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Mould refurbishment centre opened in Moscow
06.10.2009
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
German and Austrian environmental groups take aim at BPA in pacifiers / PlasticsEurope counters
06.10.2009
PROFINE
Profile producer to cease production in Troisdorf / Relocation to Berlin and Pirmasens
05.10.2009
BIOPOLYMERS
BASF and CSM to commercialise bio-based succinic acid route / Japan, Thailand also active
05.10.2009
RPC GROUP
Financial performance expected to improve / Margins restored / Lower costs
05.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Perstorp announces FM for TDI
02.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell lifts FMs for C2 and C3 from Moerdijk and Wesseling
02.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
HIP Petrohemija restarts production / Naphtha supplier NIS converts debts into shares
02.10.2009
BASF
Groundbreaking for expansion of Nanjing jv with Sinopec / Speciality output for the Chinese market
02.10.2009
KRAHN CHEMIE
Subsidiary opened in Poland
02.10.2009
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Ireland to double existing tax on disposable bags / Bill to be enacted by end 2009
02.10.2009
BASF
Price increase for butanediol and BDO derivatives
01.10.2009
FLAME RETARDANTS
New Freedonia study predicts 2.7% annual growth in US market / Increases to be driven by construction
01.10.2009
GRAMMER
New company for rail operations / Possible acquisitions / Workforce to be reduced to 7,000 by year's end
01.10.2009
TEIJIN
Bio-based PLA demonstration plant starts up / Production capacity to reach 5,000 t/y by 2011
01.10.2009
EVENTS
"JEC Asia Show 2009"
01.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Ethylene ignites in Gonfreville / LDPE plant at a standstill / Group launches inspection of 13 sites in France
30.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP RP forced to idle “olefin cracker 4”
30.09.2009
BASF
Start-up of new Chinese MDI plant planned for 2014 / Asia-Pacific sales to double by 2020
30.09.2009
LA SEDA
Portuguese investor could save PET group / Agreement with creditor banks on debt redistribution
30.09.2009
MOLD-MASTERS
Strategic alliance with ABBA Systems for PET preform moulds
30.09.2009
CHINA
Fourth petrochemicals monitoring centre planned
30.09.2009
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Car manufacturers seek salvation in alternative propulsion concepts at IAA / Plastics and composites increasingly important / Suppliers remain stuck in the crisis / Situation still tense
29.09.2009
EUROSTYLE
Relaunch as Megatech / Order for Audi "Q3" cockpit components / Plant to be opened in eastern Europe
29.09.2009
PEOPLE
Stahl to lead A. Schulman's North American engineered plastics unit
29.09.2009
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