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EVONIK
New PA 12 complex progressing well / First plant at commissioning stage
16.11.2020
LANXESS
Corridor for 2020 guidance confirmed and narrowed / Q3 year-on-year sales and net income fall
13.11.2020
TIPA
Expansion into Italian compostables market / High consumer demand
13.11.2020
NESTE
Renewable feedstock deal with LG Chem / PO, PC and PVC on the agenda
12.11.2020
MITSUBISHI
POM series with reduced formaldehyde emissions
05.11.2020
INOVYN
Sustainability certification for “Biovyn” PVC for sites in Belgium and Germany
03.11.2020
CELANESE
Q3 revenues down 11% year-on-year / Engineered materials unit returns to profit / Sales in automotive segment soar more than 80%
02.11.2020
HEXPOL
Key profits advance in Q3 despite sales decline / Brunstam returns as president and CEO
30.10.2020
SIRMAX
Microtec unit doubles bio-compound capacity
30.10.2020
HALOPOLYMER
Russian fluoropolymer producer updates manufacturing
29.10.2020
FUTERRO
First fully integrated PLA plant starts up in China / Partnership with BBCA Biochemical
28.10.2020
NORDMANN
Chemical distributor takes over European sales of natural fibre-reinforced bio-compounds
28.10.2020
PPS
Chinese commerce ministry imposes provisional duties from US and some Asian countries
27.10.2020
AOC
Purchase of Spolchemie's UPR manufacturing operations in Czech Republic
26.10.2020
REPSOL
Collaboration on circular materials with Elix Polymers / Supply of recycled styrene
26.10.2020
RÖCHLING
Self-developed PLA compounds for car production / Glass-fibre and talc-reinforced types
23.10.2020
CELANESE
Global price hike for engineered materials
19.10.2020
HEXPOL
Introduction of wire and cable compounds
16.10.2020
CELANESE
Sale of Polyplastics share to Daicel completed / Investments in Asian compounding
14.10.2020
SABIC
Sale of high-performance polymers likely / Fundamental restructuring / PC to remain in group / Company denies report of sale / Spanish PEI production moves to Singapore
12.10.2020
EMS
Q3 order situation improves significantly / Q3 sales down 13.3% and organic sales growth shrinks 8.7%
08.10.2020
HEXION
US group to sell phenolic resins business to Investindustrial
06.10.2020
XENIA
New composites family of lightweight compounds developed with Arkema
06.10.2020
NATUREWORKS
Technology measures to hike Blair PLA capacity by 10% / Plans for second plant in US / Commitment to sustainability certification
02.10.2020
AEROSPACE
European companies join project to develop rear aircraft parts made of reinforced thermoplastics
30.09.2020
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