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DUPONT
Company temporarily shuts 50% of polymer capacity / Q1 EBITDA falls 8% to USD 1.3 bn
12.05.2020
TRINSEO
Unprofitable German assets put styrenics group in the red in Q1 / Weaker styrene margins, lower prices and Covid-19 impacts
12.05.2020
VISTEON
Q1 sales down 12.8% due to coronavirus impact / Shift to face shield production in Portugal and Brazil
12.05.2020
BOREALIS
Fire at cracker in Stenungsund / Impact on polyethylene and PVC facilities unclear
11.05.2020
INEOS
Three new butane barges to supply Cologne cracker via Rhine river / Fourth barge due later in 2020
11.05.2020
BOREALIS
Net profit feels Covid-19 effects and slips by a quarter in Q1 / Cost-cutting programme announced
11.05.2020
SP GROUP
Takeover of Danish rotational moulder Dan-Hill-Plast
11.05.2020
LG CHEM
Deadly styrene leak / At least 11 killed and 800 injured after accident on India's east coast
08.05.2020
PHILIPS
Hospital ventilator production to quadruple / Waivers for export controls needed to aid global distribution
08.05.2020
VINMAR
Distribution of Egyptian-produced polypropylene in Southern Europe
08.05.2020
COVESTRO
All operating segments affected by coronavirus pandemic in Q1 / Reduced production rates on several continents
07.05.2020
ASCEND
Resinex to distribute “Vydyne” PA 6.6 resins in Europe
07.05.2020
DOW
Q1 results contract due to Covid-19 pandemic and oil price fall / Suspension of select production units
06.05.2020
LANXESS
Sale of Currenta shares completed / "Substantial" earnings during coronavirus crisis
06.05.2020
DOMO CHEMICALS
Extension of European distribution partnership with Ultrapolymers
05.05.2020
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