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SIRMAX Italian compounder expands commitment to biocompounds / Takeover of Microtec	10.09.2019
BERLIN PACKAGING Acquisition of Vincap & Adolfse / Food and pharma applications augment range	10.09.2019
ASHLAND Sale of composites business and German BDO plant to Ineos completed	05.09.2019
TORAY Japanese group acquires Swedish automotive airbag cushion producer Alva	02.09.2019
DIC Japanese group to acquire BASF's pigments business for EUR 1 bn / Ambitious medium-term growth strategy	30.08.2019
CANADIAN GENERAL-TOWER Takeover of AlkorDraka Industries and Alkor Medical Tubing / Film manufacturer's first European plants	29.08.2019
REMONDIS Acquisition of Pakufol / Purchase expands into LDPE recycling	27.08.2019
SAUDI ARAMCO US arm Motiva to buy Flint Hills chemicals complex / Gulf expansion continues	26.08.2019
BEWISYNBRA Agreement to buy majority stake in Denmark's Eurec / Aim to boost EPS recycling	23.08.2019
COVERIS Takeover of UK company Amberley / Labels capabilities expanded	23.08.2019
WALKI Finnish group to take over Mondi Belcoat / Specialised engineered materials	23.08.2019
POLYONE Compounder to divest PVC division / SK Capital Partners takes over Performance Products and Solutions	21.08.2019
MAGNA Production facility for car seat structures in Ohio	20.08.2019
GF PIPING SYSTEMS Pipe manufacturer acquires US service provider for cruise ship refits	20.08.2019
GRAMMER German supplier suffers in Europe and Asia due to automotive crisis / Positive figures from the Americas	19.08.2019
OSTENDORF Acquisition of Spain's Adequa still not complete	16.08.2019
ORCA Fibre manufacturer takes over four Italian composites specialists / Creation of Angeloni group	15.08.2019
BASF / SOLVAY / DOMO Conditions for EUR 1.6 bn polyamide transaction fulfilled / Domo Chemicals to acquire European polyamide 6.6 business	14.08.2019
SCHUR FLEXIBLES Investor Lindsay Goldberg evidently planning divesture	14.08.2019
DSM Plastics segment suffers from falling sales / Acquisition of SRF's polymers division	14.08.2019
NELIPAK Kohlberg merges US rigid packaging producer with Bemis Healthcare Packaging Europe	13.08.2019
CURRENTA Bayer and Lanxess sell shares in chemical park operator to investor Macquarie	12.08.2019
UPDATE - HUNTSMAN Propylene oxide and MTBE activities to be acquired by Indorama / Cracker in Port Neches	12.08.2019
RTP Takeover of Zeon's "Zeotherm" business / Compounding facility plans in Ireland delayed by court	08.08.2019
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS USD 1 bn takeover of compatriot plastic septic tank specialist Infiltrator / Products made from recycled polyolefins	06.08.2019

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