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INDORAMA
Indian PET market penetration with MicroPet buy / Back-integration into PTA and MEG
02.12.2015
OTTANA POLIMERI
Labour agreement renewed but no bets are on about the future of Sardinian PET production / Talks over feedstock supply at a stalemate / Rumours of an Indorama exit persist
24.11.2015
COCA-COLA
EU Commission approves internal merger / New European bottling giant takes shape
19.11.2015
INDORAMA
Cepsa exits PET as Indorama takes Spanish business / Thai group gains vertical integration
17.11.2015
COCA-COLA
European bottling partners to merge into USD 13 bn company / More than 50 plants
18.08.2015
JBF
KKR to invest USD 150m in Indian PET producer / Funds will contribute to completion of petrochemical complex in Mangalore
07.08.2015
INDORAMA
Purchase of Cepsa's Canadian PTA plant wrapped up / Global PET production fully backward integrated into PTA
08.06.2015
INDORAMA
Follow-up: Purchase of Bangkok Polyester concluded / Larger footprint in both Thailand and Japan
14.05.2015
RELIANCE
Integrated PET complex in India starts operations / Company now among top 10 global producers
15.04.2015
ALPEK
Exit from proposed Russian PTA/PET JV project with UPC
08.04.2015
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Canada's only PTA producer / Latest in a string of global purchases
25.03.2015
INDORAMA
Purchase of Thai PET producer Bangkok Polyester / Global market leader continues to consolidate
23.03.2015
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Polyplex's Turkish PET plant wrapped up / Facility now operates as Indorama Ventures Corlu PET
09.03.2015
INDORAMA
Operating profit leaps 30% as falling crude prices contribute to improved cash flow / PET and fibres businesses see gains / Costly plant in Sardinia mothballed
25.02.2015
EASTMAN
Higher sales volumes and cost reductions lift profits / Substitution of phthalate-plasticisers boosts demand / Increase in copolyester volumes offset by lower prices
06.02.2015
CEPSA
Spanish chemicals group to quit its PET activities / Will Indorama take over the plants?
19.01.2015
INDORAMA
Second Turkish deal abandoned / No plans to buy 51% of Sasa Polyester Sanayi
16.01.2015
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Polyplex's new Turkish PET plant / Global market leader consolidates the market
12.01.2015
COCA-COLA
Follow-up: Stake in Continuum Recycling joint venture with ECO Plastics also goes to Aurelius investment fund / Part of larger goal to quit recycling activities?
16.12.2014
ECO PLASTICS
Follow-up: Germany's Aurelius investment fund acquires PET recycler / Plans long-term strategic development
15.12.2014
ECO PLASTICS
Investor pulls out of large UK-based PET recycler / Ongoing losses / Trying to raise capital
11.12.2014
LA SEDA
Prosecutor reportedly accuses former CEO Rafael Español of fraud / Demands long prison term
28.11.2014
PETKIM
Turkish petchems producer commissions ethylene and PTA capacity expansion at group headquarters
21.11.2014
M&G CHEMICALS
PET group receives USD 300m capital injection / TPG investor acquires minority stake
20.11.2014
INDORAMA
Higher volumes help boost operating profit and sales in H1 2014 / TurkPET and PHP Fibres acquisitions make contribution as earnings in Europe rise significantly
12.08.2014
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