Company news, polymer materials

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
SABIC Planned petchems plant may be shifted from China / Delays by Beijing authorities blamed	09.03.2007
DOW South African PE, PP firm sold to private equity / No backward integration	09.03.2007
KUMHO MITSUI MDI capacity to double to 130,000 t/y	09.03.2007
GE PLASTICS Bidding consortia shaping up / Koch Industries believed to be bidding with Blackstone	08.03.2007
MITSUI CHEMICALS Reorganisation aimed at accelerating earnings growth / Financial and environmental targets	08.03.2007

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