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SIBUR Stake in styrenics producer OJSC Plastik sold for EUR 12.6m / Part of strategy to focus on key assets	07.01.2014
BASF New capacities for graphite-enhanced EPS / Achieved through expansions and transitioning of existing units	25.11.2013
DIOKI Plans to restructure and save polymer producer thwarted	16.10.2013
RAVAGO Purchase of EPS activities from Styron Europe finalised / Includes Schkopau plant and "Sconapor" brand	04.10.2013
REPSOL Plans to invest EUR 120m in Tarragona and Puertollano through 2016 / Restructuring for high-grade materials EVA, PE metallocene grades and polyols / Days numbered for EPS site Monzon	01.10.2013
STYRON Deal sends EPS production to Ravago / Regulatory approval pending	22.07.2013
INEOS EPS line in Marl to be shut down / Optimisation steps for remaining production sites / Site no longer profitable	11.06.2013
RAVAGO Plans underway to expand EPS activities	03.06.2013
NOVA CHEMICALS Lower margins lead to fall in operating profit / Record cash generation enables debt reduction of over USD 1 bn	11.03.2013
NOVA CHEMICALS Agreement to sell Styrenics business to PFB terminated	21.11.2012
QAPCO Inauguration of third LDPE plant / Total LDPE capacity reaches 700,000 t/y	09.11.2012
DIOKI Croatian polymer manufacturer ceases ethylene and PE production / Talks with investors over PS facilities	06.11.2012
DOW “Styrofoam” XPS production plants in Hungary and Portugal close up shop	02.11.2012
SIBUR EPS expansion in Perm is on stream	31.10.2012
JSP Global EPP output to rise by 30% by 2014 / Segment's revenues expected to double	25.10.2012
SAUDI POLYMERS Follow-up: Al Jubail hub starts commercial production	03.10.2012
BASF Quitting EPS business in Malaysia and India / Examining carve-out and divestment of Latin American “Styropor” capacities / Global realignment towards strategic markets and core products	19.09.2012
LYONDELLBASELL Terminating production of several PP grades from Wesseling	29.08.2012
PREGIS US protective packaging producer Inter-Pac acquired	20.08.2012
SIBUR Follow-up: ZapSibNeftekhim complex will include two HDPE and two LLD/HDPE swing lines	03.07.2012
SAUDI POLYMERS Start up of ethylene complex in Al Jubail / Downstream units include PE, PP and PS	27.06.2012
NOVA CHEMICALS Follow-up: PS line in Monaca not part of PFB deal	14.05.2012
NOVA CHEMICALS Letter of intent with insulating buildings specialist PFB for takeover of Performance Styrenics business / Completion expected in H2 2012	11.05.2012
ALPEK Mexican petrochemical giant seeks IPO	02.05.2012
DOW Cost-reduction plan will see 900 jobs slashed worldwide / Plant closures in Europe and the Americas / Move expected to deliver USD 250m in annual savings	03.04.2012

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