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SOLVAY
Joint venture with Sibur confirmed / Russian vinyls facility to be built at Kstovo / 330,000 t/y PVC capacity could expand to 510,000 t/y
10.07.2007
HYDRO POLYMERS
PVC reactor shut down in UK / No force majeure or supply restrictions
10.07.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF declares force majeure for C2 from Ludwigshafen
06.07.2007
HUNTSMAN
Hexion owner outbids Basell owner for US chemical group / Private equity funds in bidding war?
06.07.2007
ICL
Acquisition of flame retardant manufacturer Supresta
04.07.2007
LANXESS / INEOS
Deal on Lustran Polymers / UK group to acquire ABS business in two stages / JV from September
02.07.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shin-Etsu removes force majeure on PVC
02.07.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Olefins: Force majeure on ethylene and propylene from Cologne
02.07.2007
GE PLASTICS
Sabic buries polycarbonate project with Petrochina / “Negative economics”
02.07.2007
BASELL
End for PP production in Canada / Slurry process no longer competitive
29.06.2007
BASELL
Takeover of Huntsman for USD 9.6 bn / Blavatnik lands a coup after all / Lyondell option evidently abandoned
28.06.2007
EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION
Sector growing ahead of the market / Direct plastic sales still dominate / AMI report
28.06.2007
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
Unipol licence for PP homopolymers
26.06.2007
POLYAMIDE
European growth to slow / Automotive engineering segment leads consumption
26.06.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Second Chinese PC line delayed for at least six months / Supply glitches and falling margins
25.06.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
New EUR 40m plant for polymer polyols / New technology / Location in Germany or Belgium
22.06.2007
DSM
Distribution agreement with Resin Express
22.06.2007
IQAP GROUP
Purchase of Alcolor Group
22.06.2007
TOTAL
Force majeure in Gonfreville lifted
21.06.2007
CHINA
Chinaplas and NPE trade fairs on an equal footing for the first time / Chinese are eager for international technology / Lack of skilled labour / Decline in imports of standard thermoplastics
18.06.2007
ALBEMARLE
Austrian flame retardant capacity doubled
18.06.2007
BASF
Planned new Chinese MDI plant may be built at Chongqing / Change of partners looks likely
15.06.2007
BASF
Cooperation with Invista in PA 6.6 feedstock / Seal Sands ADN plant to close
14.06.2007
RTP
European masterbatch alliance with Impact Colours
14.06.2007
BASF
Capacity for specialty plasticiser quadrupled / Now approved for food contact applications
13.06.2007
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