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SABIC
US regulatory authority approves GE Plastics acquisition / EU vote due in early August
13.07.2007
HUNTSMAN
Bidding war beginning? / Apollo ups its offer / High level of debt
11.07.2007
HUNTSMAN
Hexion owner outbids Basell owner for US chemical group / Private equity funds in bidding war?
06.07.2007
ICL
Acquisition of flame retardant manufacturer Supresta
04.07.2007
BASELL
Takeover of Huntsman for USD 9.6 bn / Blavatnik lands a coup after all / Lyondell option evidently abandoned
28.06.2007
CHEMTURA
Site closures planned in Italy and France / Restructuring of standard antioxidant production
11.06.2007
GE PLASTICS
Sabic takes the “prize” / USD 11.6 bn deal / Saudis beat out Basell, Koch and private equity
22.05.2007
VÖLKL
Ski manufacturer has another change of owner as a result of K2 takeover by Jarden
09.05.2007
ALCOA
Plans to sell packaging and consumer division / Low profitability is a problem
04.05.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Titanium dioxide: High volume of white pigment in plastics / Heavy spending in Asia-Pacific up to 2010 / China on the way to becoming largest customer / Saudis to buy Lyondell business
17.04.2007
HBPO
Seven new plants worldwide by 2008 / Sales up 28% / First order from BMW
28.02.2007
PLASTIC PIPE
Global demand to increase 4.4% a year to 2010 / Developing countries to outpace global growth
16.02.2007
BIODEGRADABLES
Annual growth rates of 22% forecast for biodegradable packaging / Fresh foods leads
14.02.2007
SAINT-GOBAIN
Industrial markets drive sales growth / Operating income falls / Owens Corning merger deal nears
07.02.2007
POLYMERS IN ELECTRONICS
Global growth slows / Shrinking European share / Southeast Asia rising strongly / New material formulations hampered by increasingly smaller products and EU restrictions / Rapra report
24.01.2007
PERLOS
4,000 jobs threatened worldwide / Finnish production plants to close / Focus on low end of mobile phone market
17.01.2007
GE PLASTICS
Business up for sale after all? / Burden of higher raw materials costs / Private equity buyer seems likely
09.01.2007
POLIMOON
Promens comes up with winning bid / Continuation as an independent company
03.01.2007
CARBON FIBRE
Reinforced plastics sales to grow 37% in next five years / More tow capacity will stimulate demand further
13.12.2006
POLIMOON
Takeover struggle between CapMan and Promens still a "cliffhanger" / Sale of rotomoulding business
15.11.2006
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Consumer habits, globalisation and demographic developments are changing the car-making world / Suppliers´ position improving / India now a sought-after partner for international players
30.10.2006
OWENS CORNING / SAINT-GOBAIN
Vetrotex America no longer included in merger plan
20.10.2006
OWENS CORNING / SAINT-GOBAIN
Merger in reinforcements and composites planned / Parts of Vetrotex to be included
03.08.2006
BERRY PLASTICS
Apollo and Graham Partners acquire firm for USD 2.25 bn / Management team to remain
04.07.2006
MANN + HUMMEL
Ambitious goals for 2008 / High costs continue to bite / Expansion in Czech Republic and India
26.06.2006
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