Company news, polymer materials

SIBUR 500,000 t/y PE complex proposed / Plastics capital investment up to RUB 17.7 bn in 2008	26.02.2008
ELASTOGRAN 2007 sales, profits and R&D spending increase	26.02.2008
BASF Styrenics deal to be wrapped up in H1 / Sales and EBIT records in 2007 / Hambrecht optimistic	25.02.2008
DOW Feasibility study on TDI expansion in Brazil	22.02.2008
NCT Japan's Itochu acquires 40% stake in Dutch plastics distributor / Move up into the global Top 10	21.02.2008
PETROCHINA Dow's "Unipol" process for new PP plant at Fushun / Aker Kvaerner secures construction contract	21.02.2008
LANXESS New distribution company for central and eastern Europe	20.02.2008
TOTAL Full year chemical profits decline on weak Q4 margins / Gonfreville styrene plant to start up end 2008	20.02.2008
CLARIANT Strong regional growth in masterbatches / Price rises pushed through / Higher costs hit pigments and additives	19.02.2008
LYONDELLBASELL HMS PP production to cease in Quebec	18.02.2008
CIBA High stabiliser demand helps push plastic additives / Sales and profits grow by 3%	15.02.2008
POLYONE Marginal sales growth and sharp earnings drop in 2007 / Further shift towards speciality compounding	15.02.2008
LYONDELLBASELL Sales office opened in Bratislava / Slovakia	14.02.2008
VELOX High-performance polymers from OPM added to European portfolio	14.02.2008
MATERIALDEPAN NORDEN Takeover by K.D. Feddersen / Further expansion plans / Improved position in northern Europe	12.02.2008

Seite 598 von 655