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ALCAN PACKAGING
Sale process almost over? / USD 6 bn asking price / Amcor, Bemis, Apollo and Bain may be interested
 		17.09.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
PP complex planned for Trinidad and Tobago / Agreement signed with Lurgi and government
 		17.09.2008
VALEO
German rear lighting systems production to be shifted to France and Poland / Increasing competition
 		17.09.2008
BOREALIS
PP line for packaging grades dedicated in Burghausen / OMV completes cracker expansion and new C3 production line
 		16.09.2008
KRONOS
Second PC sheet line installed in Omsk / Russia
 		16.09.2008
BASF
EUR 3.8 bn takeover bid for Ciba / Offer to close on 1 October 2008 / Leader in plastics additives
 		15.09.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
EUR 300m upgrade of PU feedstocks planned in Germany by 2013 / Gas phase phosgenation process
 		15.09.2008
DUPONT
Expansion of capacity for “Tedlar” PVF film / Doubling of output / Backsheets for solar panels
 		15.09.2008
ARETON
UK compounder in administration / Plant closed / Israel-based parent buys bulk of machinery
 		12.09.2008
IAC
Job losses in Sweden / Plant closures threatened as economy weakens / Takeover of Visteon site in UK
 		12.09.2008
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL
Specialty compounds agreement signed for Asia Pacific
 		11.09.2008
RIETER
German plant to close / Some 75 jobs affected / Restructuring, higher costs hit H1 2008 earnings
 		11.09.2008
LUCITE
Two takeover bids exceeding USD 2 bn mooted for acrylics producer / Mitsubishi Rayon, Saudi group competing?
 		10.09.2008
REHAU
Modernisation and expansion of the Viechtach site / Moulded joints for pipes / Pilot plant for new coating process / Improved logistics, energy management and recycling
 		10.09.2008
LURGI ZIMMER
Contract for new PBT plant in China
 		10.09.2008
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