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TORAY
Investment in German carbon fibres specialist ACE / Plans to develop RTM process for mass market cars
 		20.01.2009
NOVA CHEMICALS
Further reorganisation will bring up to 600 job losses / Greater focus on the olefins/polyolefins
 		19.01.2009
DECEUNINCK
Fourth quarter 2008 sales hit as recession bites
 		19.01.2009
WOCO
Automotive supplier cuts working hours and pay by 20% / Agreement will run to June
 		19.01.2009
TEXAS PETROCHEMICALS
Plants idled as C4 and butadiene demand falls
 		19.01.2009
INDIA
Linde consortium wins EUR 1.03 bn contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant
 		16.01.2009
THOMPSON PLASTICS
Three group companies in administration / Two have closed, another is for sale / Two further companies operating normally
 		16.01.2009
DOW
Sale of thermoplastic PU business to Lubrizol
 		16.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN
Net profit falls 18% in fiscal Q1 2009 / Drop in demand “unprecedented”
 		16.01.2009
PERLOS
Hungarian injection moulding plant to close by June / Mobile phone demand weak / Service units to stay
 		16.01.2009
BRASKEM
Withdrawal from PET business / Production on a competitive basis is no longer viable
 		15.01.2009
TRONOX
Chapter 11 filing in the US / Credit crunch and environmental liabilities / Overseas assets unaffected
 		14.01.2009
SPOLCHEMIE
Takeover of Hexion epoxy resins laid to rest / “Well placed to weather the financial crisis”
 		14.01.2009
FANUC ROBOSHOT
Mitsui's stake in joint venture acquired
 		14.01.2009
CONSTAR
Filing for Chapter 11 reorganisation / Plan for restructuring agreed with shareholder majority
 		13.01.2009
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