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BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE 1,500 jobs to go in EUR 300m cost-saving plan up to 2009 / No compulsory redundancies	08.11.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Battle for predominance in central-eastern European oil, energy and petrochemicals / Was Russian grab for PKN Orlen triggered by OMV offer for MOL? / Poland and Lithuania uneasy	05.11.2007
PETKIM Feeling of mistrust towards Armenian investors / Losing Turkish consortium likely to do the deal	26.10.2007
BAYER Plans to de-list from New York stock exchange / Other European firms have already fled	07.09.2007
ITALY Dire need to upgrade plastics production / High-tech needed to bolster falling margins / Packaging will play key role in upturn / Automotive and building industries provide new growth stimulus	04.09.2007
IRAN Chemical segment aims for more processing depth / Sanctions and financing problems inhibit development	13.08.2007
HUNTSMAN “Definitive agreement” on USD 10.6 bn takeover by Hexion / Basell declines to raise the stakes	13.07.2007
SABIC US regulatory authority approves GE Plastics acquisition / EU vote due in early August	13.07.2007
HUNTSMAN Bidding war beginning? / Apollo ups its offer / High level of debt	11.07.2007
PETKIM Kazakh-Russian group wins race for majority of Turkish petrochemical producer / Deal questioned by trade unions	11.07.2007
BASF Concentration on higher-end plastics / Growth rates above the market / Polycarbonate of interest	10.07.2007
HUNTSMAN Hexion owner outbids Basell owner for US chemical group / Private equity funds in bidding war?	06.07.2007
BASELL Takeover of Huntsman for USD 9.6 bn / Blavatnik lands a coup after all / Lyondell option evidently abandoned	28.06.2007
CHINA Chinaplas and NPE trade fairs on an equal footing for the first time / Chinese are eager for international technology / Lack of skilled labour / Decline in imports of standard thermoplastics	18.06.2007
PETKIM Ineos and Basell place bids for 51% stake	25.05.2007
DOW JV with Saudi Aramco to build world-scale petrochemicals complex at Ras Tanura site	18.05.2007
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS Optimistic about 2007 outlook / Production hits new record in 2006 / Sales continue upward / German business recovers	16.05.2007
PETKIM Turkish trade unions may bid for state-owned stake / Attempt to delay privatisation	26.04.2007
PETKIM Fresh attempt to privatise Turkish petrochemical producer / Market share continues to decline	03.04.2007
SABIC Planned petchems plant may be shifted from China / Delays by Beijing authorities blamed	09.03.2007
TICONA Nanjing chosen as site of new Chinese UHMW-PE plant	20.02.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Move to create leaner hierarchy / New executive committee links managing board and BU heads	15.02.2007
ICI Second emulsion polymerisation plant in China	02.01.2007
GERMANY PlasticsEurope: Strong business in 2006 for plastics producers and converters / High capacity use	27.11.2006
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Technical problems shut Unipetrol crackers	12.10.2006

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