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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
LANXESS Capacity use slashed by up to 80% / Short-time working planned / Move to Cologne on hold / Crisis committee	23.01.2009
EMS PA producer extends Christmas break to mid-January / Slump in consumer spending has “historic proportions”	08.12.2008
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
ARKEMA Operating profits up 5.5% in third quarter 2008	24.11.2008
SOLUTIA Specialties sales to rise 29% in Q3 / Exit from nylon business seen by March 2009	29.10.2008
RADICI Production cuts for PA 6.6 and adipic acid	23.10.2008
RHODIA Polyamide and PA compounding in Italy to be phased out / Production will be concentrated in France and Poland	14.10.2008
RHODIA Polyamide segment to be restructured / Further eastward relocation of production is likely	08.10.2008
DSM Opening of new plants in The Netherlands and China / “Stanyl” PA 4.6 capacity doubled / Sale of melamine and elastomers business imminent / Innovation drive continues	23.09.2008
SOLUTIA Raw material costs slash earnings in nylon division / Voss to head this low-earning segment	04.09.2008
UNYLON Polyamide producer made a substantial loss in 2007 / Only expected to move back into profit in 2009	02.09.2008
DUPONT PA and PPA capacity increases in China	30.07.2008
SOLUTIA Buyer sought for PA 6.6 business / High raw materials costs bite / Investment in PVB films for thin-film solar panels	04.07.2008
TIANJIN HAIJING Lurgi Zimmer to supply PA 6 plant to China	18.06.2008
EVONIK Laurolactam capacity expanded in Marl	29.05.2008
SOLUTIA PA capacity to be expanded by 68,000 t/y / Growth in demand to reach 20% in China	08.05.2008
DSM PA development production unit starts up	08.05.2008
LURGI ZIMMER Contract for 35,000 t/y PA 6 plant in China	28.03.2008
SOLUTIA Emergence from Chapter 11 after four years	12.03.2008
EMS Expansion of capacity at German site / Two compounding lines for PA specialties and LFT / Global sales climb significantly in 2007	12.03.2008
ARKEMA Reorganisation at Serquigny site / 49 jobs could be lost / EUR 13m investment in new products	31.01.2008
CARMEL OLEFINS Acquisition of 49% of Domo Polypropylene	30.01.2008

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