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DUPONT
Phase one of “Hytrel” consolidation complete
06.11.2007
AMCOR
Second phase of restructuring for flexibles / 900 jobs to go / EUR 30m benefits annually
06.11.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Battle for predominance in central-eastern European oil, energy and petrochemicals / Was Russian grab for PKN Orlen triggered by OMV offer for MOL? / Poland and Lithuania uneasy
05.11.2007
RADICI
Expansion with adipic acid and HMDA / Entry into PA 6.10 and 6.12 production
02.11.2007
YANTAI WANHUA POLYURETHANE
300,000 t/y MDI unit to be built at Ningbo / Total capacity to reach 700,000 t/y by 2010
02.11.2007
POLYCARBONATE
Engineering plastic still growing / Consumption now nearly 3m t / Optical data carriers biggest application / Debate over new DVD standards pressures market / First strategic moves at Sabic
01.11.2007
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Joint Venture with Galactic to produce PLA bioplastics
01.11.2007
PIPELIFE
Output starts at new Russian production unit
31.10.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PU machinery producer Hennecke sold to Adcuram / Private equity firm already owns Austria's Battenfeld
31.10.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total Petrochemicals cracker restarted at Carling
31.10.2007
PACKAGING REGULATIONS IN EUROPE
Europen: Dutch to introduce carbon-based packaging tax / Belgium condemned by European Court of Justice / Germans revision of Packaging Ordinance delayed / Higher plastics bag levy in Ireland / New bulletin highlights progress on regulation
30.10.2007
BASELL
EC approves Lyondell Chemical acquisition
29.10.2007
DECEUNINCK
Plans to cut more than 200 jobs at Inoutic in Germany / Production shift to Poland and Russia
28.10.2007
SIDEL
EUR 35m plant strengthens China position
28.10.2007
PETKIM
Feeling of mistrust towards Armenian investors / Losing Turkish consortium likely to do the deal
26.10.2007
STADIUM PLASTICS
Administrative receivers appointed / Businesses for sale / Production continuing at both plants
26.10.2007
BASELL
Moerdijk PB-1 expansion
25.10.2007
COLLINS & AIKMAN
IAC buys final 16 units as business closes
25.10.2007
JELINEK
Czech recycler installs new compounding line / Cooperation partners sought
25.10.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Another PVC plant starts up in northern China
24.10.2007
SAMSUNG / TOTAL
New PP line starts up in Korea
24.10.2007
ARKEMA
Optimisation of production of PA 11 monomer in Marseille
23.10.2007
DUPONT
Development partnership with Plantic Technologies / Focus on polymers from renewable resources
22.10.2007
RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE
Czech injection moulding plant on stream / First bulkheads to be delivered to Ford
22.10.2007
HELLA
Exclusive sales partnership with Visteon
22.10.2007
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