Company news, polymer materials

HUNTSMAN Sale of US polymers business to Flint Hill closes	08.08.2007
COLLOIDS Increased capacity to add flexibility and meet rising sales demand	08.08.2007
HUNTSMAN DuPont nonwoven textiles fluorochemicals business acquired for undisclosed sum	07.08.2007
BASELL Acquisition of refinery from Shell in Berre / Backward integration for the European polyolefins business	06.08.2007
WELLMAN European recycled fibres business sold to Aurelius / Focus shifts to US chemicals	03.08.2007
DOW World-scale facility to make PE from sugar cane in Brazil / Joint venture with Crystalsev	02.08.2007
BASF Delisting from NYSE / Complexity and costs reduced / Dialogue with US investors remains	01.08.2007
DOW Agreements with BASF and Solvay to build world-scale HP and PO plants in Thailand	01.08.2007
TICONA Move to Höchst / Growth to be driven by further capacity expansion and new marketing partnerships	01.08.2007
LATI Compounder restructures its Italian plants / Job cuts and modernisation	31.07.2007
MOSSI & GHISOLFI New PET line to be built in the USA / Debottlenecking of other American plants	30.07.2007
SABIC Loan for takeover of GE Plastics / New subsidiary Sabic Innovative Plastics gains "BB" rating	30.07.2007
SOLVIN PVC expansion in Jemeppe / 475,000 t/y in 2009 / Solid market growth	30.07.2007
CONSTAB New masterbatch line in Rüthen / Managerial team expanded	30.07.2007
ADDCOMP Producer of additive masterbatches raises capacity once again	26.07.2007

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