Company news, polymer materials

SALAVATNEFTEORGSINTEZ Start-up of new HDPE line completed / Russia's only suspension-method HDPE production site	11.02.2010
KURARAY New PVB production line starts up in Germany	11.02.2010
DOW Permanent shutdown of TDI plant at Freeport / Alternative supply cited / Layoffs unlikely	10.02.2010
TRONOX German group doing well / Millions invested in development despite insolvency	10.02.2010
INEOS “Technical issue” takes out Cologne LDPE line / No impact on customers, producer says	09.02.2010
EASTMAN Deliberations whether to quit PET production / Business on a perpetual losing streak since 2005	09.02.2010
POLYONE Earnings turnaround in Q4 2009 / Winning new business / Changed reporting structure in 2010	09.02.2010
POLYPLASTICS Japanese Ticona jv to expand LCP production / Demand on the rise in China	09.02.2010
TOTAL Dunkirk refinery to be closed / Effects on Polimeri downstream facilities unclear	08.02.2010
INEOS Kerling name reactivated / New holding structure for vinyls / Bonds to refinance takeover debt	08.02.2010
GABRIEL-CHEMIE Acquisition of remaining shares in German subsidiary	08.02.2010
DOW CHEMICAL “Decisive action” leads to earnings growth despite recession / Styron sale still hanging in balance	05.02.2010
BOREALIS New LDPE plant starts up in Sweden	03.02.2010
VITA GROUP VTC Franceschetti Elastomeri compounding business sold to local management	03.02.2010
BASF Smaller steam cracker in Ludwigshafen resumes operations	02.02.2010

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