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KEM ONE Raising emulsion PVC capacity in Spain / New COO for Vinyls business	19.12.2012
ENGRO POLYMER Plans to debottleneck Pakistani PVC plant / USD 15m investment / Financial turnaround in first three quarters of 2012	13.12.2012
PVC RECYCLING “VinyLoop” white paper aimed at consciousness raising / Primary energy reduction of 46%	14.11.2012
MEXICHEM EUR 84m investment to raise PVC output in Altamira	06.11.2012
PETRONAS CHEMICALS Plans to discontinue vinyls activities / Malay VCM, PVC plants to cease operations in 2013 / Vietnamese activities to be sold / Focus on higher-value operations	31.10.2012
VINNOLIT New world-scale plant for paste PVC on stream in Burghausen / Total PVC specialities output will rise to over 500,000 t/y	16.10.2012
LUBRIZOL CPVC resin and compounding project planned for Texas / Stage one of CPVC expansion by Q4 2014	11.10.2012
OLTCHIM Plants scheduled for commissioning in late October / New attempt at a sale to be launched in spring next year	09.10.2012
WESTLAKE Raising US ethylene and PVC output	09.10.2012
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Denmark steps ahead of EU on phase-out of phthalates / Suspected endocrine disruptors	04.09.2012
MEXICHEM Plans for shale gas cracker joint venture with Occidental / Backward integration	21.08.2012
VINNOLIT Raising specialty PVC output in Cologne	14.08.2012
GEORGIA GULF Purchase of PPG's commodity chemicals business / Creation of North America's second largest VCM producer / Deal improves integration with low cost US gas	24.07.2012
ITALY PVC consumption down 3.9% in 2011 / Flagging construction sector / Economic woes could worsen this year	02.07.2012
MEXICHEM AkzoNobel technology selected for three new PVC plants / Projects located in Mexico and Colombia	25.06.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Westlake restarts Geismar VCM unit / Site reported to be fully operational	11.05.2012
VINYLPLUS New sustainability initiative on track after first year / Target of 800,000 per year PVC recycling by 2020	09.05.2012
WESTLAKE Proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf withdrawn / Plans to liquidate all holdings	08.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Westlake declares force majeure for PVC from Geismar / Vinyls operations to resume in mid-May	03.04.2012
PVC RECYCLING “VinyLoop” process creates new benchmark for PVC recycling / Study sees better performance	23.03.2012
ARKEMA PVC production in southern France resumes / Force majeure still in place	16.03.2012
OLTCHIM Insufficient feedstocks and money / Technical unemployment extended	07.03.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS SolVin slow to restart VCM/PVC production / FM at Arkema remains in place	01.03.2012
ARKEMA Follow-up: VCM and PVC production in southern France at complete standstill	10.02.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Cold temperatures lead Arkema to declare FM for VCM and PVC from southern France	10.02.2012

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