Company news, polymer materials

DOW Liveris reshapes management for growth / Executive leadership committee established	26.03.2007
BOREALIS Restructuring continues / EUR 370m LDPE plant in Sweden / R&D phased out in Norway	23.03.2007
LANXESS Decision on styrenics this year / Asian partnership sought / Polymer margins improve in 2006	22.03.2007
AKZO NOBEL PVC additives business divested	22.03.2007
BASELL Tight European market brings record earnings / North American unit suffers second poor year	21.03.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Earnings down slightly in 2006 / Start-up costs for China and plant outages / Higher volumes	19.03.2007
BASF SCHWARZHEIDE Sales hit record in 2006 / PU are speciality / Higher capital spending	16.03.2007
DOW British Vita´s Hyperlast PU systems business acquired / Products for extreme conditions	15.03.2007
LA SEDA Takeover of Spanish PET recycler RBP	14.03.2007
AGROLINZ MELAMINE Italian plant closed / Small capacity / No backward integration	14.03.2007
MOSSI & GHISOLFI Mega-plant for PET in Brazil goes on stream	13.03.2007
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Whole of PU business brought together under "BaySystems" umbrella / Products rebranded	13.03.2007
LENZING PLASTICS JV established for carbon fibre production	13.03.2007
BASELL European business reorganised / Brussels office closes / Functions redistributed	12.03.2007
HUNTSMAN PU jv established in Russia with NMG	12.03.2007

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