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CAPROLACTONES Perstorp lifts force majeure effective immediately	28.01.2011
NOVAMONT Increase in biopolymer capacity / Additional 50,000 t/y to come on stream in March	26.01.2011
CHINA Biodegradables capacity doubles in two years / More than 95% of output is exported to Europe	26.01.2011
LABELLING US government introduced biobased product label / Move designed to promote sales	25.01.2011
NOVAMONT First North American subsidiary established	25.01.2011
CEREPLAST Distribution agreement with Euroink Romania / Second foray into eastern Europe in 2011	24.01.2011
KURARAY Frankfurt PVOH output to increase by 24,000 t/y	21.01.2011
CEREPLAST Distribution agreement with Polish company	17.01.2011
BIOPLASTIC PACKAGING Substantial growth forecast up to 2020 / Demand seen as shifting to non-biodegradable thermoplastics from renewable resources / Chemical majors making giant strides into the market / Pira report	13.01.2011
ARKEMA Changshu PVDF plant to start up as planned / Capacity to rise by 50% by mid-2012	12.01.2011
CEREPLAST Plans to begin production in Europe in 2012 / European headquarters established in Germany	07.01.2011
ARKEMA R&D for PEKK stepped up / EUR 2.5 bn project with EU backing / French pilot plant planned	16.12.2010
LANXESS Agreement to acquire DSM Elastomers / Dutch group wraps up divestments / “ACE” process	15.12.2010
FKUR Cooperation with Synbra on new GMO-free PLA compounds / Plans to develop high-performance biopolymers	10.12.2010
EVONIK Daicel joint venture building plant for PEEK compounds / To be commissioned next summer	22.11.2010
DSM Euroresins joint venture takes over resins division of Turkey's Dyo	22.11.2010
EASTMAN CHEMICAL Joint venture with Mazzucchelli to produce cellulosic compounds in China	19.11.2010
TEIJIN Entry into PE market / First plant planned in the Netherlands	16.11.2010
LANXESS Plans to raise EVM capacity in Dormagen / Expansion driven by increasing demand from wire and cable industry	03.11.2010
BRASKEM Progress on "green" propylene and PP project / Start-up scheduled for 2013	01.11.2010
DUPONT Recycled PVB interlayers plant opened in Czech Republic	25.10.2010
PLANTIC Distribution agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast extended to Europe	19.10.2010
SABIC Expanding speciality PP compounding capacity in the US	15.10.2010
SOLVAY Capacity for engineering thermoplastics in Changshu to be expanded	13.10.2010
ARKEMA Electroactive polymers developer acquired / Wide range of future applications anticipated	07.10.2010

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