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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: Mandatory maintenance turnaround at Antwerp
11.08.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lighting strike takes out Ineos Nova's PS and EPS lines in Wingles
19.07.2010
BASF
Two-component Styrolux blend developed for shrink sleeve labelling
07.07.2010
DOW
Follow-up: Most plants in Schkopau resume operations
24.06.2010
DOW
Sale of Styron to Bain is completed / Styrenics and PC producer has USD 3.7 bn in annual sales
21.06.2010
DOW
Several lines down following Schkopau blaze / Start-up processes begin
18.06.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Nova expects to lift force majeure on PS next week / Lost production of “several thousand tonnes”
12.05.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Nova announces force majeure for polystyrene / Barge strike paralyses Wingles plant
05.05.2010
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
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