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BRASKEM
Caprolactam production suspended in Brazil
 		20.05.2009
BASF
Reduced working hours for 1,000 employees at Ludwigshafen / More cuts threatened worldwide
 		19.05.2009
ERCROS
Plant closures to affect 410 employees / Annual savings of EUR 48m targeted
 		19.05.2009
SUNPOR
New EPS line on schedule
 		19.05.2009
SABIC
MOU with Sipchem on petrochemicals project / EUR 2.94 bn investment / On stream mid-2013
 		19.05.2009
BOREALIS
CEO Garrett favours quarterly olefins contracts / Better fit with long-term customer relationships
 		18.05.2009
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Company to exit PX and PTA production in Japan / Negotiations on withdrawing from PS / Chlorine facilities including PVC to be liquidated
 		18.05.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
HDPE production to cease at Chocolate Bayou
 		15.05.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
New ownership structure / Blavatnik and London partner form jv / Claims bar date extended
 		14.05.2009
MITSUBISHI
Conditional approval for Lucite acquisition / Half of MMA capacity to be sold at cost to meet Chinese antitrust requirements / Completion in May 2009
 		14.05.2009
CLARIANT
Losses widen in Q 1 2009 / More capacity cuts in Store for masterbatch and pigments divisions
 		13.05.2009
ALBIS PLASTIC
Extension of pact with BayerMaterialScience and Lanxess / Distribution in Spain and Portugal
 		13.05.2009
JACKON
EPS facility in Wismar converted to new material "LowLa"
 		13.05.2009
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
RheTech to produce “Stamax” LGF PP in US
 		13.05.2009
DUPONT
Job cuts of 2,000 planned as part of cost-saving scheme / Performance Materials posts USD 146m loss
 		12.05.2009
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