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RAVAGO
Plans to buy Dow South African plastics affiliate / December closing is expected
07.09.2006
SINOPEC
Subsidiary Tianjin Petro awards planning contract for PP plant to Uhde / Basell licence
01.09.2006
BASELL
Geelong PP expansion completed
23.08.2006
BASELL
"Spherizone" specified for Russian PP plant
22.08.2006
HUNTSMAN
Plastics among commodities to be divested / Sell-off envisaged before end of 2006
09.08.2006
BASELL
Two new PE investments in Germany / Upgrade after 2005 blast / "Spherilene" and "Hostalen" processes
07.08.2006
SHELL
Go-ahead for world-scale cracker in Singapore
07.08.2006
SABIC EUROPE
Contract for Gelsenkirchen HDPE plant goes to Uhde / Central European logistics hub in Poland
04.08.2006
POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Ineos declares "force majeure" on LDPE / Supplies from fire-ravaged Cologne plant
18.07.2006
SABIC EUROPE
New sales office in Hungary from 2007
14.07.2006
BASELL
LG specifies "Spherizone" for Daesan PP plant
11.07.2006
SLOVNAFT
Petrochemicals consolidated into subsidiary / Polypropylene production now at 225,000 t/y
10.07.2006
POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Ineos: Explosion in Cologne LDPE plant / Unit down for several weeks? / 200,000 t/y production outage
05.07.2006
INEOS
"Innovene S" licence for new Chinese PE plant
04.07.2006
BASELL
"Spherizone" technology for new Thai PP plant / New jv partner for HMC
12.06.2006
POLYETHYLENE
Construction begins on large cracker complex in Qatar
09.06.2006
BASELL
Higher sales in Q1 2006 / Poor cracker margins / Thriving technology business / First figures for polyolefins giant under new ownership
26.05.2006
BOREALIS
Reorganisation of R&D / International plastics research to be concentrated in Austria
02.05.2006
DOW / ROMPETROL
PE manufacturing and marketing pact for eastern Europe / Output of 100,000 t/y planned
11.04.2006
BASELL
Skeberis selected as sole agent in Greece / Key accounts supplied directly / Logistics support
07.04.2006
BASELL
Worldwide licensing of "Metocene" PP
04.04.2006
BOREALIS
Higher 2005 net profit despite cost pressure and slack European demand / Move to Vienna
20.03.2006
BOREALIS
Closure of Norwegian HDPE plant definite
15.03.2006
HUNTSMAN
Above-average growth in PU / Strong rise in earnings despite hurricane turbulence
13.03.2006
BOREALIS
"Lupotech T" technology for new LDPE plant
10.03.2006
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