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PERSTORP
Applications laboratory opened in India
05.03.2010
CEREPLAST
Bioplastics plant started up in Indiana / Nearly 37,000 t/y full capacity
05.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6 supply situation increasingly tight / BASF reports “limited availability” / Rhodia upholds FM
03.03.2010
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Gas-phase TDI plant at Dormagen slated to start up in 2014 / Approval by authorities pending
03.03.2010
DSM / MITSUBISHI
Swap of polyamide and polycarbonate production receives official seal of approval
03.03.2010
BAYER
“Marked recovery” from 2009 slump seen / BMS chief optimistic about PC, MDI and TDI growth
01.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL
Closure of PP plant in Italy planned
26.02.2010
INEOS
PVC production in Wales to cease after second quarter / Reaction to “steadily declining market”
25.02.2010
ITALY
Last chance to save Italian vinyls production? / Eni and Qatar's Ramco sign preliminary deal
25.02.2010
VELOX
New European distributor for SK Chemicals' “Skygreen” range for cosmetic packaging
23.02.2010
COMPOUNDING MARKET
US demand for independently compounded thermoplastics to reach 3.4m t in 2013 / Freedonia report
22.02.2010
COMPOSITES
Global market for unsaturated polyester resins to reach USD 5.8 bn in 2015 / Lucintel report
19.02.2010
COMPOSITES
Winners of the JEC Innovation Awards 2010 / Focus on bio-based materials, aeronautics, transportation and sports / 11 companies awarded
18.02.2010
RUSSIA
Improvement in polymers market expected in 2010 / Shrinking domestic demand in 2009 has players looking abroad / PVC producers bracing for higher costs / State support for new petrochemical projects
15.02.2010
PLASTICS PACKAGING
European producers weather economic downturn well / Shifts in polymer markets change the game
15.02.2010
FRANCE
ACDI industry association reports significant cut-backs by plastics converters in 2009
15.02.2010
BORSODCHEM
Agreement on new financial structure / Financial injections by Permira and VCP / Wanhua remains minority shareholder
15.02.2010
POLIMERI EUROPA
Total to take over Feluy polystyrene production / EPS line to be idled by September 2010
12.02.2010
OPAL
Indian company building new LDPE and PP plants based on Ineos technology
12.02.2010
SALAVATNEFTEORGSINTEZ
Start-up of new HDPE line completed / Russia's only suspension-method HDPE production site
11.02.2010
KURARAY
New PVB production line starts up in Germany
11.02.2010
DOW
Permanent shutdown of TDI plant at Freeport / Alternative supply cited / Layoffs unlikely
10.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares FM for PP copolymers at Geleen
09.02.2010
INEOS
“Technical issue” takes out Cologne LDPE line / No impact on customers, producer says
09.02.2010
POLYPLASTICS
Japanese Ticona jv to expand LCP production / Demand on the rise in China
09.02.2010
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