Company news, polymer materials

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
BASELL Alastian sales channel expanded to all polyolefins	06.07.2007
ICL Acquisition of flame retardant manufacturer Supresta	04.07.2007
VINNOLIT EU approves takeover of Inos E-PVC	03.07.2007
LANXESS / INEOS Deal on Lustran Polymers / UK group to acquire ABS business in two stages / JV from September	02.07.2007

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