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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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