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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
FM for PVC at Ineos ChlorVinyls in place until October / Rafnes maintenance is going ahead
18.09.2009
ARKEMA
Definitive go-ahead for vinyl copolymer closures at Saint Auban / Plans call for 88 redundancies
18.09.2009
BASF
Brazilian PS business sold to Unigel subsidiary / Transaction includes 190,000 t/y plant
18.09.2009
PLASTIC ENGINEERING
Precision moulder placed in administration / Loss of trade to UK automotive market
18.09.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Improved sentiment / Enquiries up but order intake still low / Recovery expected by "K 2010"
18.09.2009
INEOS NOVA
Polystyrene production at Breda to cease by end 2009 / “Significant overcapacity in European PS business”
17.09.2009
REXAM
Consolidation at two factories in France / 180 job losses expected
17.09.2009
POLYONE
New production lines in Europe / Additives for specialty applications in packaging, medical technology and transport
17.09.2009
GABRIEL-CHEMIE
Expansion of capacity for colour and additive masterbatches / New production line in Russia
17.09.2009
HFW PLASTICS
UK thermoformer acquired by Thermopak / New company backed by members of HFW board
17.09.2009
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
PlasticsEurope says proposed French BPA moves are not sound science
16.09.2009
HOLLIDAY PIGMENTS
EUR 2m investment in environmentally friendly effluent treatment plant
16.09.2009
EXCELSIOR TECHNOLOGIES
Major investment in new flexible packaging plant / Increased capacity / New facility for R&D and prototyping
16.09.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
Final closure of LDPE plant in Carrington
15.09.2009
BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES
Profits improve despite falls in volume and turnover / Restructuring continues
15.09.2009
OWENS CORNING
Upgraded glass fibre plant to restart in Q4 / New process allows 40% cut in carbon emissions
15.09.2009
INERGY
Production facility inaugurated in Belarus
15.09.2009
PLASTICS RECYCLING
WRAP: Chinese market for recovered plastics from the UK hit by economic crisis / Signs of slow improvement
15.09.2009
SUMITOMO DEMAG
Cooperation with French robot producer Sepro
14.09.2009
EVENTS
Fourth "China RePlas" 2009 / Focus on changes in China's plastics recycling industry
14.09.2009
GENERAL MOTORS
Opel: Board of Directors and trust fund agree to sale / Demands to be worked out
11.09.2009
BORSODCHEM
Yantai Wanhua is the unidentified investor
11.09.2009
PLASTICS PROCESSING
AMI Report: “Plastics Processing in Czech and Slovak Republics” / Automotive sector is the main customer
11.09.2009
FAIRS / EXHIBITIONS
Booming demand for Chinaplas 2010 / Adsale considers setting up additional halls
11.09.2009
POLYMER-CHEMIE
Plastics Compounds unit spun-off into new company called Polyblend
10.09.2009
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