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LYONDELLBASELL
Start-up of PP compounding plant in China / Saudi plant onstream in 2009
05.01.2009
UHMWPE
IK: Prices affected less than standard HDPE
23.12.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Porto Marghera shut down completely until January / First time in the history of the Italian complex
19.12.2008
DOW
Three plants at Terneuzen to close in restructuring plan
16.12.2008
RHODIA
R&D centre opens in Shanghai / Engineering plastics a focus
08.12.2008
ARKEMA
Restructuring of vinyls chain continuing / Two French sites targeted / Nearly 170 jobs on the line
03.12.2008
EVONIK
New PMMA moulding compounds plant starts in China / First unit of EUR 250m methacrylates complex
03.12.2008
HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS
Global market reaches USD 6.1 bn / Annual growth of 6.1% forecast for next five years
02.12.2008
SABIC
Plans for Saudi elastomers jv with ExxonMobil progressing / More economic feasibility studies
02.12.2008
POLIMERI EUROPA
Entire petrochemicals complex in Sardinia to go offline for two months / Cracker, HDPE, chlorine chain and aromatics affected / Phenol chain down for all of 2009
01.12.2008
SOLUTIA
Restructuring of PA 6.6 business stepped up to aid sale plans / Capacity and job cuts / Decline in demand
01.12.2008
CHINA
Anti-dumping investigation into polyamide imports from the EU, USA and Taiwan
01.12.2008
ROMPETROL
Polyethylene production reduced by 55% for two months / Nearly a quarter of the workforce to be temporarily laid off
28.11.2008
EVONIK
PMI rigid foam plant comes on stream in US
28.11.2008
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Cefic forecasts decline in output of 0.6% in 2008
28.11.2008
CHINA
Rise of 27% rise in value of plastics production in 2007 / Pipes and profiles segments on the brink of consolidation / More stringent safety regulations for the chemical industry
21.11.2008
LA SEDA
Financing obtained for Portuguese PTA plant / Interquisa acquisition finally falls through
21.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience: Force majeure for PU components in North America lifted
19.11.2008
BOREALIS
“Lupotech T” specified for 350,000 t/y LDPE plant
19.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
CMAI sees flood of polyolefins on its way from the Middle East / Successful conference in Düsseldorf
18.11.2008
OLTCHIM
Scaling back production to 40% of capacity / Sourcing of C2 and C3 from Arpechim halted / Job cuts
18.11.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU systems house opens in Guangzhou
18.11.2008
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL
Mitsubishi acquires UK producer for USD 1.6 bn
17.11.2008
APPC
455,000 t/y PP plant commissioned in Jubail
14.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow: Force majeure ended at Freeport, Texas
14.11.2008
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