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TVK/SLOVNAFT
Expansion continues / Focus on automotive / Stiffer polyolefins competition in the east
23.12.2004
BIP
Amino moulding bought out of administration
23.12.2004
PARKSIDE INTERNATIONAL
Films business put in administration / Polish plant and flexibles activities are unaffected
23.12.2004
INSULATION
EPS producers warn of “massive” price hikes
23.12.2004
HAGEDORN
Subsidiary Podt Alplain buys Van der Molen
23.12.2004
COMPOSITES
UK initiative to promote lightweight materials / Pan-industrial network / Help for smaller firms
23.12.2004
SARNA
Sale of automotive segment / Sarnamotive Switzerland goes to Wafa investment company
23.12.2004
SMITHS GROUP
Acquisition of US, Chinese medical devices and seals manufacturers / Cash payments
23.12.2004
CARCLO
Joint venture for control cables in India / Output to be cut in UK / Start-up in September 2005
23.12.2004
POLAND
Economy recovers / GDP up 3.6% / Plastics processing has above-average share of industrial production / Infrastructure needs developing / Will EU membership affect small businesses?
09.12.2004
NANOCOMPOSITES
Annual growth of 18% predicted up to 2008 / Layer-lattice silicate are a benchmark material / Boehmit as an alternative flame retardant? / Nanoparticles in demand as processing aids
09.12.2004
COPERION
New focus on spare parts business / Sales rise of 25% forecast for 2005 / Price cuts planned
09.12.2004
CYCLICS
First commercial resin from new German unit in 2005 / Search is on for new 25,000 t/y plant site
09.12.2004
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Thermoplastics to grow 6% in 2004 / China accounts for 65% of demand / New AMI study
09.12.2004
TUFNOL
MBO from receiver / Business restructured and renamed / Over 70 jobs, Scottish depot saved
09.12.2004
PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Polymer price hikes “cripple early recovery” / Firms under pressure to pass on extra costs
09.12.2004
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Plant outages at European polyolefins majors: Overview of the recent “force majeure” reports
09.12.2004
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Margin recovery in sight / PC and MDI sold out / Fresh price hikes planned for fourth quarter
09.12.2004
NOVA / BP
Anti-trust issues may not impact planned styrenics joint venture / Market consolidation
09.12.2004
NYPRO
Computer industry restructuring hits Irish moulder / Waterford plant may be shut down
09.12.2004
PEGUFORM
Peguform sold to Cerberus / 330 jobs to go
09.12.2004
US COMPOSITES RESEARCH
Plastic fibre-reinforced sheets extend life of decaying bridges / New construction market
25.11.2004
LAIRD PLASTICS
Acquisition by Blackfriars for USD 65m / New player will have 10% of the US shapes market
25.11.2004
CINPRES GAS INJECTION
Patented technologies acquired from US rival / Single licence for outflow moulding techniques
25.11.2004
WILDEN
German injection moulder with joint ventures in Dubai, China / Sales recovery expected in 2004
25.11.2004
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