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INDORAMA
New PET plant to come on stream soon in the USA / Benefiting from market consolidation
16.03.2009
INVISTA
PET plant in Germany to close at the end of March / Severance package for employees / “No other option”
09.02.2009
OCTAL
Integrated PET resin and sheet facility started up
09.02.2009
WELLMAN
US PET producer emerges from bankruptcy
05.02.2009
BRASKEM
Withdrawal from PET business / Production on a competitive basis is no longer viable
15.01.2009
LA SEDA
Financing obtained for Portuguese PTA plant / Interquisa acquisition finally falls through
21.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Equipolymers declares FM on PET from Ottana / Plant restart unclear
27.08.2008
LA SEDA
Talks on merger with Indorama / Result still open / Analysts sceptical
29.07.2008
BAYER
EUR 100m investment in Brazil / Upgrade for MDI, poylether polyols and PU systems units
26.06.2008
OCTAL
PET resin offered ahead of Q4 2008 start-up
05.05.2008
OCTAL
PET expansion to bring additional 500,000 t/y
18.04.2008
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Eastman PET and PTA assets
09.04.2008
EASTMAN
Capacity expansion for “Tritan” copolyester
19.03.2008
PET BOTTLES
Petcore says trace quantities of PLA will damage recycled PET
27.02.2008
EASTMAN
Sale of Latin American PET plants to Alfa completed
11.12.2007
INDORAMA
Acquisition of Eastman's last European PET plants / Thai group unexpectedly beats La Seda
10.12.2007
EQUIPOLYMERS
Revamped PET plant starts up in Sardinia
19.11.2007
PET BOTTLES
UK soft drinks suppliers switch to 100% rPET bottles / Material sourced from mainland Europe
10.10.2007
OCTAL
USD 300m investment in APET in Oman / Output claimed to 20% of world production
24.09.2007
EASTMAN
Latin American PET acquired by Alfa / La Seda offer reported for European plants
20.09.2007
INDORAMA
Acquisitions targeted in European PET market / Expansion in North America and Thailand
28.08.2007
WELLMAN
European recycled fibres business sold to Aurelius / Focus shifts to US chemicals
03.08.2007
MOSSI & GHISOLFI
New PET line to be built in the USA / Debottlenecking of other American plants
30.07.2007
LA SEDA
Former Eastman plant in Spain to be restarted
12.06.2007
WELLMAN
PET operation bought by private equity firm
08.06.2007
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