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POLYONE
Acquisition of GLS is agreed
15.11.2007
VESTOLIT
Up for sale again? / Private equity investor SVP to exit early / Sales and earnings rise in 2006
14.11.2007
BASF / SABIC
PBT production joint venture at Schwarzheide to be dissolved / Saudi group plans diversification drive
14.11.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Systems house inaugurated in Thailand
14.11.2007
PVC GROUP
No buyer found for Polycol / Assets being liquidated / 94 jobs lost across the group
14.11.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU specialist UCSC acquired in USA
13.11.2007
BRASKEM
Operating profit down in Q3 due to dollar woes / Efficiency plan boosts resins output to new record
13.11.2007
ROHM AND HAAS
Turkish additives plant to start up in 2008
12.11.2007
HUNTSMAN
“Deltio” process improves handling properties of TiO2 / Capacity expansion at UK facility
09.11.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
1,500 jobs to go in EUR 300m cost-saving plan up to 2009 / No compulsory redundancies
08.11.2007
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES
New name announced for merged company
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
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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total Petrochemicals cracker restarted at Carling
31.10.2007
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
Expansion of polycarbonate sheet production
31.10.2007
BASELL
EC approves Lyondell Chemical acquisition
29.10.2007
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
BASELL
Moerdijk PB-1 expansion
25.10.2007
SUMITOMO
LCP production set for expansion
25.10.2007
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