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INDORAMA
Thai producer acquires SK Chemicals PET plants in Poland and Indonesia / Expansion continues
13.12.2010
LA SEDA
Agreement to sell San Roque plant to Cepsa / Earnings swing in Q3 / Managers investigated
23.11.2010
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Invista's PET plants in US and Mexico / Takeover in China, too / Rise to world market leader
16.11.2010
DSM / KEMROCK
Plans for specialty resins production in India
09.11.2010
TOYOTA TSUSHO
Manufacture and marketing of “bio” PET kicks off / Multinational project with global reach
08.11.2010
INVISTA
BDO technology licensing agreement with China's Markor group
05.11.2010
EASTMAN
PET business sold to DAK Americas
26.10.2010
INDORAMA
New AlphaPet plant in Alabama running at full throttle
29.09.2010
OCTAL
Engineering contract for Oman PET project awarded
13.09.2010
LA SEDA
Doubling of earnings in H1 2010 / PET producer says it is now back on solid financial footing
03.09.2010
EASTMAN
Plans to sell PET unit this year / Increasing hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins capacity
24.08.2010
LA SEDA
EUR 300m capital injection from new investors / Packaging division APPE aims for leading position in Europe / PET giant refocuses business strategy
20.08.2010
PET
Japan's Mitsui and Teijin merge their PET bottling activities
11.08.2010
INVISTA
North American PET activities under scrutiny
02.08.2010
LA SEDA
PET production and sales levels pick up / Plants running at full capacity / Production efficiency completed
22.07.2010
INDORAMA
Takeover of Equipolymers' PET line in Ottana complete
06.07.2010
INDORAMA
PET production to almost double to 390,000 t/y at Rotterdam site / Integration with PTA facilities to bring economies of scale / Completion in 2012
29.06.2010
OCTAL
DPET sheet combines sustainability with product consistency
31.05.2010
LA SEDA
El Prat de Llobregat plant at full capacity in June
28.05.2010
INVISTA
Engineering Polymers business establishes a foothold in China
29.04.2010
INVISTA
Focus on growing European DMT and polyester businesses / New general manager appointed
27.04.2010
EASTMAN
Exit from PET looking increasingly likely / Merrill Lynch to explore divestment options
27.04.2010
LA SEDA
El Prat PET plant restarts / Creditors inject cash
20.04.2010
LA SEDA
New organisational structure with two divisions
13.04.2010
EQUIPOLYMERS
Ottana PTA and PET lines acquired by Indorama jv
26.03.2010
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