Company news, polymer materials

BASELL Technology licensing booms / Consortia link up to buy the company from BASF and Shell	27.01.2005
POLYOLEFINS Mitsui-Idemitsu merger to create Japan´s largest PP producer / EUR 1.7 bn business	13.01.2005
LA SEDA Catalana de Polimers integrated / PET focus	13.01.2005
SOLVAY Tripling of worldwide capacity for sulphone polymers / New plant to go on stream in 2006	13.01.2005
LANXESS Lanxess stock market debut on 31 January / Annual savings of EUR 20m on personnel	13.01.2005
DUPONT / DOW Elastomers jv to be dissolved / Expectations not fulfilled / USD 1.2 assets to be divided	13.01.2005
TVK/SLOVNAFT Expansion continues / Focus on automotive / Stiffer polyolefins competition in the east	23.12.2004
BIP Amino moulding bought out of administration	23.12.2004
NOVA / BP Anti-trust issues may not impact planned styrenics joint venture / Market consolidation	09.12.2004
LANXESS Sales of EUR 5 bn in first three quarters / 60% of businesses in profit / ABS is “problem area”	09.12.2004
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Margin recovery in sight / PC and MDI sold out / Fresh price hikes planned for fourth quarter	09.12.2004
CYCLICS First commercial resin from new German unit in 2005 / Search is on for new 25,000 t/y plant site	09.12.2004
RHODIA New PA production facility to be built in China / Improved service for Asian customers	25.11.2004
VICTREX Expansion of production in UK / Demand for PEEK up 23% / Plans for China being studied	25.11.2004
NOVA / BP Joint production of PS and EPS in Europe / New market leader / Launch in mid-2005?	25.11.2004

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