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INSULATING MATERIALS
Global growth up to 2012 / Foam plastics stay number one / Volume up again / Freedonia study
16.04.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Neochimiki's PU systems house pads Greek portfolio
15.04.2009
BORSODCHEM
Sale of PVC division now definite / CEO Büchele wants to concentrate on isocyanates
14.04.2009
JAPAN POLYSTYRENE
Mitsui, Sumitomo joint venture to shut down as domestic demand falls / Osaka and Chiba plants to close
08.04.2009
COMPOSITES
Business park for composite materials planned on the German-French border
08.04.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
LDPE plant in Fos-sur-Mer to close permanently
06.04.2009
ITALY
Definitive agreement on future of vinyls industry / Sartor and Ineos finally sign on the dotted line
03.04.2009
SABIC
Logistics centre opened in Greece
25.03.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC futures trading expected soon on DCE
24.03.2009
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL
Technology centre to be built in Shanghai
24.03.2009
ITALY
Final curtain in Porto Marghera vinyls drama? / Sale of Ineos production units due to be inked next week
20.03.2009
BASF
New 90,000 t/y “Neopor” insulation foam line starts at Ludwigshafen / No conversion of older units
19.03.2009
ARKEMA
Nano-enhanced liquid epoxy resins agreement
19.03.2009
DSM
Compounding plant opened in India
18.03.2009
SOLVIN
“Diofan” PVDC latex production line opened in France
17.03.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
Commitment to KPI complex confirmed
17.03.2009
INDORAMA
New PET plant to come on stream soon in the USA / Benefiting from market consolidation
16.03.2009
TOTAL
Petrochemicals France streamlining to cost 306 jobs / Plants at Carling and Gonfreville to close
13.03.2009
CHINA NATIONAL SALT
Construction of PVC complex in Shanxi province begins
12.03.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
German MDI plant at Brunsbüttel shuttered until further notice / Customers supplied from Uerdingen
11.03.2009
DOW
Delayed takeover of Rohm & Haas sealed / Closing on 1 April 2009 / Price unchanged, but deal restructured
10.03.2009
CHINA
Support plan for petchems industry / Change to high-grade plastic products
10.03.2009
NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Start-up of PE production / Total polymer capacity now 600,000 t/y / Industrial park
06.03.2009
BAYER
Profits of MaterialScience plunge 85% in Q4 2008 / PC capacity use down by half, with six plants mothballed / No short term recovery expected
04.03.2009
EVONIK
Expanding capacity for high-performance polyamides in Witten
26.02.2009
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