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MITSUBISHI RAYON Lucite International purchase completed / Leading global MMA producer	08.06.2009
DSM Swap of PC for Mitsubishi's PA / Deal to close by year's end / Compounding arrangement included	03.06.2009
CEREPLAST Plan to cease manufacturing / Production to be contracted out / Development strengths leveraged	02.06.2009
DSM “Stanyl” capacity to quadruple at Sittard plant	25.05.2009
SABIC MOU with Sipchem on petrochemicals project / EUR 2.94 bn investment / On stream mid-2013	19.05.2009
MITSUBISHI Conditional approval for Lucite acquisition / Half of MMA capacity to be sold at cost to meet Chinese anti-trust requirements / Completion in May 2009	14.05.2009
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL Technology centre to be built in Shanghai	24.03.2009
DSM Compounding plant opened in India	18.03.2009
CHINA Support plan for petchems industry / Change to high-grade plastic products	10.03.2009
EVONIK Expanding capacity for high-performance polyamides in Witten	26.02.2009
INVISTA TEXTILES UK nylon plant to close with loss of 300 jobs	03.02.2009
POLYACETALS Engineering plastic POM for injection moulding enjoys sustained growth / Nearly 1m t produced annually / Focus shifting further towards Asia / Chinese producers prepare to compete	07.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Start-up of PP compounding plant in China / Saudi plant onstream in 2009	05.01.2009
RHODIA R&D centre opens in Shanghai / Engineering plastics a focus	08.12.2008
EVONIK New PMMA moulding compounds plant starts in China / First unit of EUR 250m methacrylates complex	03.12.2008
SOLUTIA Restructuring of PA 6.6 business stepped up to aid sale plans / Capacity and job cuts / Decline in demand	01.12.2008
CHINA Anti-dumping investigation into polyamide imports from the EU, USA and Taiwan	01.12.2008
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL Mitsubishi acquires UK producer for USD 1.6 bn	17.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Financial crisis exacerbates car makers' slump / Suppliers adopting a wait-and-see attitude / Impact could be most severe for SMEs / First victims are being identified / Eastern Europe unlikely to be OEMs' white knight	31.10.2008
SOLUTIA Specialties sales to rise 29% in Q3 / Exit from nylon business seen by March 2009	29.10.2008
RADICI Production cuts for PA 6.6 and adipic acid	23.10.2008
SO.F.TER. Italian manufacturer acquires Matrixx Europe	17.10.2008
RHODIA Polyamide and PA compounding in Italy to be phased out / Production will be concentrated in France and Poland	14.10.2008
SABIC Stamax LGF PP now available worldwide / Plans to expand production	10.10.2008
RHODIA Polyamide segment to be restructured / Further eastward relocation of production is likely	08.10.2008

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