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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
SABIC
New PP line comes on stream at Ibn Zahr / World's largest single “Unipol” facility
13.11.2008
ROSNEFT
Petrochemicals complex to be built near Vladivostok
12.11.2008
INDIA PETROCHEMICALS
GAIL / IOCL collaborate on new cracker complex
11.11.2008
INEOS VINYLS
Sartor gains minority stake in Italian PVC subsidiary / "Continuity of the site is guaranteed" / No agreement on chlorine modernisation
10.11.2008
COMMODITIES TRADING
Plastics futures market opens in US
07.11.2008
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
Production of engineering thermoplastics reduced by 20%
06.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Financial crisis exacerbates car makers' slump / Suppliers adopting a wait-and-see attitude / Impact could be most severe for SMEs / First victims are being identified / Eastern Europe unlikely to be OEMs' white knight
31.10.2008
BAYER
Poor performance at BMS depresses group results in Q 3 2008 / Full-year guidance unchanged / Auto crisis begins to be felt
31.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Europe leads in MDI production and consumption
30.10.2008
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