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PYRAMID BIOPLASTICS
PLA project under way in Germany
 		24.09.2008
DSM
Opening of new plants in The Netherlands and China / “Stanyl” PA 4.6 capacity doubled / Sale of melamine and elastomers business imminent / Innovation drive continues
 		23.09.2008
POLYONE
Second half 2008 sales forecasts lowered
 		23.09.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Incident trips Ineos LDPE plant in Cologne / No force majeure
 		22.09.2008
HIP PETROHEMIJA
EUR 140m investment in polyolefins / Privatisation stalls / Merger with NIS oil group “urgently needed”
 		22.09.2008
REICHHOLD
Resins plant planned for Tianjin, China
 		19.09.2008
ASHLAND
Agreement with NPPL secures India production
 		19.09.2008
LANXESS
Antwerp caprolactam capacity to increase
 		18.09.2008
VINYTHAI
Thai PVC plant expanded / Further expansion to 400,000 t/y planned
 		18.09.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
PP complex planned for Trinidad and Tobago / Agreement signed with Lurgi and government
 		17.09.2008
BOREALIS
PP line for packaging grades dedicated in Burghausen / OMV completes cracker expansion and new C3 production line
 		16.09.2008
BASF
EUR 3.8 bn takeover bid for Ciba / Offer to close on 1 October 2008 / Leader in plastics additives
 		15.09.2008
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
EUR 300m upgrade of PU feedstocks planned in Germany by 2013 / Gas phase phosgenation process
 		15.09.2008
DUPONT
Expansion of capacity for “Tedlar” PVF film / Doubling of output / Backsheets for solar panels
 		15.09.2008
ARETON
UK compounder in administration / Plant closed / Israel-based parent buys bulk of machinery
 		12.09.2008
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