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BASF Plastics to be further tweaked for profitability / Focus on Asia / New Chinese MDI unit on track	28.06.2010
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Car sales in western Europe rise significantly / Demand still poor in eastern Europe / Fewer supplier insolvencies / Plastics availability now a bigger problem than financing	14.06.2010
APPLICATION MARKETS German building industry expects slight downturn in 2010 / Upstream costs drive plastics prices up sharply	19.05.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS Output down 15% in 2009 / Worst setback ever / Industry cautiously optimistic for 2010	12.05.2010
FRANCE Plastics processors association urges manufacturers and processors to remain calm / First customers on allocation	04.05.2010
PLASTICS ECONOMY Producers begin to emerge from recession / Capacity cutbacks help boost the bottom line / Asian rebound fuels hopes for worldwide recovery / Overextended players still dealing with crisis	22.03.2010
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY China is driving the global market for automotive engineering / Trend towards small, compact vehicles / Industry propelled by alternative engine systems / Suppliers fear wave of insolvencies	18.03.2010
BAYER “Marked recovery” from 2009 slump seen / BMS chief optimistic about PC, MDI and TDI growth	01.03.2010
FRANCE ACDI industry association reports significant cut-backs by plastics converters in 2009	15.02.2010
CHILE Plastics manufacturers and processors looking for new export markets in Asia / Chilean plastics association predicts 5% growth	20.01.2010
RHODIA EUR 200m investment in Brazil / Debottlenecking at polyamide chain	14.12.2009
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Offer to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon	20.11.2009
US PLASTICS MARKET September sees year-on-year increase of over 50% / Decline in house building and weakening retail sales hit 2008 consumption / ACC report	18.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Wave of polyethylene imports from the Middle East rolls in slowly / CMAI Europe conference in Düsseldorf	17.11.2009
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

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