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WESTLAKE
US and Canadian authorities nod off Axiall acquisition / Deal could close by end of August
22.08.2016
INOVYN
Decrease in sales hits operating profit in Q2 2016 / French industrial action adds to fall in revenues / EBITDA and sales increase in speciality vinyls segment
22.08.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Kem One confirms ability to supply as forest fires surround Fos site
15.08.2016
AURORA PLASTICS
PVC compounder acquired by Wind Point Partners / New management includes veterans from Citadel and Argotec
05.08.2016
BRASKEM
European Technology Center in Cologne-Wesseling / Inauguration in autumn
29.07.2016
SOLVAY
Argentine authorities block sale of Solvay Indupa to Unipar / USD 202m offer said to be too low
20.07.2016
INOVYN
Solvay exits PVC joint venture as planned
11.07.2016
LUKOIL
Plans to divest Karpatneftekhim / Operations at Ukrainian subsidiary remain suspended
01.07.2016
TCI SANMAR
Engineering contract for Egypt PVC expansion awarded to Jacobs Engineering
27.06.2016
SAYANSKKHIMPLAST
Russian PVC producer looking for a new owner? / Operations still down amid lack of ethylene feedstock / Rosneft tapped as logical fit
16.06.2016
UNIPETROL
Plans to buy back PVC producer Spolana from Anwil / Groundbreaking for new PE plant in Litvinov
16.06.2016
WESTLAKE
USD 3.8 bn is the magic number / Latest takeover bid accepted by Axiall / Combined company will become North America's second-largest PVC producer
15.06.2016
AXIALL
South Korea's Lotte Group issues unsolicited offer for vinyls producer / Onset of a bidding war with Westlake?
09.06.2016
SOLVAY
Sale of Latin American PVC business to Unipar Carbocloro
10.05.2016
WESTLAKE
Latest bid for Axiall summarily rejected again / CEO Chao issues open letter to shareholders / Calls for new board
06.04.2016
POLYMER-CHEMIE
Compounds output reaches new record / Almost 200,000 t produced in 2015 / Strong PVC-P sales in Russia
05.04.2016
INOVYN
Joint venture partners Ineos and Solvay sign binding agreement for latter's early exit
01.04.2016
VESTOLIT
Exclusive European distributor for Mexichem's S-PVC
01.04.2016
BRASKEM
Brazilian petrochemicals giant soon in Chinese hands? / CNOOC reported to be interested
21.03.2016
INOVYN
Solvay to exit vinyls jv early / Ineos to take full control / Ratcliffe “comfortable” with deal
18.03.2016
MEXICHEM SPECIALTY COMPOUNDS
AlphaGary is renamed five years after acqusition
04.03.2016
AXIALL / WESTLAKE
PVC group plans to divest all downstream units / Write-offs almost reach USD 1 bn / Poker game over takeover continues
03.03.2016
BRASKEM
Full year EBITDA surges despite lower Brazilian resins demand / Mexico PE production poised to start in Q1 2016
24.02.2016
AXIALL
Board summarily rejects latest Westlake takeover proposal / Shareholders addressed in open letter
03.02.2016
KEM ONE
Investors de Krassny and OpenGate to restructure French PVC producer
22.01.2016
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