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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Recovery not expected before 2010 / Both OEMs and suppliers are feeling the heat
 		03.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Financial crisis exacerbates car makers' slump / Suppliers adopting a wait-and-see attitude / Impact could be most severe for SMEs / First victims are being identified / Eastern Europe unlikely to be OEMs' white knight
 		31.10.2008
TUBES MARKET
Falling demand hits European producers
 		31.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Europe leads in MDI production and consumption
 		30.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares FM for C2, C3 and butadiene from Portugal
 		28.10.2008
TOY MARKET
Largest Chinese industry supplier goes belly up / Number of producers halved this year / Further insolvencies expected
 		28.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Latest Italian chemicals crisis roundtable ends inconclusively / Sale of Ineos Vinyls Italia agreed?
 		27.10.2008
EUROPEAN COMPOSITES MARKET
Slightly lower growth in 2007 / Clear gains by RTM and LFT materials / More exhibitors and visitors at the Composites Europe exhibition / Substitution of open processes
 		24.10.2008
CONSTRUCTION MARKET
PVC most popular for external doors in Germany and Poland / Backslide in European demand for all materials
 		16.10.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Call for aid in Europe for economical vehicles
 		13.10.2008
ITALY
Plastics consumption set to fall by 3% in 2008 / Machinery manufacture continues to benefit from strong exports / Injection moulding machines still weak / Date delayed for chemical industry roundtable
 		08.10.2008
PLASTICS ADDITIVES
Chinese demand drives market to USD 32 bn
 		06.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Nova to cut European PS output by 30% from October / Margin improvement / Strong rise in HIPS surcharge
 		01.10.2008
PVC MARKET
Iran's largest PVC plant close to start up
 		01.10.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Chemical industry round table postponed to late October / Talks on Porto Marghera continuing
 		01.10.2008
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