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DOW
Acquisition of Bayer´s Wolff Walsrode cellulose business / Aim to dampen earnings cyclicality
21.12.2006
REIFENHÄUSER
"Bitruder" extruders for wood polymer composites installed at Kosche plant / Profiles added to range
20.12.2006
B-PACK
New facilities for blown and cast film in Italy
19.12.2006
INJECTION MOULDING
Iberian industry growing at 3% annually / Volumes reach 900,000 t /y / AMI report
13.12.2006
KATY
British consumer plastics business sold to Jardin International / Buyer is Keter subsidiary
12.12.2006
TRW
New injection moulding plant starts in China
08.12.2006
EURONYL
Belgian firm acquires Alençon Plastic / French injection moulder
04.12.2006
DECEUNINCK
New Jersey plant to close in US reorganisation
27.11.2006
DR. SCHNEIDER
Second Polish plant goes on stream
23.11.2006
ASSOCIATIONS
New plastic films group under EuPC umbrella / Working group focus on regulatory issues
21.11.2006
POLIMOON
Takeover struggle between CapMan and Promens still a "cliffhanger" / Sale of rotomoulding business
15.11.2006
MOSSI & GHISOLFI
Rothschild appointed to find PET partner / Packaging now accounts for only 9% of sales
15.11.2006
SOLUTIA
Construction starts on third PVB film line in Ghent
14.11.2006
REXAM
Sale of refillable PET business / Food plastics focus in future on high barrier containers
14.11.2006
SCHEFENACKER
Job cuts at Engelmann / German sites to be retained
09.11.2006
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Majority takeover of Inopart approved
07.11.2006
PLASTIC OMNIUM
UK plant to close in 2007 / Output hit by declining demand from the automotive market
31.10.2006
BALDA
Further repercussions from the BenQ affair / Three German facilities for sale / Job losses
31.10.2006
POLIMOON
CapMan planning a private equity bid / Due diligence talks underway / Further acquisition
27.10.2006
MENZOLIT-FIBRON
Component production will not move to Turkey / Most presses will transfer to Gochsheim
26.10.2006
BOPP FILM
World market growth of 8% again in 2005 / Asia is driving force / Relative importance of the regions shifts / Companies from growth markets advance strongly / China leads the field
23.10.2006
BENQ
Toll manufacturing future for insolvent mobile phone company? / Ray of hope for German end
19.10.2006
MENZOLIT-FIBRON
German headquarters moving to Kraichtal / Some production to be relocated to Slovakia
17.10.2006
GURIT
Concentration of winter sports materials production in Switzerland
17.10.2006
HIRSCH SERVO
Best result in company history / Expansion in progress in Poland and Austria
13.10.2006
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