Company news, polymer materials

BOREALIS “Lupotech T” specified for 350,000 t/y LDPE plant	19.11.2008
OLTCHIM Scaling back production to 40% of capacity / Sourcing of C2 and C3 from Arpechim halted / Job cuts	18.11.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE PU systems house opens in Guangzhou	18.11.2008
INEOS European olefins and polymers units to combine	17.11.2008
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL Mitsubishi acquires UK producer for USD 1.6 bn	17.11.2008
LANXESS Earnings forecast for 2008 revised upward / Successful price hikes in Q3 / Provisions for falling demand	17.11.2008
INTERQUISA Shutdown of 630,000 t/y PTA plant in San Roque / Rising Asian imports hit profitability	14.11.2008
APPC 455,000 t/y PP plant commissioned in Jubail	14.11.2008
SABIC New PP line comes on stream at Ibn Zahr / World's largest single “Unipol” facility	13.11.2008
ROHM AND HAAS Additives plant starts up in Turkey	13.11.2008
BASF Takeover of Ciba advances / Minimum acceptance threshold exceeded	12.11.2008
ROSNEFT Petrochemicals complex to be built near Vladivostok	12.11.2008
INDIA PETROCHEMICALS GAIL / IOCL collaborate on new cracker complex	11.11.2008
INEOS VINYLS Sartor gains minority stake in Italian PVC subsidiary / "Continuity of the site is guaranteed" / No agreement on chlorine modernisation	10.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Repsol: Force majeure for styrene and PO from Tarragona	10.11.2008

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