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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complexes under construction or planned / Many small plastics converters / High energy and material consumption due to outdated machinery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
DOW
Kuwaiti joint venture collapses / Declining oil revenues and credit crunch / Rohm and Haas shaky?
05.01.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Porto Marghera shut down completely until January / First time in the history of the Italian complex
19.12.2008
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Cefic forecasts decline in output of 0.6% in 2008
28.11.2008
CHINA
Rise of 27% rise in value of plastics production in 2007 / Pipes and profiles segments on the brink of consolidation / More stringent safety regulations for the chemical industry
21.11.2008
ROSNEFT
Petrochemicals complex to be built near Vladivostok
12.11.2008
INDIA PETROCHEMICALS
GAIL / IOCL collaborate on new cracker complex
11.11.2008
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
Production of engineering thermoplastics reduced by 20%
06.11.2008
BAYER
Poor performance at BMS depresses group results in Q 3 2008 / Full-year guidance unchanged / Auto crisis begins to be felt
31.10.2008
ITALY
Plastics consumption set to fall by 3% in 2008 / Machinery manufacture continues to benefit from strong exports / Injection moulding machines still weak / Date delayed for chemical industry roundtable
08.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Chemical industry round table postponed to late October / Talks on Porto Marghera continuing
01.10.2008
PETKIM
New owners to double capacity in five years
28.07.2008
K-DOW PETROCHEMICALS
New jv with Kuwait takes shape / HQ in US state of Michigan / Financial incentives
21.07.2008
CHINA
Seven competence centres for new materials
20.06.2008
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
German producers report a "good year" in 2007 / Volumes up 3%, sales 7% / High feedstocks affect margins negatively / 2008 will be challenging
21.05.2008
SIBUR
Managers seek to acquire petrochemicals producer from Gazprom
08.05.2008
UNITED KINGDOM
Primary plastics and products will show moderate growth up to 2012 / Tubes and pipes sector strong / MBD report
02.01.2008
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