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BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Takeover of Taiwan Ure-Tech completed / TPU business headquarters to move to Hong Kong
 		16.07.2007
HUNTSMAN
“Definitive agreement” on USD 10.6 bn takeover by Hexion / Basell declines to raise the stakes
 		13.07.2007
SABIC
US regulatory authority approves GE Plastics acquisition / EU vote due in early August
 		13.07.2007
INEOS
Two PP lines in France to be shut down / Key accounts transferred to other sites
 		13.07.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
First BaySystems facility opened in India
 		12.07.2007
ALBEMARLE
Controlling stakes acquired in Chinese jvs / Plans for exports to other Asian countries
 		12.07.2007
ARKEMA
Office move complete as optimisation continues
 		12.07.2007
BASF
Fire shuts benzene plant / Restart date unclear
 		11.07.2007
HUNTSMAN
Bidding war beginning? / Apollo ups its offer / High level of debt
 		11.07.2007
NILIT
Israeli fibres and engineering plastics producer acquires Frisetta Polymer / Expansion planned
 		11.07.2007
PETKIM
Kazakh-Russian group wins race for majority of Turkish petrochemical producer / Deal questioned by trade unions
 		11.07.2007
BASF
Concentration on higher-end plastics / Growth rates above the market / Polycarbonate of interest
 		10.07.2007
SOLVAY
Joint venture with Sibur confirmed / Russian vinyls facility to be built at Kstovo / 330,000 t/y PVC capacity could expand to 510,000 t/y
 		10.07.2007
HYDRO POLYMERS
PVC reactor shut down in UK / No force majeure or supply restrictions
 		10.07.2007
HUNTSMAN
Hexion owner outbids Basell owner for US chemical group / Private equity funds in bidding war?
 		06.07.2007
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