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TESSENDERLO
Strength in chemicals business / Construction slump hits plastics converting in Europe and US
 		23.03.2009
MÄRKLIN
Nearly 400 jobs to go at insolvent model railroad maker / Restructuring targets break-even in 2009
 		23.03.2009
PLASTAL
All six Plastal plants in Germany operating normally / Financing plan developed / Sale process has begun
 		23.03.2009
CHEMTURA
US additives producer in Chapter 11 / European assets unaffected / Order volume down “markedly”
 		20.03.2009
LANXESS
Earnings in 2008 stable despite weak Q4 / Performance Polymers hit by crisis / Expansion projects on ice
 		20.03.2009
KRAUSSMAFFEI
Cutting 200 jobs in Munich / Extending short-time working / Sales down year-on-year
 		20.03.2009
ARKEMA
Hubron appointed as UK nanotube distributor
 		20.03.2009
TRONOX
German units of US titanium dioxide producer insolvent / Dutch plant at full run / Layoffs in the US
 		19.03.2009
UPONOR
US and European housing market crash hits 2008 profit and sales / Building slump affects all regions
 		19.03.2009
BASF
New 90,000 t/y “Neopor” insulation foam line starts at Ludwigshafen / No conversion of older units
 		19.03.2009
ARKEMA
Nano-enhanced liquid epoxy resins agreement
 		19.03.2009
GRAHAM PACKAGING
Profit increases five-fold to USD 135m in 2008 / Minority share acquired in Indian packaging firm
 		18.03.2009
DSM
Compounding plant opened in India
 		18.03.2009
DR. BOY
Machine manufacturer introduces new "XS" models for micro-injection moulding plus new energy-saving E series
 		18.03.2009
BOREALIS
“Solid” 2008 performance despite poor Q4
 		17.03.2009
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