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LIFOCOLOR
French capacity more than doubled / Masterbatch producer moves to larger site at Bellignat
 		03.08.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
US plants to close / Falls in sales and profits in Q2 2009 / Restructuring programme accelerated
 		31.07.2009
BASF
Plastics EBIT halved in Q2 / Ludwigshafen cracker restart not in sight / “Committed” to China MDI
 		31.07.2009
ARKEMA
Velox appointed European distributor for multiwall carbon nanotubes
 		31.07.2009
LA SEDA
Subsidiary Artenius UK insolvent / Buyer sought for PET production / Half of site's employees redundant
 		30.07.2009
LA SEDA
Plants to be shut or sold in restructuring scheme / Some 300 job losses / Tightening the production chain
 		29.07.2009
SABIC
Price declines lead to 94% fall in first half 2009 net income / Profit turnaround in second quarter
 		29.07.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
Creditors sue owner, execs and lenders / Charges of fraud in 2007 merger / Potter named new CFO
 		28.07.2009
NATUREWORKS
Collaboration with Avantium to develop biopolymers
 		28.07.2009
DUPONT
Falling sales and restructuring costs hit profits / USD 1 bn cost reduction programme on track
 		27.07.2009
DSM COMPOSITE RESINS
Strategic partnership with German think-tank / R&D effort to be concentrated in The Netherlands
 		27.07.2009
TOTAL
Region in shock after cracker explosion / September is the earliest re-start date
 		24.07.2009
LA SEDA
Short-time working introduced at El Prat plant / Talks with employee representatives under way
 		23.07.2009
SABIC
Chinese government approves partnership with Sinopec for Tianjan complex / Study on adding PC
 		23.07.2009
QAPCO
Tekfen wins USD 165m LDPE plant contract
 		21.07.2009
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