speaks to Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe / “Clearly the vast majority of our investment today is going to be in the USA” / Manufacturers have no chance in Europe / Shale exploration could restore competitiveness
19.11.2014
STYROLUTION
Ineos acquires BASF's 50% stake in styrenics joint venture
19.11.2014
MEXICHEM
Authorities give green light for Vestolit takeover / Larger European footprint
18.11.2014
A. SCHULMAN
Renewed cuts in European workforce / Operating income jumps by 29% in fiscal 2014 / Improved Q4 performance across all regions
17.11.2014
DOW
Third Point hedge fund launches renewed attack on management / Expanding PE capacities in Argentina / Shares in Kuwaiti joint ventures to be divested
14.11.2014
SOLVAY
Earnings up 10% in Q3 / CEO upholds “high single-digit earnings forecast for full year / Brazilian competition authorities reject sale of Indupa to Braskem
14.11.2014
LERG
Polish resin producer acquires film manufacturer Marpol
13.11.2014
TEIJIN
Large Singaporean PC plant to close up shop in late 2015 / Exiting DMT production
12.11.2014
FLINT HILLS RESOURCES
Michigan-based PP plant to be shut next July / Looking for buyers
12.11.2014
STYROLUTION
Ceasing PS production in Trelleborg / Market consolidation
11.11.2014
BOREALIS
Third quarter profits reach EUR 185m thanks to strong polyolefins results / Borouge 3 start-up contributes to 41% year-on-year rise
11.11.2014
DSM
Dutch chemical group may spin off or sell plastics business / Acrylonitrile and caprolactam in view
11.11.2014
BRASKEM
Profits decline in Q3 on higher naphtha costs / Sales volumes rise in line with Brazilian thermoplastics demand
11.11.2014
NATUREWORKS
Grant supports development of methane-to-lactic acid route / Pilot production anticipated within next five years / Eco-profile for “Ingeo” recalculated
11.11.2014
LANXESS
Around 1,000 jobs to be shed in corporate realignment up to 2016 / Cuts mostly in rubber / PA and PBT unaffected / Zachert says losses likely in Q4
10.11.2014
PERSTORP
Expanded R&D investment in “Capa” caprolactones / Bioplastics demand to grow above 20%/year
10.11.2014
CITADEL PLASTICS
US composites specialist buys The Composites Group / Integration of Tetra-DUR now finalised
10.11.2014
BODO MÖLLER
Acquisition of Nortec-Cannon's trade business / Sales activities in Denmark expanded / Strengthening relationship with Huntsman Advanced Materials
07.11.2014
NOVOMER
Announcement of first commercial application of sustainable polyols / German industrial adhesives company to adopt for hot melt product
06.11.2014
DSM
Location for North American PA 6 plant confirmed / Completion targeted for mid-2016
04.11.2014
CORBION PURAC
Dutch bioplastics specialist mulls PLA plant in Thailand / Facility to be fully backward integrated
04.11.2014
SO.F.TER.
Tennessee plant commences engineering plastics production / Facility's output to double in 2015
03.11.2014
BAYER
CEO lifts overall forecast for 2014 / BMS sales rise on volume gains but EBITDA margin recedes
31.10.2014
WESTLAKE
Expanded US vinyls complex dedicated / Cracker converted to ethane / Raising output in Lake Charles
31.10.2014
CELANESE
Compounding agreement with Setsunakasei / Strengthening activities in Japan
31.10.2014
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