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A. SCHULMAN Net profit falls 18% in fiscal Q1 2009 / Drop in demand “unprecedented”	16.01.2009
BRASKEM Withdrawal from PET business / Production on a competitive basis is no longer viable	15.01.2009
SPOLCHEMIE Takeover of Hexion epoxy resins laid to rest / “Well placed to weather the financial crisis”	14.01.2009
MITSUI CHEMICALS MMA and PU subsidiaries to be absorbed	13.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL US bankruptcy court grants emergency financing / European converters are concerned about bonuses	12.01.2009
DOW Slight hope that K-Dow is not dead / Acquisition of Rohm and Haas still hanging in the balance	09.01.2009
SABIC EUROPE Launch of UHMWPE / Production start-up scheduled for Q2 2009	09.01.2009
POLIMERICA “Lupotech T” specified for 300,000 t/y LDPE plant	08.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Chapter 11 filing in New York / Finance holding Basell Germany involved, other non-US business unaffected	07.01.2009
DOW Liveris threatens Kuwait with legal action / Sabre rattling in pursuit of break-up fee for scuttled jv?	07.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Markets waiting for news of debt renegotiation / Highly leveraged company says bankruptcy an option	06.01.2009
KRATON Production of SBCs suspended at key sites in Europe and USA	06.01.2009
DOW Kuwaiti joint venture collapses / Declining oil revenues and credit crunch / Rohm and Haas shaky?	05.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Start-up of PP compounding plant in China / Saudi plant onstream in 2009	05.01.2009
HUNTSMAN Hexion merger plans “buried” for USD 1 bn in compensation / Out-of-court settlement / Billion-dollar litigation with banks still in play	16.12.2008
DOW Three plants at Terneuzen to close in restructuring plan	16.12.2008
A. SCHULMAN Job cuts in North America and Europe / Production capacity scaled back / Profits forecast downgraded	16.12.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Short-time working and more plant shutdowns / Slight revival in PU orders	16.12.2008
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS Plans to slash jobs in Europe / Talks with the workforce	15.12.2008
INEOS Lenders approve request for debt covenant waiver	12.12.2008
DOW Permanent workforce to be cut by 11% / Plans to close 20 plants and idle 180 / “Non-strategic” businesses will be divested	11.12.2008
PLASTIC ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES European licence for "Turbo-Screws" PLA foam production technology	10.12.2008
DUPONT Downturn in construction and auto sectors leads to 2,500 job cuts / Loss predicted for fourth quarter	09.12.2008
EMS PA producer extends Christmas break to mid-January / Slump in consumer spending has “historic proportions”	08.12.2008
VICTREX Profit warning issued / Massive decline in orders in November / No improvement expected in December	08.12.2008

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