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Companies Technical Thermoplastics POM/PBT/PP

NILIT
Compounding in Italy to be shuttered
01.06.2017
POLYPLASTICS
Majority of Topas Advanced Polymers acquired / COC now a core business
18.05.2017
LANXESS
Q1 core profit rises on strong volume growth, raw material price pass-through / Lifted outlook for 2017
17.05.2017
LANXESS
Chemtura takeover completed / Enhanced presence in North America
25.04.2017
LANXESS
EBITDA up 12% in 2016 / Chemtura will further boost earnings / European plants upgraded
21.03.2017
LANXESS
Chemtura shareholders overwhelmingly approve takeover / Closing mid-2017
06.02.2017
CELANESE
Purchase of Italian compounder SO.F.TER. completed / Global engineered materials product portfolio almost doubled
08.12.2016
LANXESS
Earnings momentum continues in Q3 / Better margins in all segments / Guidance raised
15.11.2016
CELANESE
Definite agreement to purchase Italian compounder SO.F.TER. / Latest step in recent restructuring / Acquisition will double global engineered materials portfolio
19.10.2016
GREIWING
New distribution hub near Frankfurt Airport / Main European storage facility for Celanese's plastics
07.10.2016
LANXESS
Definite agreement to acquire US flame retardants producer Chemtura / Latest step in path to becoming “new Lanxess” / EUR 2.4 bn deal to close by mid-2017
27.09.2016
LANXESS
Earnings forecast for 2016 nudged upward / Focus on high performance plastics pays off
12.08.2016
DUPONT
Company's largest global compounding plant inaugurated in China / Apollo facility to manufacture wide spectrum of resins
20.07.2016
LYONDELLBASELL
Groundbreaking for new Chinese PP compounding plant / Focus on the north
30.06.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to Philippe Hanck, head of DuPont Performance Materials' Asia Pacific business / Group's largest compounding plant to start up in China at the end of June / Strong start to 2016
23.05.2016
KOREA ENGINEERING PLASTICS
John Caamano named CEO of one of the world's leading POM producers
17.05.2016
LANXESS
Strong performance in Q1 2016 / Full-year guidance lifted again / Focus on high performance plastics paying off
13.05.2016
CHINA XD PLASTICS
Compounder expands Dubai plant / More technical materials for export to Europe / 2015 sales and profits cave in
09.05.2016
BASF
Test batches of South Korean POM to be made available in early 2017 / Joint venture not indicative of a shift away from Europe
26.04.2016
BASF
German chemicals giant confirms ongoing interest in POM even after production shift / “We are taking the restructuring very seriously”
23.03.2016
LANXESS
Business “successful in every respect” last year, CEO says / Less cyclical speciality chemicals firm by 2020 / Portfolio extension in High Performance Materials?
22.03.2016
BASF
POM to be brought into a jv with Kolon / Ludwigshafen plant will close in H2 2018
16.03.2016
CELANESE
Portfolio expansion to include compounded PA / Move follows entry into PEEK market
27.01.2016
RESINEX
Distributing Sipchem's PBT resins in Europe
23.12.2015
BASF
Raising engineering thermoplastics compounds capacity in Germany
30.11.2015
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