Company news, polymer materials

LANXESS Plastics compounding capacity in China to rise to 60,000 t/y / Third line to start at Wuxi in 2011	21.04.2010
SHOWA DENKO Plant for carbon nanotubes begins operations / Highpolymer subsidiary integrated into core business / SunAllomer expands	21.04.2010
SUNPOR Technical glitch shuts down EPS manufacturer's plant in Unterradlberg / Still able to supply most materials / SE types tight	20.04.2010
FUTERRO Europe's first PLA pilot plant inaugurated	20.04.2010
LA SEDA El Prat PET plant restarts / Creditors inject cash	20.04.2010
TOTAL Unions call mini strike during Paris round table discussions / Four refineries affected	19.04.2010
HEXION New production plant in Germany	19.04.2010
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE BaySystems “Multitec” speeds production of wind turbine nacelles / Cost effective process developed	16.04.2010
DSM Expanding composite resins business in Turkey	16.04.2010
INEOS Move to Switzerland sealed / Banks reject debt financing / Talks on Grangemouth sale continue	15.04.2010
LUKOIL PVC production in Ukraine to kick off this year	15.04.2010
SONGWON Elastomerics appointed to distribute stabilisers	15.04.2010
BASF SCHWARZHEIDE Sales sink to EUR 826m in 2009 / Capacity use below 80% / Stop-gap measures help	15.04.2010
BASF Streamlining global pigments business / Optimisation efforts will slash 500 jobs worldwide	14.04.2010
POLYONE Agreement with Segetis to jointly develop bio-based plasticisers	14.04.2010

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