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BIOPOLYMERS BASF and CSM to commercialise bio-based succinic acid route / Japan, Thailand also active	05.10.2009
GRAMMER New company for rail operations / Possible acquisitions / Workforce to be reduced to 7,000 by year's end	01.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS BP RP forced to idle “olefin cracker 4”	30.09.2009
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Car manufacturers seek salvation in alternative propulsion concepts at IAA / Plastics and composites increasingly important / Suppliers remain stuck in the crisis / Situation still tense	29.09.2009
ALCAN COMPOSITES Acquired by machine manufacturer Schweiter / Planned to operate as an independent unit	25.09.2009
K.D. FEDDERSEN New UK distribution affiliate / Part of strategic expansion in Europe	21.09.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY Improved sentiment / Enquiries up but order intake still low / Recovery expected by "K 2010"	18.09.2009
GENERAL MOTORS Opel: Board of Directors and trust fund agree to sale / Demands to be worked out	11.09.2009
POLYMER-CHEMIE Plastics Compounds unit spun-off into new company called Polyblend	10.09.2009
GREINER PACKAGING Greiner Packaging International is established as holding company / More transparent management	10.09.2009
BASF European production of polyamide 6 bundled / Rudolstadt site to close / Job cuts	09.09.2009
CFK VALLEY STADE RECYCLING Processing of carbon fibres in Stade from 2010 / Recycling company to invest EUR 7m	08.09.2009
BASF Smaller Ludwigshafen cracker may restart / Bottlenecks for C4 / Hambrecht dampens hope of lasting upturn	04.09.2009
POLYMER PRICES Styrene monomer follows benzene downward	04.09.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING Scant improvement in Q2 / Sales still down 20% year-on-year / Cheaper polymer affects figures	31.08.2009
REIFENHÄUSER Purchase of Kiefel Extrusion from Brückner / Terms of the deal not disclosed	28.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ethylen Pipeline Süd held up by south German property owners / State prepares for expropriation	21.08.2009
SWITZERLAND Plastics industry with record sales of around CHF 16 bn in 2008 / Polymer consumption touches nearly 1m t / Economic crisis currently putting the brakes on business / Packaging segment also slipping	10.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS SolVin lifts FM for S-PVC from Rheinberg	06.08.2009
WOLF-GARTEN MTD to acquire insolvent German garden tool producer / Future of plastics processing unclear	03.08.2009
INJECTION MOULDING Austrian plastics consumption almost 150,000 t in 2008 / PP accounts for the largest share / AMI study	28.07.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY All segments see slump in H1 2009 / Some light at the end of the tunnel? / Credit crunch severely felt	23.07.2009
SWITZERLAND AMI study on the Swiss injection moulding industry / E&E and medical technology the main customers	16.07.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS SolVin declares FM for S-PVC from Rheinberg	10.07.2009
HAITIAN Roofing ceremony at Zhafir	03.07.2009

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