Company news, polymer materials

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Sales up, earnings down in first quarter	09.05.2006
RHODIA New PA 6.6 polymerisation unit in South Korea	09.05.2006
BASF Plastics earnings rise 20% in Q1 2006	08.05.2006
LANXESS Sale of "Lustran" SAN business in Europe and South America to BASF / Focus on specialities	05.05.2006
TICONA New LFRT plant to be built in China / Detail engineering on UHME-PE plant also proceeding	05.05.2006
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Global PC expansion to 1m t/y completed	04.05.2006
TORAY Expansion of ABS in Malaysia / Japanese group seeks expansion of resins sales in Asia	03.05.2006
BOREALIS Reorganisation of R&D / International plastics research to be concentrated in Austria	02.05.2006
BASF / TORAY New PBT plant started up in Malaysia / 50:50 joint venture / Separate marketing	02.05.2006
BASF Output of high temperature "Ultrason" to double	28.04.2006
QUINN PLASTICS Move into injection moulding market / New PMMA material / Three different grades	27.04.2006
DSM Compounding lines start up in China	27.04.2006
BP Major expansion of PTA capacity at Geel	26.04.2006
BASF Antwerp cracker back up / Force majeure retained	25.04.2006
REICHHOLD Turkish polyester resin alliance	24.04.2006

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