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DOW
Permanent workforce to be cut by 11% / Plans to close 20 plants and idle 180 / “Non-strategic” businesses will be divested
 		11.12.2008
PLASTIC ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES
European licence for "Turbo-Screws" PLA foam production technology
 		10.12.2008
K.D. FEDDERSEN
Northern Europe expansion continues after Swedish buy
 		10.12.2008
DUPONT
Downturn in construction and auto sectors leads to 2,500 job cuts / Loss predicted for fourth quarter
 		09.12.2008
OLTCHIM
Privatisation on ice for now / Bailout package to be presented to EU / Acquisition of Arpechim moving ahead
 		09.12.2008
EMS
PA producer extends Christmas break to mid-January / Slump in consumer spending has “historic proportions”
 		08.12.2008
VICTREX
Profit warning issued / Massive decline in orders in November / No improvement expected in December
 		08.12.2008
RHODIA
R&D centre opens in Shanghai / Engineering plastics a focus
 		08.12.2008
DOW
Joint venture with Kuwait is finalised / K-Dow to start up in January / PET and EG business included
 		04.12.2008
ARKEMA
Restructuring of vinyls chain continuing / Two French sites targeted / Nearly 170 jobs on the line
 		03.12.2008
EVONIK
New PMMA moulding compounds plant starts in China / First unit of EUR 250m methacrylates complex
 		03.12.2008
SABIC
Plans for Saudi elastomers jv with ExxonMobil progressing / More economic feasibility studies
 		02.12.2008
POLIMERI EUROPA
Entire petrochemicals complex in Sardinia to go offline for two months / Cracker, HDPE, chlorine chain and aromatics affected / Phenol chain down for all of 2009
 		01.12.2008
SOLUTIA
Restructuring of PA 6.6 business stepped up to aid sale plans / Capacity and job cuts / Decline in demand
 		01.12.2008
ROMPETROL
Polyethylene production reduced by 55% for two months / Nearly a quarter of the workforce to be temporarily laid off
 		28.11.2008
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