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BASF
Expansion of Antwerp MDI unit to 560,000 t / "World´s largest plant" / Fight for market leadership
15.12.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Expanded MDI capacity at Tarragona on stream / Growing demand from Europe and Middle East
13.12.2006
BORSODCHEM
Purchase offer approved by EC / Company valued at EUR 850m
23.11.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU systems jv with Pearl Insulation in Dubai / Construction, oil and gas businesses targeted
07.11.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Acquisition of TPU resins producer in Taiwan / German group to be world´s biggest supplier
25.10.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Damaged TDI plant in Texas to restart in January
20.10.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Plans to close 73,000 t/y MDI plant in US / Production concentrated at world-scale facilities
16.10.2006
DOW
Expansion of MDI and EPS in Portugal
12.10.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
"Force majeure" on TDI from US after Texas blast
03.10.2006
DOW
Plant closures to improve competitiveness / Canadian, Italian facilities to bear brunt
06.09.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
MDI output in Germany increased through debottlenecking / Worldwide capacity of 1m t
08.08.2006
BORSODCHEM
Change of ownership may be on the horizon / Permira private equity group mulls takeover
13.07.2006
BORSODCHEM
Ambitious plans up to 2012 / New strategy for PU systems / EUR 500m expansion scheme
19.06.2006
PU PRODUCTION
ISOPA starts European safety initiative
26.05.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
New TDI technology saves energy and costs / First world-scale plant to start in 2009 in China
22.05.2006
UTECH EUROPE 2006
Attendance up 14% / More visitors from eastern Europe
20.04.2006
POLYURETHANE MARKETS
Construction industry drives US demand / EMEA growth "more than satisfactory"
10.04.2006
BIOENGINEERING PLASTICS
Bio-based polyols used in flexible foams / Cargill technology overcomes earlier problems
24.03.2006
POLYURETHANES MARKET
Cartel proceedings in US / Leading feedstock makers investigated on price fixing charges
20.03.2006
BAYER
PU systems house in Thailand
30.01.2006
POLYURETHANE MARKET
German consumption climbs to nearly 900,000 t in 2005 / Europe´s largest processing industry
05.01.2006
BASF
Expansion of Asian PU capability / New system house in Thailand / Research centre in China
02.06.2005
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Margin recovery in sight / PC and MDI sold out / Fresh price hikes planned for fourth quarter
09.12.2004
HUNGARY
BorsodChem plans to double in size / Output to increase / Acquisitions and organic growth
25.11.2004
BASF
Investment in polyurethanes / PO production with Dow at Antwerp / System house in China
16.09.2004
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