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K.D. FEDDERSEN
Northern Europe expansion continues after Swedish buy
10.12.2008
STANKIEWICZ
Agreement on concept to continue the business / Gilde to contribute financially to rescue plan
08.12.2008
HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE
German company files insolvency petition / Four units in two countries and 2,000 employees are affected
05.12.2008
CHEMSON POLYMER-ADDITIVE
Plant closures in Düren and Schmidtheim / Capacity to be relocated to other sites
25.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE
First German supplier insolvency averted for now / Automakers grouping criticises bank policies / Short-time working and extended leave
18.11.2008
BASF
Takeover of Ciba advances / Minimum acceptance threshold exceeded
12.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Recovery not expected before 2010 / Both OEMs and suppliers are feeling the heat
03.11.2008
TICONA
Cornerstone laid for new German POM plant / Capsule with granules in company colours imbedded
02.10.2008
DIMEX
Austrian subsidiary insolvent / “Tight” liquidity situation at parent company
26.09.2008
PLANTIC
Thermoforming plant planned for Germany / Government grant to cover 45% of cost
24.09.2008
PYRAMID BIOPLASTICS
PLA project under way in Germany
24.09.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Incident trips Ineos LDPE plant in Cologne / No force majeure
22.09.2008
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Germany: Drop in order inflow will result in lower output in 2009
17.09.2008
VALEO
German rear lighting systems production to be shifted to France and Poland / Increasing competition
17.09.2008
BOREALIS
PP line for packaging grades dedicated in Burghausen / OMV completes cracker expansion and new C3 production line
16.09.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
EUR 300m upgrade of PU feedstocks planned in Germany by 2013 / Gas phase phosgenation process
15.09.2008
EADS
Expansion in composites processing / Augsburg, Nordenham and Varel facilities transferred to new business
08.09.2008
POLYMER-CHEMIE
Compounding activities in Bad Sobernheim to reach 200,000 t/y by 2009 / Plans for new logistics centre
29.08.2008
STEPAN
Polyols capacity to be expanded at Wesseling
28.08.2008
GEIGER TECHNIK
Sintex acquisition concluded / Change of name / Job cuts in Germany
26.08.2008
WEBASTO
Investment in a second production cell for polycarbonate glazing / Orders increase
15.08.2008
SWITZERLAND
Plastics industry with record sales in 2007 / Double-digit sales improvement / Exports continue to rise / Packaging growth even higher / Cautious optimism for 2008 / More cooperation agreements predicted
12.08.2008
MORETTO
Second subsidiary established in Germany / Sales of EUR 10m targeted for 2012
11.08.2008
HILTI
Expansion of injection moulding production at German plant in Nersingen / Housings and fastening elements
30.07.2008
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Business stable at high level in H1 2008, but trend points clearly downward / Price explosion upstream / Is the “party” over now?
25.07.2008
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