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INEOS
Follow-up: Takeover of Kerling completed following EU approval
07.02.2008
INEOS
EU approval for takeover of Kerling / PVC markets more open than thought
04.02.2008
OWENS CORNING
Saint-Gobain acquired following regulatory approval / Expansion in China and Russia
04.02.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Strong demand tightens hexene grades of LLDPE / Price curve increasingly uncoupled from standard product / C6 to be reported separately in PIE
04.02.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for C2 and C3 at Grangemouth / No details on implications for polymer
31.01.2008
BASF
Pan-European organisation for masterbatch business / Five “Color Solutions” companies / Focus on markets
31.01.2008
ARKEMA
Reorganisation at Serquigny site / 49 jobs could be lost / EUR 13m investment in new products
31.01.2008
URALCHIMPLAST
Expansion of PVC compound production
31.01.2008
CARMEL OLEFINS
Acquisition of 49% of Domo Polypropylene
30.01.2008
LOYAL CHEMICAL
Leading Asian EPS producer to build plant in Poland / Annual output of 100,000 t / EUR 20m investment
29.01.2008
SIBUR
Work begins on EUR 44m EPS facility
29.01.2008
TIANJIN DAGU
Contract awarded to Shaw for two ABS plants
25.01.2008
PETROCHINA
LyondellBasell's “Spherizone” process for new PP plant at Daqing / Mammoth complex in progress
25.01.2008
LA SEDA
Interquisa acquisition postponed indefinitely / Stock market problems / Current focus on integration
24.01.2008
DOW
Correggio to become global PU R&D centre
17.01.2008
INEOS
Acquisition of BP's VAM and ethylene actetate production
17.01.2008
TICONA
Compounding plant to be built in China by 2009 / Same products and specifications worldwide
16.01.2008
BASF
Plasticiser expansion to meet growing demand in Asia / Nanjing plant to be debottlenecked
15.01.2008
ANTIMICROBIALS IN PLASTICS
Annual market advance of 3.7% to 2012 / Runaway growth for wood-plastic composites
15.01.2008
BRASKEM
Certification for 100% renewables-based HDPE / 200,000 t/y plant planned for 2009
14.01.2008
QUINN CHEMICALS
No second MMA plant in Leuna / Search for engineering staff
11.01.2008
DSM
Investment unit buys into US green polymers specialist / Cooperation agreement is planned
11.01.2008
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
Global demand still expanding / Developing world with strongest growth / Prices stable since 2004 / Blends of basic polymer and white oil / Compound specialities and recycled grades
10.01.2008
FLAME RETARDANTS
EU risk review confirms safety of products containing brominated deca-BDE / Basis for REACH registration
09.01.2008
QUINN CHEMICALS
Investment in a second MMA facility in Leuna
08.01.2008
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