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BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES
Slump in construction sales / Energy costs hit profits / More restructuring planned
 		26.11.2008
EUROPEAN PLASTICS MARKETS
Demand again grew faster than GDP in 2007 / Consumption 52.5m t / Germany still the biggest producer / Half of European plastics waste is recycled / PlasticsEurope report “Compelling Facts about Plastics 2007” on the EU27 plus Norway and Switzerland
 		25.11.2008
CHEMSON POLYMER-ADDITIVE
Plant closures in Düren and Schmidtheim / Capacity to be relocated to other sites
 		25.11.2008
UPONOR
Ochtrup facilities to cut 80 jobs / Plant closures in Sweden and Canada / Market conditions have worsened since inception of cost-cutting plans
 		25.11.2008
NEGRI BOSSI
Losses continue to mount unchecked / Ambitious reorganisation to follow complete takeover by Sacmi
 		25.11.2008
POLYMER RESEARCH
Nanoparticles to increase EPS strength and insulation properties / German institutes and Jackon link up
 		25.11.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Idling of up to 25% of PC capacity
 		24.11.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
Demand crisis forces wide-sweeping cost control measures / Plant closures and job cuts / Liquidity tight through Q1 2009
 		24.11.2008
US AUTO INDUSTRY
Congress urged to include suppliers in plans
 		24.11.2008
BASF
“Definitive final result” shows Ciba stake at almost 95%
 		24.11.2008
ARKEMA
Operating profits up 5.5% in third quarter 2008
 		24.11.2008
TOYS
China and EU sign revised product safety agreement / Trilateral meeting in Brussels / Call for common standards
 		24.11.2008
CHINA
Rise of 27% rise in value of plastics production in 2007 / Pipes and profiles segments on the brink of consolidation / More stringent safety regulations for the chemical industry
 		21.11.2008
LA SEDA
Financing obtained for Portuguese PTA plant / Interquisa acquisition finally falls through
 		21.11.2008
PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
Middle East: Considerable growth in imports / Germany by far the largest supplier
 		21.11.2008
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