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WESTLAKE
USD 3.8 bn is the magic number / Latest takeover bid accepted by Axiall / Combined company will become North America's second-largest PVC producer
 		15.06.2016
NOVA CHEMICALS
Additional LLDPE plant in Canada to start up in Q4 / Corunna cracker switches to shale gas
 		15.06.2016
HROMATKA
Distribution group continues to expand / Acquisition of Aectra Plastics
 		15.06.2016
EVONIK
New thin-film composites plant starts at Marl / Commercial launch later this year
 		15.06.2016
SONGWON
Regulatory support for UV stabiliser customers / Compliance with REACH
 		15.06.2016
ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS
French production plant for carbon black to be closed / Capacity utilisation too low
 		15.06.2016
NEXEO SOLUTIONS
Acquisition by WL Ross completed / Aiming to become market leader in the USA
 		14.06.2016
NORTH THIN PLY TECHNOLOGY
Technology Marketing appointed as distributor for USA / Composites specialist expects “significant growth” in 2016
 		14.06.2016
VELOX
Marketing Samyang's TPE-E in Europe
 		13.06.2016
SYMPHONY
Pakistan International Airways agrees to use “d2w” technology in its plastic packaging / Business Dynamics signs deal to introduce oxo-biodegradable bags
 		13.06.2016
METABOLIX
Discussing potential sale of biopolymers business / “Yield10” bioscience activities could be spun out too / Dire financial straits / “Substantial doubt about ability to continue as a going concern”
 		10.06.2016
BOREALIS
Finland cracker to be expanded / Lifting propylene and butadiene output
 		09.06.2016
AXIALL
South Korea's Lotte Group issues unsolicited offer for vinyls producer / Onset of a bidding war with Westlake?
 		09.06.2016
SHELL
Green light for US shale gas-fed cracker complex in Pennsylvania / Downstream units for 1.6m t/y of PE / Location close to North American plastics customers
 		09.06.2016
EVONIK
German producer plans to cease PMMA casting activities in Austria / Gramatneusiedl facility to close
 		09.06.2016
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