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GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY Recession casts its shadow as economy tanks / Readership survey mirrors deterioration of business in H2 2008 and a subdued outlook for 2009 / Consumers of semi-finished products provide slight ray of hope	09.02.2009
OCTAL Integrated PET resin and sheet facility started up	09.02.2009
RADICI TPE and PE compound production site opened	06.02.2009
MBA POLYMERS UK site chosen for recycling of auto scrap / JV plant on line next year	06.02.2009
WELLMAN US PET producer emerges from bankruptcy	05.02.2009
MARUBENI USD 35m deal to buy Qapco's surplus ethylene	05.02.2009
ALBEMARLE Economic crisis brings USD 17.6m loss in Q4 2008	04.02.2009
CABOT Additive producer responds to falling demand / Plant closures in Europe / Short-time working in Germany	03.02.2009
INVISTA TEXTILES UK nylon plant to close with loss of 300 jobs	03.02.2009
SNEP Arkema process selected for Morocco PVC plant	03.02.2009
SCHAEFFLER / CONTINENTAL German government rejects bailout / Fate of merged OEM suppliers in lenders' hands / Reorganisation plans	02.02.2009
BRITISH PLASTICS FEDERATION UK plastics industry could lose nearly 10,000 jobs / Members' survey highlights problems with credit and credit insurance	02.02.2009
MAUSER Approval granted for IBC joint venture with Spain's Reyde	02.02.2009
FIAT Italian auto maker acquires 35% of Chrysler / Question over US government USD 3 bn loan	02.02.2009
DOW Delaware court sets 9 March trial date in takeover dispute / Moody's urges formal delay agreement	30.01.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Economic horizon lightens in Asia / Signs of feedstock prices bottoming out / Expensive coal leads China to rethink some projects / Will economic stimulus packages create supply bottlenecks?	30.01.2009
CELANESE French and Mexican VAM plant closures assessed	30.01.2009
BORSODCHEM Major Hungarian TDI expansion may be delayed	30.01.2009
DOW Rohm & Haas seeks USD 15 bn for breach of contract / Kuwait deal collapse cited for takeover delay	28.01.2009
HUNTSMAN Over 1,600 jobs will go in cost cutting initiative / All divisions affected / Capital spending cut 45%	28.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN Distribution pact with Cereplast for bioresins / “Accelerate adoption in Europe”	28.01.2009
BOREALIS “Mobility” unit established to serve auto sector	28.01.2009
DOW US regulatory authority approves Rohm & Haas takeover plan / Two-day closing ruled out	27.01.2009
BOREALIS Sirmax appointed as distributor in Italy	26.01.2009
TOY MARKET European Parliament passes new safety directive	26.01.2009

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