Company news, polymer materials

KRATON Profits rise in 2008 despite economic “headwinds”	01.04.2009
RADICI Sales down 12% in 2008	30.03.2009
VINNOLIT Short-time working in PVC production	27.03.2009
CRISTAL GLOBAL Temporary shutdown of titanium dioxide facilities in the UK and US	27.03.2009
ALBIS PLASTIC Exclusive licence agreement with Ciba for oxygen absorber / Extension of Ampacet masterbatch agreement to UK	27.03.2009
DSM COMPOSITE RESINS Joint ventures for distribution and gelcoats	26.03.2009
BASF Smaller Ludwigshafen cracker idled / Continued weak demand / Short-time working in the offing?	26.03.2009
LYONDELLBASELL Chocolate Bayou olefins complex to close permanently / Reduced demand and high costs cited	26.03.2009
SABIC Logistics centre opened in Greece	25.03.2009
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL Technology centre to be built in Shanghai	24.03.2009
SABIC EUROPE Closure of LDPE autoclave unit at Geleen this year	23.03.2009
TESSENDERLO Strength in chemicals business / Construction slump hits plastics converting in Europe and US	23.03.2009
CHEMTURA US additives producer in Chapter 11 / European assets unaffected / Order volume down “markedly”	20.03.2009
LANXESS Earnings in 2008 stable despite weak Q4 / Performance Polymers hit by crisis / Expansion projects on ice	20.03.2009
ARKEMA Hubron appointed as UK nanotube distributor	20.03.2009

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