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DSM Performance materials sees 40% profit fall	25.02.2009
TICONA Short-time working and job losses at POM market leader	24.02.2009
BASF Short-time working at German PA plants in Rudolstadt and Leuna	20.02.2009
EMS Growth in polymers halted / Dismal Q4 performance hits 2008 results / Specialities strategy to be retained	16.02.2009
CELANESE Group sales down more than 25% in Q4 2008 / Ticona engineering polymers business moves deeply into the red	12.02.2009
DUPONT Loss in fourth quarter of 2008 / Drop in full-year profit / Downbeat 2009 forecast	09.02.2009
DOW CHEMICAL Fourth quarter loss hits 2008 result / Volumes down by 5% / Plastics segments see plummeting sales and profits / Figures “very disappointing”	05.02.2009
INVISTA TEXTILES UK nylon plant to close with loss of 300 jobs	03.02.2009
LANXESS Non-managerial employees face reduced working hours and pay cut / Bonuses cancelled and executive pay frozen	02.02.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Work week in Germany reduced to 35 hours as demand slump continues / Pay cut for workers / Managers forfeit raises	02.02.2009
BOREALIS “Mobility” unit established to serve auto sector	28.01.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Talks with German workforce on response to market crisis / Some 1,500 of 5,500 jobs could be affected	27.01.2009
LANXESS Capacity use slashed by up to 80% / Short-time working planned / Move to Cologne on hold / Crisis committee	23.01.2009
POLYONE Restructuring will lead to 370 job losses worldwide	23.01.2009
BASF Short-time working at Schwarzheide / About 10% of the workforce affected / PBT and styrenic compounds	20.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN Net profit falls 18% in fiscal Q1 2009 / Drop in demand “unprecedented”	16.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Start-up of PP compounding plant in China / Saudi plant onstream in 2009	05.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN Job cuts in North America and Europe / Production capacity scaled back / Profits forecast downgraded	16.12.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Short-time working and more plant shutdowns / Slight revival in PU orders	16.12.2008
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS Plans to slash jobs in Europe / Talks with the workforce	15.12.2008
INEOS Lenders approve request for debt covenant waiver	12.12.2008
EMS PA producer extends Christmas break to mid-January / Slump in consumer spending has “historic proportions”	08.12.2008
RHODIA R&D centre opens in Shanghai / Engineering plastics a focus	08.12.2008
EVONIK New PMMA moulding compounds plant starts in China / First unit of EUR 250m methacrylates complex	03.12.2008
SOLUTIA Restructuring of PA 6.6 business stepped up to aid sale plans / Capacity and job cuts / Decline in demand	01.12.2008

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