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NOVA CHEMICALS
Steady earnings improvement brings Q4 operating profit
19.03.2010
DOW
Styrenics business sold to Bain Capital affiliate for USD 1.6 bn / Long-term supply deal pads price
03.03.2010
POLIMERI EUROPA
Total to take over Feluy polystyrene production / EPS line to be idled by September 2010
12.02.2010
DOW
Sales of styrenics and PC to private equity said near / First round of bidding for spin-off
14.01.2010
INEOS NOVA
PS line in Breda closed
18.12.2009
POLIMERI EUROPA
Cessation of polystyrene production at Total site in Feluy / 130 employees affected
28.10.2009
PEOPLE
Pappas retires as Nova Chemicals CEO after less than a year on the job
25.09.2009
BASF
Brazilian PS business sold to Unigel subsidiary / Transaction includes 190,000 t/y plant
18.09.2009
BASF
Sale of styrene monomer plan in Korea planned / Additional capacity cuts are not ruled out
06.08.2009
NOVA CHEMICALS
IPIC completes its USD 2.3 bn acquisition
09.07.2009
BASF
Closure of PS plant in Ludwigshafen / European PS capacity cut by 15%
26.06.2009
DOW
Polystyrene plant in Bilbao to close in Q3
04.06.2009
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Company to exit PX and PTA production in Japan / Negotiations on withdrawing from PS / Chlorine facilities including PVC to be liquidated
18.05.2009
NOVA CHEMICALS
Shareholders approve acquisition by IPIC
21.04.2009
JAPAN POLYSTYRENE
Mitsui, Sumitomo joint venture to shut down as domestic demand falls / Osaka and Chiba plants to close
08.04.2009
TOTAL
Petrochemicals France streamlining to cost 306 jobs / Plants at Carling and Gonfreville to close
13.03.2009
NOVA CHEMICALS
Abu Dhabi state investment firm IPIC in USD 2.3 bn friendly takeover bid / Deal includes credit backstop
25.02.2009
NOVA CHEMICALS
Fourth-quarter loss pulls spoils 2008 results, but strong demand seen in December / Ineos Nova jv in the red
10.02.2009
AMERICAS STYRENICS
PS producer removes over 100,000 t/y of capacity from US market
21.01.2009
DOW
Three plants at Terneuzen to close in restructuring plan
16.12.2008
BASF
Legal carve-out of styrenics postponed indefinitely
30.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Nova to cut European PS output by 30% from October / Margin improvement / Strong rise in HIPS surcharge
01.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polystyrene: BASF plans to slash European output
19.09.2008
NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Third polystyrene line taken into service / Capacity moving towards 200,000 t/y
29.08.2008
BASF
Further step in divestment of styrenics activities / Styrenic copolymers business added to process
20.08.2008
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