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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
BEVERAGE PACKAGING Beer and soft drinks volumes up by 25% in six years / PET accounts for 85% of increase	31.05.2007
POLYEF Takeover by Lukoil and Sibur / Further expansion of PTA/PET facilities planned up to 2011	30.03.2007
PET EU reimposes antidumping duties on Asian PET / Protest by European preform manufacturers	16.03.2007
MOSSI & GHISOLFI Mega-plant for PET in Brazil goes on stream	13.03.2007

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