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AZELIS
Acquisition of Whyte Polymers in UK
18.03.2008
TEKNOR APEX
European custom compounding unit established
18.03.2008
BASF
Seal Sands site to be sold to Ineos Nitriles / Focus shifts to core assets in PA value chain
17.03.2008
DOW
Ground broken on Terneuzen polyols project
17.03.2008
PLASTIPAK
PET preform units acquired from M&G
17.03.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Boom in Russia / Largest European market for new registrations in 2010 / OEMs encourage their suppliers to manufacture in the dollar zone / Drivetrain not taboo for plastics / New applications for thermosets
14.03.2008
CHEMTURA
Remaining Baxenden shares acquired from Croda
11.03.2008
GEALAN FENSTER-SYSTEME
Expansion in France / Subsidiary to have its own production
07.03.2008
DUPONT
Biesterfeld appointed distributor in Poland
04.03.2008
SMOBY
Germany's Simba-Dickie to acquire five facilities of insolvent French toymaker / "Majorette" plants to stay in administration
04.03.2008
INEOS POLYOLEFINS
Expansion of Grangemouth PP and PE / Liquid pool debottlenecking complete
28.02.2008
SIBUR
500,000 t/y PE complex proposed / Plastics capital investment up to RUB 17.7 bn in 2008
26.02.2008
LEGO
Czech production retaken from Flextronics / Pretax profits rise 10% in 2007
26.02.2008
NCT
Japan's Itochu acquires 40% stake in Dutch plastics distributor / Move up into the global Top 10
21.02.2008
LANXESS
New distribution company for central and eastern Europe
20.02.2008
PLASTICS PACKAGING RECYCLING
New packaging recovery and recycling targets for the UK / Steady year-on-year increase
19.02.2008
EUROPEAN PLASTICS MARKETS
Demand grows faster than GDP / Consumption of 49.5m t in 2006 / Germany still leading producer / Pan-European recovery hits 50% for the first time / PlasticsEurope report on EU25 plus Norway and Switzerland
18.02.2008
SUMITOMO
Takeover of Demag Plastics Group confirmed / Deal to close in early March / Ergotech and Van Dorn included
15.02.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
Sales office opened in Bratislava / Slovakia
14.02.2008
VELOX
High-performance polymers from OPM added to European portfolio
14.02.2008
FAIRS / EXHIBITIONS
Interplastica 2008 attracts 24,000 visitors
13.02.2008
MATERIALDEPAN NORDEN
Takeover by K.D. Feddersen / Further expansion plans / Improved position in northern Europe
12.02.2008
TORAY
20,000 t/y OPP film plant to be built in France
11.02.2008
VAMP TECH
Distribution agreement with BASF in Spain
11.02.2008
PLASTIC BAGS
New York City introduces recycling legislation
11.02.2008
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