Company news, polymer materials

INEOS POLYOLEFINS Expansion of Grangemouth PP and PE / Liquid pool debottlenecking complete	28.02.2008
DOW Strategic portfolio review extended to other plastics businesses / Preparation for spin-off or sale	28.02.2008
HUNTSMAN 400,000 t/y MDI plant to be built at Rozenburg	28.02.2008
VINNOLIT Sales up 12% in 2007 / Earnings better than initially expected	27.02.2008
WELLMAN US PET specialist files for Chapter 11 / Slow resins market growth and overcapacities	27.02.2008
SIBUR 500,000 t/y PE complex proposed / Plastics capital investment up to RUB 17.7 bn in 2008	26.02.2008
ELASTOGRAN 2007 sales, profits and R&D spending increase	26.02.2008
BASF Styrenics deal to be wrapped up in H1 / Sales and EBIT records in 2007 / Hambrecht optimistic	25.02.2008
DOW Feasibility study on TDI expansion in Brazil	22.02.2008
NCT Japan's Itochu acquires 40% stake in Dutch plastics distributor / Move up into the global Top 10	21.02.2008
PETROCHINA Dow's "Unipol" process for new PP plant at Fushun / Aker Kvaerner secures construction contract	21.02.2008
LANXESS New distribution company for central and eastern Europe	20.02.2008
TOTAL Full year chemical profits decline on weak Q4 margins / Gonfreville styrene plant to start up end 2008	20.02.2008
CLARIANT Strong regional growth in masterbatches / Price rises pushed through / Higher costs hit pigments and additives	19.02.2008
LYONDELLBASELL HMS PP production to cease in Quebec	18.02.2008

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