Company news, polymer materials

ADDCOMP Solvay's “Priex” business and assets acquired	24.07.2008
BASF Second synthetic waxes plant for Ludwigshafen site	24.07.2008
K-DOW PETROCHEMICALS New jv with Kuwait takes shape / HQ in US state of Michigan / Financial incentives	21.07.2008
ELASTOGRAN Systems houses to open in Poland and Slovakia	18.07.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Dow shuts Terneuzen PS production “temporarily” / Need to restore margins	17.07.2008
CLARIANT Masterbatch acquisition in North America / Added strength in liquid colours	17.07.2008
DOW Takeover of Rohm and Haas for nearly USD 19 bn / Financial input from US billionaire, Kuwaiti state	15.07.2008
EQUATE New ethylene glycol plant handed over in Kuwait	15.07.2008
DOW Move away from market index formula pricing for thermoplastics in Europe / “More flexibility”	14.07.2008
BASF Commodity styrenics deal runs aground on price and financing problems / Search for buyer continues	09.07.2008
SHELL Flexible polyols expansion comes onstream	09.07.2008
TEIJIN CHEMICALS Expansion of polycarbonate compounds in China / Postponement of resins capacity expansion?	09.07.2008
CHEMTURA Board chooses to remain independent following review / Analysis of strategic options continues	08.07.2008
SABIC PP compounding plant to be built in Belgium	07.07.2008
SOLUTIA Buyer sought for PA 6.6 business / High raw materials costs bite / Investment in PVB films for thin-film solar panels	04.07.2008

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