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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Financial crisis exacerbates car makers' slump / Suppliers adopting a wait-and-see attitude / Impact could be most severe for SMEs / First victims are being identified / Eastern Europe unlikely to be OEMs' white knight
31.10.2008
AMCOR
Second restructuring phase begins in flexibles division / Two thirds of European film extrusion plants to close
31.10.2008
POLYTEC
Acquisition of Peguform completed / Combined group sales will exceed EUR 1 bn in 2008
28.10.2008
EUROPEAN COMPOSITES MARKET
Slightly lower growth in 2007 / Clear gains by RTM and LFT materials / More exhibitors and visitors at the Composites Europe exhibition / Substitution of open processes
24.10.2008
SO.F.TER.
Italian manufacturer acquires Matrixx Europe
17.10.2008
CONSTRUCTION MARKET
PVC most popular for external doors in Germany and Poland / Backslide in European demand for all materials
16.10.2008
WAVIN
Building downturn will hit 200 jobs in the UK / Streamlining to bring EUR 6.5m annual savings
15.10.2008
RHODIA
Polyamide and PA compounding in Italy to be phased out / Production will be concentrated in France and Poland
14.10.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Call for aid in Europe for economical vehicles
13.10.2008
RHODIA
Polyamide segment to be restructured / Further eastward relocation of production is likely
08.10.2008
TICONA
Wider European sales partnership with Resinex
07.10.2008
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Converters' association says prices must rise
26.09.2008
PLANTIC
Thermoforming plant planned for Germany / Government grant to cover 45% of cost
24.09.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polystyrene: BASF plans to slash European output
19.09.2008
PLASTIC PIPES
European production up slightly in 2007 at 3.3m t / Germany is largest producer / PVC is clear leader but with slower growth than other materials / Subdued expectations / AMI guide
18.09.2008
BATTENFELD
Joint management for extruder manufacturers Battenfeld and Cincinnati / Two-brand strategy
08.09.2008
BOREALIS
Automotive supply agreement with MCC
04.09.2008
POLYTEC
After Peguform, more deals may be in the works / Grammer on back burner? / Sufficient Liquidity
02.09.2008
POLYTEC
German auto supplier Peguform is acquired by smaller Austrian group / New “top 100” player with EUR 2.2 bn in sales
29.08.2008
POLYMER-CHEMIE
Compounding activities in Bad Sobernheim to reach 200,000 t/y by 2009 / Plans for new logistics centre
29.08.2008
LA SEDA
Talks on merger with Indorama / Result still open / Analysts sceptical
29.07.2008
ZOTEFOAMS
Joint venture with Trexel on “MuCell” foam extrusion technology / Production line in UK this year
29.07.2008
PLASTIC CLOSURES
Growth in European output to slow to 4% per year / One-piece HDPE closures dominate beverage market
28.07.2008
LEL
Turkey's Kemiropa joins European distribution network
25.07.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow shuts Terneuzen PS production “temporarily” / Need to restore margins
17.07.2008
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