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CITADEL PLASTICS
Acquisition of US compounder Lucent Polymers
21.01.2014
CHINA XD PLASTICS
Construction starts on compounds and R&D project / Third-quarter income and revenues jump as demand rises from automotive sector / Market penetration boosted in East and Southwest China
14.01.2014
BASF
Construction of new engineering plastics compounding plant in South Korea / Start-up expected in 2015
17.12.2013
KOPLA
Korean compounder plans first US production facility
28.11.2013
FEDDERSEN
Acquisition of German contract compounder PolyComp / Plastics production capacities to be expanded
07.11.2013
RADICI
Rolls out new polyamide products at K 2013 / Announcement of contract compounding agreement for India
23.10.2013
DSM
Toll compounding agreement with Petropol for South America / Faster to market
18.10.2013
BOREALIS
New line for PP-LGF compounds at Monza / Automotive weight saving of 15% claimed
12.09.2013
POLYONE
Closing of French compounding site underway / Entity previously owned by Spartech
02.09.2013
ALBIS PLASTIC
New compounding facility opens at Chinese site of Changshu
27.08.2013
TOYOBO
Engineering plastics project planned in Brazil / Capacity to reach 15,000 t/y by 2020 / Growing automotive market
23.08.2013
BADA
Capacity raised again with recent commissionings in Spain and Germany / Focus on speciality compounds
20.08.2013
POLYONE
Six US plant sites to be closed / Production to be shifted to other locations
18.07.2013
AKRO-PLASTIC
On a course to open a manufacturing site in Brazil in 2014 / Based on China model
18.07.2013
TER PLASTICS POLYMER
New strategy for international markets / Outsourcing of production / Restructuring of sales and services / European acquisitions planned
11.07.2013
A. SCHULMAN
Deal called off to acquire Ferro
09.07.2013
INVISTA
Signs exclusive nylon 6.6 deal with Saudi Arabia's PCC / Ongoing commitment to increase global supply
27.06.2013
KINGFA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Guangzhou company takes 66.5% share in ailing Indian compounder / Deal estimated at EUR 1.65m
27.05.2013
TOSAF
New sales office in Spain / Compounds and additives for agriculture films and pipes
07.05.2013
A. SCHULMAN
Bids to buy Ferro Corporation / CEO Gingo sees substantial synergies and savings in merger
07.03.2013
THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS
US demand to reach over 5m t by 2017 / Rebounding construction industry offers best prospects / PVC fastest growing resin / Freedonia study
01.03.2013
EPIC POLYMERS
Launching new long glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastics line in Q4
12.09.2012
WASHINGTON PENN PLASTICS
US compounder opens first plant in Europe
10.09.2012
BADA
German compounder raises output at home and in Spain
17.08.2012
AKRO-PLASTIC
German engineering compound capacity expansion is brought on stream
15.08.2012
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