Company news, polymer materials

WESTLAKE Vinyls expansion planned for Calvert City / Investment of USD 90m includes large diameter PVC pipe plant / Weak vinyls demand hits third quarter profits	07.11.2007
DUPONT Phase one of “Hytrel” consolidation complete	06.11.2007
BIESTERFELD PLASTIC Distributor reports healthy growth / Exclusive long-term European contract with DuPont	05.11.2007
A. SCHULMAN Barington Capital requests company records	02.11.2007
RADICI Expansion with adipic acid and HMDA / Entry into PA 6.10 and 6.12 production	02.11.2007
YANTAI WANHUA POLYURETHANE 300,000 t/y MDI unit to be built at Ningbo / Total capacity to reach 700,000 t/y by 2010	02.11.2007
PEQUIVEN Venezuelan petrochemical group announces major expansion / Sales to reach USD 12 bn/y	02.11.2007
HEXCEL Carbon fibre production to increase by 70%	02.11.2007
BASF Earnings on plastics hit by plant outages in Q3 2007 / Styrenics sale is targeted by year's end	01.11.2007
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS Joint Venture with Galactic to produce PLA bioplastics	01.11.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Total Petrochemicals cracker restarted at Carling	31.10.2007
DOW Asset light strategy explained again / Dismissed executive Kreinberg files suit against JP Morgan	31.10.2007
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS Expansion of polycarbonate sheet production	31.10.2007
SIRMAX Compounder on the advance / New plant in Poland / Marketing expansion in Germany	30.10.2007
BASELL EC approves Lyondell Chemical acquisition	29.10.2007

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