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BAYER
Plans to de-list from New York stock exchange / Other European firms have already fled
07.09.2007
SUMITOMO
PP compound activities to grow in USA / Takeover of Asahi Kasei plants in Europe
17.08.2007
HUNTSMAN
Enpol new US eastern region TPU distributor
13.08.2007
BERRY PLASTICS
US factory to be closed / Overcapacity in films division / All employees to lose jobs
10.08.2007
HUNTSMAN
Sale of US polymers business to Flint Hill closes
08.08.2007
VIFAN
Expansion of BOPP film capacity in the US
07.08.2007
MOSSI & GHISOLFI
New PET line to be built in the USA / Debottlenecking of other American plants
30.07.2007
POLYONE
Withdrawal from VCM and standard PVC / Sale of interest in Oxy Vinyls
20.07.2007
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
USA: World's largest market / Sustained growth / Imports continue to rise
20.07.2007
DELPHI
Agreement with Cerberus terminated / New investor by the end of July?
18.07.2007
DEMAG PLASTICS GROUP
Injection moulding machine production in USA to cease / High-tech from Germany / Standard and electrical machines from Asia
09.07.2007
HBPO
Canadian front-end facility opened / New plants in USA and Mexico later this year
05.07.2007
HUSKY
Acquisition of Moldflow's manufacturing solutions division
03.07.2007
COLLINS & AIKMAN
Bankruptcy judge approves USD 10.4m sale of three US plant to Flex-N-Gate
03.07.2007
FILTRONA
Brazilian subsidiary sold for USD 56m
03.07.2007
BASELL
End for PP production in Canada / Slurry process no longer competitive
29.06.2007
J-M MANUFACTURING
Acquisition of PW Eagle / Formosa Plastics Subsidiary is world's largest pipe manufacturer
29.06.2007
BASF
Minority ownership in Geismar cracker sold
28.06.2007
COLLINS & AIKMAN
Flex-N-Gate reportedly planning to take over four plastic processing plants
20.06.2007
DEGUSSA
USD 10m investment in Alabama high performance foam plant
07.06.2007
RÖCHLING
Record result in 2006 / Exit from steel business affects sales for the last time
01.06.2007
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Polystyrene: Los Angeles considers packaging ban
01.06.2007
CELANESE
Blackstone sells its remaining stake / Investment quadrupled?
24.05.2007
PACTIV
Prairie Packaging acquired for USD 1 bn / Tableware producer with sales of USD 500m
20.04.2007
BERRY PLASTICS
UK subsidiary sold to Plasticum / US merger with Covalence completed / New packaging producer has combined sales of USD 3 bn
16.04.2007
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