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INDORAMA
New PET plant to come on stream soon in the USA / Benefiting from market consolidation
 		16.03.2009
TOTAL
Petrochemicals France streamlining to cost 306 jobs / Plants at Carling and Gonfreville to close
 		13.03.2009
QAPCO
Sumitomo Asia to buy ethylene from Qatar
 		13.03.2009
ARKEMA
Q4 profits hit by falling demand and PVC margin squeeze
 		12.03.2009
CHINA NATIONAL SALT
Construction of PVC complex in Shanxi province begins
 		12.03.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Force majeure for LDPE from Gonfreville
 		11.03.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
German MDI plant at Brunsbüttel shuttered until further notice / Customers supplied from Uerdingen
 		11.03.2009
BASF / DOW
New HPPO plant at Antwerp completes start-up phase
 		11.03.2009
HUNTSMAN
Fourth quarter “most challenging in the history of our industry” / 13% drop in MDI volumes
 		11.03.2009
DOW
Delayed takeover of Rohm & Haas sealed / Closing on 1 April 2009 / Price unchanged, but deal restructured
 		10.03.2009
BORSODCHEM
Job cut plan suspended following government intervention
 		10.03.2009
LA SEDA
Plant closure after 2008 losses / Acquisition spree Ended / PET merger with Indorama not yet clear
 		09.03.2009
A. SCHULMAN
International realignment as 2009 guidance withdrawn
 		09.03.2009
NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Start-up of PE production / Total polymer capacity now 600,000 t/y / Industrial park
 		06.03.2009
BAYER
Profits of MaterialScience plunge 85% in Q4 2008 / PC capacity use down by half, with six plants mothballed / No short term recovery expected
 		04.03.2009
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