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RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
Unipol licence for PP homopolymers
26.06.2007
POLYAMIDE
European growth to slow / Automotive engineering segment leads consumption
26.06.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Second Chinese PC line delayed for at least six months / Supply glitches and falling margins
25.06.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
New EUR 40m plant for polymer polyols / New technology / Location in Germany or Belgium
22.06.2007
TOTAL
Force majeure in Gonfreville lifted
21.06.2007
CHINA
Chinaplas and NPE trade fairs on an equal footing for the first time / Chinese are eager for international technology / Lack of skilled labour / Decline in imports of standard thermoplastics
18.06.2007
BASF
Cooperation with Invista in PA 6.6 feedstock / Seal Sands ADN plant to close
14.06.2007
LA SEDA
Former Eastman plant in Spain to be restarted
12.06.2007
BASELL
Output at Brindisi PP plant increased again
11.06.2007
WELLMAN
PET operation bought by private equity firm
08.06.2007
INEOS
Acquisition of Norwegian activities from Borealis / Cracker and downstream polyolefin plants in Bamble to be taken over in full
07.06.2007
DEGUSSA
USD 10m investment in Alabama high performance foam plant
07.06.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shin-Etsu vinyls "FM" in place until at least 9 June
01.06.2007
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Polystyrene: Los Angeles considers packaging ban
01.06.2007
VETROTEX
"Twintex" production capacity increased by 25%
01.06.2007
IFS CHEMICALS
Sustainable polyol plant brought on stream
01.06.2007
TICONA
New application development centre in Shanghai / Groundbreaking for two Chinese production plants
31.05.2007
BEVERAGE PACKAGING
Beer and soft drinks volumes up by 25% in six years / PET accounts for 85% of increase
31.05.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shin-Etsu declares force majeure on PVC from Pernis
30.05.2007
RUSSIA
Massive increase in PP capacity / Expansion squeezes imports / Demand continues to rise
30.05.2007
LANXESS
Doubling of Chinese compounding capacity for semi-crystalline polymers / Second line at Wuxi
25.05.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cyclical downturn from mid-2008? / Ethylene capacity buildup already casting its shadows / Mass production of PE in the Middle East from 2009 / CMAI conference
25.05.2007
PETKIM
Ineos and Basell place bids for 51% stake
25.05.2007
CELANESE
Blackstone sells its remaining stake / Investment quadrupled?
24.05.2007
CHINA
ExxonMobil and Aramco join Quanzhou project / Massive petrochemicals complex
24.05.2007
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