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EPS RECYCLING
Rehab Recycle: New plant opened in Ireland
08.11.2007
WESTLAKE
Vinyls expansion planned for Calvert City / Investment of USD 90m includes large diameter PVC pipe plant / Weak vinyls demand hits third quarter profits
07.11.2007
WINDOW MARKET
Central European sales reach EUR 6.9 bn in 2006 / Market to rise to 130m units by 2013 / IC forecasts
07.11.2007
NIEF PLASTIC
Acquisition by Sintex France for EUR 30m is completed / Gilles Nief to remain as CEO
06.11.2007
DUPONT
Phase one of “Hytrel” consolidation complete
06.11.2007
AMCOR
Second phase of restructuring for flexibles / 900 jobs to go / EUR 30m benefits annually
06.11.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Battle for predominance in central-eastern European oil, energy and petrochemicals / Was Russian grab for PKN Orlen triggered by OMV offer for MOL? / Poland and Lithuania uneasy
05.11.2007
RADICI
Expansion with adipic acid and HMDA / Entry into PA 6.10 and 6.12 production
02.11.2007
YANTAI WANHUA POLYURETHANE
300,000 t/y MDI unit to be built at Ningbo / Total capacity to reach 700,000 t/y by 2010
02.11.2007
HEXCEL
Carbon fibre production to increase by 70%
02.11.2007
POLYCARBONATE
Engineering plastic still growing / Consumption now nearly 3m t / Optical data carriers biggest application / Debate over new DVD standards pressures market / First strategic moves at Sabic
01.11.2007
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Joint Venture with Galactic to produce PLA bioplastics
01.11.2007
PIPELIFE
Output starts at new Russian production unit
31.10.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU machinery producer Hennecke sold to Adcuram / Private equity firm already owns Austria's Battenfeld
31.10.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total Petrochemicals cracker restarted at Carling
31.10.2007
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
Expansion of polycarbonate sheet production
31.10.2007
PACKAGING REGULATIONS IN EUROPE
Europen: Dutch to introduce carbon-based packaging tax / Belgium condemned by European Court of Justice / Germans revision of Packaging Ordinance delayed / Higher plastics bag levy in Ireland / New bulletin highlights progress on regulation
30.10.2007
GRAMMER
Job cuts planned / German plants apparently not affected
30.10.2007
BASELL
EC approves Lyondell Chemical acquisition
29.10.2007
DECEUNINCK
Plans to cut more than 200 jobs at Inoutic in Germany / Production shift to Poland and Russia
28.10.2007
SIDEL
EUR 35m plant strengthens China position
28.10.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polimeri LLDPE plant at Brindisi restarts, but FM still in place
26.10.2007
PETKIM
Feeling of mistrust towards Armenian investors / Losing Turkish consortium likely to do the deal
26.10.2007
STADIUM PLASTICS
Administrative receivers appointed / Businesses for sale / Production continuing at both plants
26.10.2007
BASELL
Moerdijk PB-1 expansion
25.10.2007
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