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TRONOX
Chapter 11 filing in the US / Credit crunch and environmental liabilities / Overseas assets unaffected
14.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
US bankruptcy court grants emergency financing / European converters are concerned about bonuses
12.01.2009
DOW
Kuwaiti joint venture collapses / Declining oil revenues and credit crunch / Rohm and Haas shaky?
05.01.2009
WESTLAKE CHEMICAL
Ethylene plant idled due to falling demand
05.01.2009
EQUISTAR
Second Texas olefins unit temporarily idled
23.12.2008
KEY PLASTICS
US auto supplier files for Chapter 11 / Plant closures in North America / No impact on European operations
22.12.2008
HUNTSMAN
Hexion merger plans “buried” for USD 1 bn in compensation / Out-of-court settlement / Billion-dollar litigation with banks still in play
16.12.2008
MAGNA
Closure of manufacturing units in Canada / About 1,110 jobs affected
09.12.2008
BIOPOLYMERS
US demand forecast to rise 7.1% annually to 2012 / Growth boosted by strong demand for starch products
09.12.2008
SOLUTIA
Restructuring of PA 6.6 business stepped up to aid sale plans / Capacity and job cuts / Decline in demand
01.12.2008
EVONIK
PMI rigid foam plant comes on stream in US
28.11.2008
US AUTO INDUSTRY
Congress urged to include suppliers in plans
24.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience: Force majeure for PU components in North America lifted
19.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow: Force majeure ended at Freeport, Texas
14.11.2008
HUHTAMAKI
US flexible packaging production to close / Site dedicated to films production
13.11.2008
COMMODITIES TRADING
Plastics futures market opens in US
07.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Equistar idles Texas olefins unit as market declines
06.11.2008
SOLUTIA
Specialties sales to rise 29% in Q3 / Exit from nylon business seen by March 2009
29.10.2008
RÖCHLING
Manufacturing and sales consolidation in US / Expansion plans for hardboard production
24.10.2008
ATLANTIS PLASTICS
Acquisition by Monomoy Capital is finalised
16.10.2008
WELLMAN
Engineering resins sold to private equity group
10.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Damage to US plants from Hurricane "Ike" limited FM declarations reflect local infrastructure problems
22.09.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
PP complex planned for Trinidad and Tobago / Agreement signed with Lurgi and government
17.09.2008
DUPONT
Expansion of capacity for “Tedlar” PVF film / Doubling of output / Backsheets for solar panels
15.09.2008
LUCITE
Two takeover bids exceeding USD 2 bn mooted for acrylics producer / Mitsubishi Rayon, Saudi group competing?
10.09.2008
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