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POLYOLEFINS
Mitsui-Idemitsu merger to create Japan´s largest PP producer / EUR 1.7 bn business
13.01.2005
DUPONT / DOW
Elastomers jv to be dissolved / Expectations not fulfilled / USD 1.2 assets to be divided
13.01.2005
COMPOUNDING MARKET
Integrated PP players show market muscle
23.12.2004
TVK/SLOVNAFT
Expansion continues / Focus on automotive / Stiffer polyolefins competition in the east
23.12.2004
BIP
Amino moulding bought out of administration
23.12.2004
NANOCOMPOSITES
Annual growth of 18% predicted up to 2008 / Layer-lattice silicate are a benchmark material / Boehmit as an alternative flame retardant? / Nanoparticles in demand as processing aids
09.12.2004
CYCLICS
First commercial resin from new German unit in 2005 / Search is on for new 25,000 t/y plant site
09.12.2004
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Plant outages at European polyolefins majors: Overview of the recent “force majeure” reports
09.12.2004
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Margin recovery in sight / PC and MDI sold out / Fresh price hikes planned for fourth quarter
09.12.2004
NOVA / BP
Anti-trust issues may not impact planned styrenics joint venture / Market consolidation
09.12.2004
DOW
New Tarragona PE unit on stream in Q2 2006
25.11.2004
HUNGARY
BorsodChem plans to double in size / Output to increase / Acquisitions and organic growth
25.11.2004
NOVA / BP
Joint production of PS and EPS in Europe / New market leader / Launch in mid-2005?
25.11.2004
INEOS
Expansion in PVC / Ethylene pipeline to be extended from Ruhr to North Sea coast?
11.11.2004
ARKEMA
Plans to double Asian sales by 2010 / Korea and Singapore target sites for new plants
11.11.2004
EQUIPOLYMERS
Dow-Kuwaiti jv soon to be European market leader for PET / New 175,000 t/y PET line
11.11.2004
BP OLEFINS
Takeover of Solvay stake in PE joint ventures / New petrochemicals spin-off based at Chicago
11.11.2004
ASHLAND
Purchase of “Derakane” portfolio from Dow / Epoxy vinyl ester for technical applications
11.11.2004
PPS
Consumption continues to rise / Asia-Pacific is biggest market / Ticona plans expansion
28.10.2004
SABANCI
Acquisition of DuPont half of polyester joint venture / From feedstock to PET and preforms
28.10.2004
BASELL
“Surprising” number of potential buyers / IPO still an option / Back in the black in 2004
28.10.2004
BOREALIS
Mammoth expansion at “Borstar” PE joint venture Borouge / New PP plant in Germany?
28.10.2004
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
First half year 2004 sees upswing for major producers / Solvay and Dow stand out
14.10.2004
PTFE
EU launches probe into dumping by Russian and Chinese producers / Complaint by Cefic
14.10.2004
POLAND
JV to build 120,000 t/y PET resins plant / On stream in 2005 / Korean participation
14.10.2004
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