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Escalating costs bring end to Ineos ethane cracker project / Plans to build PVC facility and ethylene pipeline to Marl also scrapped
20.09.2007
EASTMAN
Latin American PET acquired by Alfa / La Seda offer reported for European plants
20.09.2007
ALBEMARLE
Second Saytex capacity expansion in Arkansas
20.09.2007
JAPAN
Plastics machinery: Dominant in its domestic market / Mixed outlook for 2007 / German companies supply equipment for speciality applications
20.09.2007
COCA-COLA
USD 60m investment in PET recycling / Bottle-to-bottle plant to be world's largest
19.09.2007
DOW
Epoxy systems growth / Three acquisitions underline downstream investment strategy
18.09.2007
PVC GROUP
Insolvency proceedings / Ernst & Young is administrator / Three subsidiaries sold as going concerns
18.09.2007
LG CHEM
PVC expansion in China / VCM and EDC start-ups enable vertical integration
18.09.2007
PVC MARKET
Global capacity at least 44m t/y by 2011 / Future expansion almost exclusively in Asia / China on the way to self-sufficiency / Asian producers under pressure to export / Further consolidation in Europe
17.09.2007
DOW
Polyols capacity increased by 59,000 t/y in the US
17.09.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Feasibility study for new 400,000 t MDI plant in Europe / “Largest and most modern of its type”
14.09.2007
PERLOS
Sohlberg family tenders its shares / Lite-On executive named a company vice president
13.09.2007
AMPAC
Floeter Flexible Packaging acquired
13.09.2007
INEOS
EU launches in-depth probe into Kerling deal / Concerns about UK / Decision in January 2008
12.09.2007
ALKOR DRAKA
PVC films manufacturer increases production 20% to 15,000 t/y / 20 additional jobs created
12.09.2007
ASAHI GLASS
Expansion for ETFE in UK and Japan / Growth in automotive and film for the building industry
12.09.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
New pilot plant for “Baytubes” on stream in Germany
11.09.2007
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Cracker expansion completed at Qapco in Qatar
11.09.2007
CHINA
Anti-dumping duty levied on BPA imports
11.09.2007
NIKOCHEM
Dow seen as possible partner in new Russian petrochemical complex / USD 3 bn investment
10.09.2007
RAVAGO
Central warehouse in Belgium with logistics centre / Sales of distribution and compounding giant close to EUR 5 bn
10.09.2007
CLARIANT
Swaps product lines with Sioen European Masterbatch
10.09.2007
BAYER
Plans to de-list from New York stock exchange / Other European firms have already fled
07.09.2007
HAITIAN INTERNATIONAL
Acquisition of German R&D company Zhafir Plastics Machinery
07.09.2007
NYLACAST MATERIALS
Name change to Global EPP
07.09.2007
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