Company news, polymer materials

LUCITE INTERNATIONAL Construction starts on first MMA plant based on Alpha technology / Start-up in early 2008	11.08.2006
HEXION Italian thermoplastics unit sold	10.08.2006
SCOTT BADER More polyester resin capacity in Dubai	10.08.2006
HUNTSMAN Plastics among commodities to be divested / Sell-off envisaged before end of 2006	09.08.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE MDI output in Germany increased through debottlenecking / Worldwide capacity of 1m t	08.08.2006
POLYONE New LSFOH line in Pamplona	08.08.2006
BASELL Two new PE investments in Germany / Upgrade after 2005 blast / "Spherilene" and "Hostalen" processes	07.08.2006
SHELL Go-ahead for world-scale cracker in Singapore	07.08.2006
BASF Plastics outperform most of the group / PU still sales growth driver / Styrenics improve	07.08.2006
SABIC EUROPE Contract for Gelsenkirchen HDPE plant goes to Uhde / Central European logistics hub in Poland	04.08.2006
OWENS CORNING / SAINT-GOBAIN Merger in reinforcements and composites planned / Parts of Vetrotex to be included	03.08.2006
LA SEDA Acquisition of PET facilities from Advansa sealed / European market leader for PET	03.08.2006
REPSOL Significant capacity expansion in Portugal / PP and linear PE to be added to portfolio	02.08.2006
SOLVAY "Sustained, very good performance" in plastics / Segment sales up 10% in first half 2006	02.08.2006
KRATON European output to rise by 20,000 t/y	01.08.2006

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