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PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE AMI forecasts strong recovery for thermoplastics / Processing sector driven by packaging	05.11.2009
PLASTICS MARKETS Global production decline in 2008 / Dramatic drop in sales / Slump in European polymer consumption / Packaging and medicinal sector perform relatively well / First signs of a recovery	02.11.2009
CHINA Fourth petrochemicals monitoring centre planned	30.09.2009
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT European plastics producers added to EU “carbon leakage” list / Free emissions trading allowances	25.09.2009
TURKEY Booming plastics processing industry contracts / Economic crisis delays plans to improve EU ranking	24.09.2009
MITSUBISHI RAYON Possible takeover by Mitsubishi Chemical / Keeping pace with the rest of the world / New structure for PMMA	17.08.2009
SABIC Two polyolefin plants on stream this year / PC to follow at the end of 2010 / ABS in Al-Jubail	02.07.2009
ITALY Investment of EUR 700m up to 2012 / Eni confirms plans to withdraw from chlorine production / Vinyls Italia in administration	26.06.2009
HUNGARY Recession tightens its grip / Polymer production expected to contract by 30% this year / Return to 2008 level unlikely before 2011 / Significantly slower growth in volume of plastics processed	19.06.2009
AZERBAIJAN Chemicals industry on the brink of bankruptcy / Plastics sector is also hit by the crisis	09.06.2009
PLASTICS PRODUCTION European output down 30% in January-February / Chemical producers' confidence improves says Cefic	27.05.2009
CHINA Plastics once more in demand / Plastics processing witnesses upward trend / Rising prices for raw materials / Government launches programme to spur consumption	22.05.2009
BASF Subsidiary established in Vietnam	12.05.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS Business stabilises at low level after late 2008 crash / Sales and production lose ground against 2007	08.05.2009
ITALY Polymer consumption slips to 7.1m t in 2008 / Output still declining / Optimism at Milan exhibitions / Upswing in summer may be on the cards / Core machinery manufacture in a dismal state	23.04.2009
BASF Short-time working likely for up to 3,000 employees at Ludwigshafen / Low capacity use	16.04.2009
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL / SINOPEC Wider strategic partnership follows PP and PC joint ventures / China seeks high quality polymer base	16.04.2009
DOW Delayed takeover of Rohm & Haas sealed / Closing on 1 April 2009 / Price unchanged, but deal restructured	10.03.2009
CHINA Support plan for petchems industry / Change to high-grade plastic products	10.03.2009
BAYER Profits of MaterialScience plunge 85% in Q4 2008 / PC capacity use down by half, with six plants mothballed / No short term recovery expected	04.03.2009
VIETNAM Plastics production in its infancy / Five major petchems complexes under construction or planned / Many small plastics converters / High energy and material consumption due to outdated machinery	17.02.2009
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
DOW Rohm & Haas seeks USD 15 bn for breach of contract / Kuwait deal collapse cited for takeover delay	28.01.2009
DOW US regulatory authority approves Rohm & Haas takeover plan / Two-day closing ruled out	27.01.2009

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