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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
ARKEMA Production cutbacks for PA, PMMA and PVC	26.11.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Idling of up to 25% of PC capacity	24.11.2008
ARKEMA Operating profits up 5.5% in third quarter 2008	24.11.2008
INEOS Waiver of debt covenants sought as demand crashes / Debts four times EBITA / Crotty “battening down the hatches”	20.11.2008
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL Mitsubishi acquires UK producer for USD 1.6 bn	17.11.2008
LANXESS Earnings forecast for 2008 revised upward / Successful price hikes in Q3 / Provisions for falling demand	17.11.2008
SOLUTIA Specialties sales to rise 29% in Q3 / Exit from nylon business seen by March 2009	29.10.2008
A. SCHULMAN Strong euro boosts results in fiscal 2008 / Net income sinks / Outlook muted / Initial divestment bid fizzles	28.10.2008
RADICI Production cuts for PA 6.6 and adipic acid	23.10.2008
TER HELL Distribution for Borealis / Extension of PS marketing for Polimeri / Compounding line in China	23.10.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE New MDI plant on stream in Shanghai / Second PC line completed, but start up delayed due to poor market	22.10.2008
SO.F.TER. Italian manufacturer acquires Matrixx Europe	17.10.2008
RHODIA Polyamide and PA compounding in Italy to be phased out / Production will be concentrated in France and Poland	14.10.2008
ALTUGLAS Price hikes for acrylic sheets	13.10.2008
SABIC Stamax LGF PP now available worldwide / Plans to expand production	10.10.2008

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