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PENOPLEX
Russian XPS insulating materials producer aims for the top of the European market / Growing production
03.12.2007
SONGWON
BPC appointed as distributor for stabilisers
28.11.2007
PIPELIFE
Output starts at new Russian production unit
31.10.2007
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Frankfurt international auto exhibition 2007: Less weight means less CO2 / Parts for low-cost vehicles / Russia is Europe's new “El Dorado” / German suppliers concentrate on premium end
08.10.2007
BAERLOCHER
New office opens in Moscow / Booming Russian additives market
27.09.2007
RUSSIA
Plasticised PVC: Strong demand / Cable and construction industries particularly lively / Import volumes rise from low level
21.09.2007
NIKOCHEM
Dow seen as possible partner in new Russian petrochemical complex / USD 3 bn investment
10.09.2007
GREIF
New industrial packaging plant in Russia
09.08.2007
SOLVAY
Joint venture with Sibur confirmed / Russian vinyls facility to be built at Kstovo / 330,000 t/y PVC capacity could expand to 510,000 t/y
10.07.2007
DSM
Distribution agreement with Resin Express
22.06.2007
RUSSIA
Massive increase in PP capacity / Expansion squeezes imports / Demand continues to rise
30.05.2007
RUSSIA AND CIS MARKETS
Plastics industry on the rise again / Extensive reconstruction required / More foreign investment from abroad / Packaging accounts for almost half of applications / AMI study
21.05.2007
SIBUR
Polyolefin joint venture with Novatek in Russia / Investment of USD 2 bn by 2012
09.05.2007
RUSSIA
Strong demand for polyethylene / Growing import share / Capacities on the threshold of expansion
13.04.2007
POLYEF
Takeover by Lukoil and Sibur / Further expansion of PTA/PET facilities planned up to 2011
30.03.2007
GABRIEL-CHEMIE
400 t/y masterbatch production unit planned in Russia / Output to increase to 1,000 t/y
30.03.2007
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