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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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Dow shuts Terneuzen PS production “temporarily” / Need to restore margins	17.07.2008

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