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RADICI
TPE and PE compound production site opened
06.02.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Work starts on world's largest nanotube plant
06.02.2009
WELLMAN
US PET producer emerges from bankruptcy
05.02.2009
MARUBENI
USD 35m deal to buy Qapco's surplus ethylene
05.02.2009
ALBEMARLE
Economic crisis brings USD 17.6m loss in Q4 2008
04.02.2009
CABOT
Additive producer responds to falling demand / Plant closures in Europe / Short-time working in Germany
03.02.2009
INVISTA TEXTILES
UK nylon plant to close with loss of 300 jobs
03.02.2009
SNEP
Arkema process selected for Morocco PVC plant
03.02.2009
DOW
Delaware court sets 9 March trial date in takeover dispute / Moody's urges formal delay agreement
30.01.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Economic horizon lightens in Asia / Signs of feedstock prices bottoming out / Expensive coal leads China to rethink some projects / Will economic stimulus packages create supply bottlenecks?
30.01.2009
CELANESE
French and Mexican VAM plant closures assessed
30.01.2009
BORSODCHEM
Major Hungarian TDI expansion may be delayed
30.01.2009
DOW
Rohm & Haas seeks USD 15 bn for breach of contract / Kuwait deal collapse cited for takeover delay
28.01.2009
HUNTSMAN
Over 1,600 jobs will go in cost cutting initiative / All divisions affected / Capital spending cut 45%
28.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN
Distribution pact with Cereplast for bioresins / “Accelerate adoption in Europe”
28.01.2009
DOW
US regulatory authority approves Rohm & Haas takeover plan / Two-day closing ruled out
27.01.2009
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Styrene expansion at Gonfreville started up
23.01.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Japanese ethylene output falls nearly 25% in 2008
22.01.2009
SUNOCO
Texas 180,000 t/y PP facility to close
21.01.2009
AMERICAS STYRENICS
PS producer removes over 100,000 t/y of capacity from US market
21.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
Equistar La Porte cracker set to restart this month
20.01.2009
ERCROS
PVC output in Tarragona to rise to 200,000 t/y / Site will become one of Europe's largest producers
20.01.2009
TEXAS PETROCHEMICALS
Plants idled as C4 and butadiene demand falls
19.01.2009
INDIA
Linde consortium wins EUR 1.03 bn contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant
16.01.2009
DOW
Sale of thermoplastic PU business to Lubrizol
16.01.2009
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