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SABIC EUROPE Launch of UHMWPE / Production start-up scheduled for Q2 2009	09.01.2009
PROMENS Packaging division reorganised into industry segments / Geographical structure phased out	08.01.2009
POLIMERICA “Lupotech T” specified for 300,000 t/y LDPE plant	08.01.2009
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS Annual growth of 5% forecast / European market to reach 570,000 t in 2012 / Study updated for 2009	08.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Chapter 11 filing in New York / Finance holding Basell Germany involved, other non-US business unaffected	07.01.2009
DOW Liveris threatens Kuwait with legal action / Sabre rattling in pursuit of break-up fee for scuttled jv?	07.01.2009
STANKIEWICZ German automotive supplier files for insolvency / District court appoints provisional administrator	07.01.2009
KRATON Production of SBCs suspended at key sites in Europe and USA	06.01.2009
DOW Kuwaiti joint venture collapses / Declining oil revenues and credit crunch / Rohm and Haas shaky?	05.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Start-up of PP compounding plant in China / Saudi plant onstream in 2009	05.01.2009
WESTLAKE CHEMICAL Ethylene plant idled due to falling demand	05.01.2009
UHDE Orders received for seven aromatics plants	05.01.2009
EQUISTAR Second Texas olefins unit temporarily idled	23.12.2008
FREEFOAM PLASTICS Purchase of Chemix PVC mixing plant / Start-up underway / Equipment likely to be transferred	23.12.2008
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS CLEPA: European companies need over EUR 25 bn / Bailout funds in Germany and France	23.12.2008
KEY PLASTICS US auto supplier files for Chapter 11 / Plant closures in North America / No impact on European operations	22.12.2008
AUTOMOBILE PARTS WTO rules that China must lower tariffs	22.12.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Porto Marghera shut down completely until January / First time in the history of the Italian complex	19.12.2008
PLASTIC OMNIUM French OEM supplier accelerates cost-saving scheme / Bumper plant at Saint-Romain to close with job losses	18.12.2008
RÖCHLING Further acquisition in the smartcard segment / First company in Mexico	17.12.2008
MOLD-MASTERS Expansion of sales network in France	17.12.2008
HUNTSMAN Hexion merger plans “buried” for USD 1 bn in compensation / Out-of-court settlement / Billion-dollar litigation with banks still in play	16.12.2008
NEGRI BOSSI First restructuring steps / BM Biraghi site closed / Closer cooperation with Sacmi Plastics in foreign markets	12.12.2008
BTV PLAST Takeover by private equity investor Benson Oak	11.12.2008
RANGER French injection moulder slashes 80 jobs	10.12.2008

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