Company news, polymer materials

OMV Takeover of Hungarian oil company MOL targeted / Offer of EUR 14 bn / Board resists the move	01.10.2007
DUPONT New EVA plant to be built in China with Sinopec	28.09.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE New 60,000 t/y PMPO plant at Antwerp site / Process cuts energy use and VOC content	28.09.2007
RADICI / LATI New Chinese jv will produce 10,000 t/y of compounds	28.09.2007
LANXESS EUR 10m for EVM expansion / Growing demand	27.09.2007
DUPONT USD 500m investment to increase “Kevlar” aramid fibre capacity	27.09.2007
BAERLOCHER New office opens in Moscow / Booming Russian additives market	27.09.2007
SEKISUI ALVEO New polyolefin foam claimed to reduce vehicle weight / Moulder eyes eastern Europe investment	27.09.2007
ASAHI GLASS Fibre business sold to “compete with Corning”	26.09.2007
INEOS Commercial metallocene production at Cologne	25.09.2007
EXXONMOBIL Large-scale petchems complex to be built in Singapore / Cracker and 1.75m t/y polyolefins output	25.09.2007
RADICI Joint venture with Lati in China / Suzhou base to supply range of engineering plastics	24.09.2007
DOW Acquisition of Danish PU systems company Edulan / Expansion in northern Europe	24.09.2007
LANXESS Earnings targets to be reached ahead of plan / Lustran Polymers sale improves cost structure	21.09.2007
EASTMAN Latin American PET acquired by Alfa / La Seda offer reported for European plants	20.09.2007

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