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COVESTRO Massive job cut plans confirmed / News comes as earnings outlook improves	08.09.2021
COVESTRO Higher polymer prices lift Q2 revenues / Results rise on robust global demand, resins business purchase	13.08.2021
COVESTRO Plastics group raises forecast for 2021 once again / Small-scale CO utilisation plant in Dormagen	14.07.2021
BASF Renewable energy for new site at Zhanjiang / Plastics plants set to start first / Investment in Vattenfall windfarm	28.06.2021
COVESTRO Tight market and high sales prices spur sharp rises in Q1 turnover, profit / Plastics group restructuring set for July	10.05.2021
COVESTRO German plastics producer lifts 2021 profit forecast	20.04.2021
COVESTRO Demand recovers in second half of 2020 / Overall sales decline nearly 14% / 2021 earnings seen sharply higher / Polycarbonates show lone rise in profit	26.02.2021
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL License agreement with Axens / “Atol” ethanol-to-ethylene process picked for waste-to-polyolefins project in Japan	06.01.2021
COVESTRO 2020 forecast raised / Profit up due to Q4 margin development in polyurethanes and polycarbonates	17.12.2020
COVESTRO Demand rebound boosts Q3 results / Quarterly profit picks up again	30.10.2020
COVESTRO Surprise rise in earnings in Q3 / Sales down / PU and PC businesses grow / 2020 profit outlook improves	20.10.2020
DUPONT New "Liveo" brand for silicone-based medical and pharmaceutical products	24.09.2020
COVESTRO Partnership with Google on quantum computing R&D	21.07.2020
BASF Piling work begins at EUR 10 bn China “Verbund” complex	10.06.2020
COVESTRO All operating segments affected by coronavirus pandemic in Q1 / Reduced production rates on several continents	07.05.2020
COVESTRO Full-year 2020 financial targets lowered due to coronavirus pandemic / Recovery expected in Q3	22.04.2020
DUPONT US producer joins digital marketplace Knowde	09.04.2020
BASF Lorenzo Bottinelli announced as new head of Italian branch	06.04.2020
COVESTRO EUR 225m loan from EIB to boost R&D / EU bank backs coronavirus pandemic aid to SMEs	01.04.2020
SEKISUI / SUMITOMO Alliance for chemical recycling of plastics waste into polyolefins / Pilot production to begin in 2022	05.03.2020
COVESTRO Sales and earnings down sharply in 2019 / MDI expansion at Baytown “paused” as cost-savings programme accelerated	21.02.2020
DSM Several additive manufacturing collaborations lined up / Shapeways, Chromatic 3D Materials and German RepRap	04.12.2019
COVESTRO Q3 profits plunge as disappointing demand depressed selling prices / Forecast for 2019 confirmed but narrowed ranges / Sales down 14.6%	31.10.2019
BASF Managing board cut to six members / Sanjeev Gandhi resigns / Responsibilities redistributed / Ongoing corporate reorganisation	24.10.2019
COVESTRO Circular economy advancements and expansion of digital services / Premium concept for automotive interior design at “K”	17.10.2019

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