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FAURECIA
Little improvement / Further shift to eastern and southeastern Europe / Quality plan for 2007
30.08.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Acquisition of Czech PU systems house Brahe
29.08.2007
BRAZIL
Marked rise in exports of thermoplastics / Production still rising
29.08.2007
XINJIANG TIANYE
Chinese PVC producer to double capacity
29.08.2007
GE PLASTICS
Sabic takeover prompts Asian PC realignment / Bayer sells share in PC glazing jv Exatec
28.08.2007
INDORAMA
Acquisitions targeted in European PET market / Expansion in North America and Thailand
28.08.2007
BASELL
Talks with BASF about acquiring styrenics? / Potential buyers could face financing problems
27.08.2007
BOROUGE
First PP compounding facility to be built in Shanghai
24.08.2007
SUMITOMO
EU approves takeover of Asahi Kasei compounding units
24.08.2007
SINOPEC
Plans for refinery and cracker jv with Dow, Shell and Kuwait Petroleum
24.08.2007
PKN ORLEN
Mitsubishi awarded PTA plant contract
24.08.2007
INEOS
EU extends deadline for review of Kerling takeover plan
23.08.2007
SHAW GROUP
New crackers and downstream projects in China / PetroChina and Tianjin Dagu are customers
23.08.2007
HT TROPLAST
Secondary private equity buyout / Carlyle and Advent pass profile specialist to Bahrain investor
21.08.2007
OMAN
Sohar petrochemical complex on ice indefinitely / Delay could ease an expected ethylene glut
21.08.2007
CHINA ARRAY PLASTICS
High-performance polymers in China
21.08.2007
GROUPE GUILLIN
Expansion continues / Acquisition of catering trolley manufacturer in the UK
20.08.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Explosion at Russian PVC manufacturer Sayanskkhimplast kills four workers
17.08.2007
DEGUSSA
Shanghai R&D centre expanded / Polymer engineering pilot plant / Focus on Asia-Pacific
17.08.2007
SUMITOMO
PP compound activities to grow in USA / Takeover of Asahi Kasei plants in Europe
17.08.2007
GERMANY
Upswing in the plastics industry gains further momentum / Higher capital spending
17.08.2007
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Two HDPE bottle-to-bottle recycling projects announced in UK / Commissioning by 2008
16.08.2007
LOTTE DAESAN
Expansion of ethylene production in South Korea
15.08.2007
PLASTICS RECYCLING
World's largest plant opens in Beijing
15.08.2007
PERLOS
EUR 277m offer from Taiwan's Lite-On / Board says consideration is "highly attractive"
14.08.2007
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