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REICHHOLD
Polyester resins production facility opens in India
19.11.2009
ITALY
Vinyls Italia plants back up by Christmas? / Eni agrees feedstock supply / New bidders
18.11.2009
US PLASTICS MARKET
September sees year-on-year increase of over 50% / Decline in house building and weakening retail sales hit 2008 consumption / ACC report
18.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Wave of polyethylene imports from the Middle East rolls in slowly / CMAI Europe conference in Düsseldorf
17.11.2009
RUSVINYL
PVC project to go ahead / Start-up postponed until 2013
17.11.2009
COMPOSITES
European downturn has bottomed out, but recovery unlikely before 2013 / Reinforced plastics federation says production down by a third this year / Thermosets counter thermoplastics challenge
16.11.2009
BRASKEM
Mexican PE complex planned with Idesa / Investment cost estimated at USD 2.5 bn
16.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF lifts FM for maleic anhydride from Feluy
13.11.2009
ARKEMA
EVOH distribution agreement with Chang Chun
12.11.2009
LUCITE
Official opening ceremony for new MMA facility in Singapore / World's first plant powered by Alpha technology
12.11.2009
ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS
Nascent market forecast to grow at 8.3% annually
11.11.2009
ARKEMA
30,000 t/y PVC unit to be shut down at Balan / France
10.11.2009
MICHEL BAULE
Sale of PUR and thermoplastics processor Exsto / Focus on PUR casting resins and machinery
06.11.2009
BOREALIS
Follow-up: HDPE line in Beringen to close in March 2010
05.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Perstorp lifts force majeure on TDI
05.11.2009
TICONA
Takeover of LFT compounder in progress
05.11.2009
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE
AMI forecasts strong recovery for thermoplastics / Processing sector driven by packaging
05.11.2009
PETKIM
JV with NPC to build S-PVC plant in Iran
04.11.2009
FUJIAN REFINING & PETROCHEMICAL
ExxonMobil joint venture in China starts up cracker and downstream facilities
04.11.2009
BOREALIS
Ashland to be sole European distributor for automotive business / Resinex is eliminated
03.11.2009
STEPAN
Capacity to double at Wesseling polyols facility
03.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema to end FM for PVC this week
02.11.2009
PLASTICS MARKETS
Global production decline in 2008 / Dramatic drop in sales / Slump in European polymer consumption / Packaging and medicinal sector perform relatively well / First signs of a recovery
02.11.2009
SGL
Carbon fibre jv with BMW / Technology for new “Megacity” vehicle / MRC to supply precursors
02.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF launches efforts to overcome PA 6 / PA 6.6 supply bottlenecks
29.10.2009
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