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TOY MARKET
Chinese authorities crack down on offenders / Export licences of 760 companies are revoked
16.11.2007
HORDIJK
Rexam's Zevenhuisen injection moulding unit acquired / Expansion in plastics packaging
16.11.2007
QUINN PLASTICS
Factory expansion in the UK
16.11.2007
ZHUHAI ZHONGFU
Private equity stake in China's largest PET bottle manufacturer / Former Amcor boss joins board
15.11.2007
APET SHEET IN ASIA
Region's market reaches 650,000 t/y / Market growing 15% annually / PCI sector analysis
12.11.2007
MÖLLERGROUP
Seven auto supply units sold to Arques Industries / Concentration on German and Japanese OEMs
09.11.2007
WESTLAKE
Vinyls expansion planned for Calvert City / Investment of USD 90m includes large diameter PVC pipe plant / Weak vinyls demand hits third quarter profits
07.11.2007
WINDOW MARKET
Central European sales reach EUR 6.9 bn in 2006 / Market to rise to 130m units by 2013 / IC forecasts
07.11.2007
NIEF PLASTIC
Acquisition by Sintex France for EUR 30m is completed / Gilles Nief to remain as CEO
06.11.2007
PIPELIFE
Output starts at new Russian production unit
31.10.2007
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
Expansion of polycarbonate sheet production
31.10.2007
GRAMMER
Job cuts planned / German plants apparently not affected
30.10.2007
DECEUNINCK
Plans to cut more than 200 jobs at Inoutic in Germany / Production shift to Poland and Russia
28.10.2007
NIEF PLASTIC
India's Sintex plans to buy French injection moulding group / Negotiations under way
16.10.2007
PERLOS
EU, China and Taiwan give green light for takeover by Lite-On
12.10.2007
HT TROPLAST
EU clears acquisition by Arcapita Bank
12.10.2007
RETAL
French PET preform manufacturer Sodripack renamed Retal France / Investments in capacity expansion
11.10.2007
KENDRION
Acquisition of KDI Plastiques / Further strengthening of Vink's position in Europe
10.10.2007
HIRSCH SERVO
Profits impacted by payment delays / Continued growth in eastern Europe / New pallet technology
08.10.2007
BALDA
Mobile phone component production to be sold by the end of 2007 / Concentration on the touch-screen and medical segments
05.10.2007
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Sulo Environmental acquisition completed
03.10.2007
RECTICEL
Acquisition of UK insulation producer Gradient
02.10.2007
NORDENIA
French arm is sold to Hungary's TiszaTextil / IBC specialities apparently redefined as core
01.10.2007
ROSSIGNOL
Quiksilver evidently wants to shed large parts of its winter sports division as soon as possible
26.09.2007
OCTAL
USD 300m investment in APET in Oman / Output claimed to 20% of world production
24.09.2007
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