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SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS
New medical concepts use PPSU instead of metal / Material gives cost and performance benefits
23.08.2013
SOLVAY
Operating profit falls 14% in second quarter of 2013 / Good progress on chlorovinyls JV with Ineos / Confidence in full-year earnings performance
06.08.2013
BAYER
Full-year earnings targets “increasingly ambitious” / MaterialScience hit by poor PC business
01.08.2013
BASF
Business slows in Q2 / Meeting 2013 earnings targets now more challenging, CEO says
26.07.2013
BASF
Sales of EUR 25 bn targeted in Asia through 2020 / Strategy creates 9,000 jobs
07.06.2013
SOLVAY
Q1 earnings decline 12% but Company still expects growth for full year / Trading conditions remain weak for vinyls and polyamide
22.05.2013
VERSALIS
Ambitious recovery plan for Italian producer / Set to reduce commodity dependency
02.05.2013
BASF
Q1 2013 sales and earnings rise / Price increases boost Performance Materials
29.04.2013
BAYER
Weaker than expected Q1 showing at BMS / Full-year forecast now lower
26.04.2013
SABIC
Restructuring European operations / More than 1,000 jobs to be cut / Two of Gelsenkirchen's three PP lines will be idled
19.04.2013
SHELL
Fluor wins engineering and design contract for Qatar cracker and MEG project
08.03.2013
BAYER
Group earnings hit by pharma litigation charges / Bayer MaterialScience makes positive contribution / Polymer growth rates rebounding
01.03.2013
BASF
Plastics help drive strong group performance in Q4 2012 / Full year results below expectation / Polyurethanes buoyant / Reporting segments restructured
27.02.2013
SOLVAY
Strong plastics growth boosts Q4 earnings / Challenging conditions in Europe and Latin America / Planned sale of Latin American vinyls business
19.02.2013
SOLVAY
Introducing new organisational structure / Five new operating segments to reflect key business drivers
18.01.2013
BASF
Sale of Conica Sport Surfaces to Serafin Group / New owner will grow the brand through “targeted investment”
14.01.2013
BASF
New EUR 55m innovation campus and China headquarters in Shanghai / Focus on advanced materials
08.11.2012
BASF
Organisational structure streamlined / Plastics regrouped into upstream and downstream units
06.11.2012
SOLVAY
Q3 operating profits rise by 4% / Strong results for specialty polymers / Weak polyamide and vinyls demand
01.11.2012
BAYER
Group CEO upholds 2012 forecast despite weak Q3 / BMS will improve year-on-year in Q4
31.10.2012
BASF
CEO expects to top 2011 earnings in 2012 despite uncertainty / Plastics earnings down 22% in Q3
26.10.2012
DOW
Job cuts of 2,400 as markets weaken / HDPE unit in Belgium to close / Q3 pretax profit down 24%
25.10.2012
SABIC
Net earnings fall year-on-year in Q3 but outpace Q2 showing / Lower selling prices blame
19.10.2012
BASF / TOTAL
Port Arthur joint venture streamlines assets and adopts new name / More than 900,000 t/y of ethylene output
13.09.2012
DOW
New company structure for “next stage” of transformation / Decentralised business divisions
06.09.2012
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