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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
TICONA Wider European sales partnership with Resinex	07.10.2008
TICONA Cornerstone laid for new German POM plant / Capsule with granules in company colours imbedded	02.10.2008
DSM Opening of new plants in The Netherlands and China / “Stanyl” PA 4.6 capacity doubled / Sale of melamine and elastomers business imminent / Innovation drive continues	23.09.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS DuPont declares FM for ethylene copolymers from Texas / Flooding hits infrastructure at Sabine facility	22.09.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Bayer MaterialScience declares FM for isocyanates, PC and PC copolymers in North America	22.09.2008
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL Specialty compounds agreement signed for Asia Pacific	11.09.2008
LUCITE Two takeover bids exceeding USD 2 bn mooted for acrylics producer / Mitsubishi Rayon, Saudi group competing?	10.09.2008
LURGI ZIMMER Contract for new PBT plant in China	10.09.2008
SOLUTIA Raw material costs slash earnings in nylon division / Voss to head this low-earning segment	04.09.2008
BOREALIS Automotive supply agreement with MCC	04.09.2008
SOUTH ASIAN PETROCHEM Plans for new polycarbonate plant in India / Asahi Kasei process bypasses phosgenation stage	02.09.2008
POLYMER-CHEMIE Compounding activities in Bad Sobernheim to reach 200,000 t/y by 2009 / Plans for new logistics centre	29.08.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Feedstock and energy costs delay commercial start-up of MCC's new USD 210m PC facility	20.08.2008

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