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Companies Technical Thermoplastics Polyamides

ARKEMA
Q4 profits hit by falling demand and PVC margin squeeze
12.03.2009
DSM
Distribution agreement with Resinex in Turkey
03.03.2009
EVONIK
Expanding capacity for high-performance polyamides in Witten
26.02.2009
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
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
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