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Takeover of DuPont core plastics ops complete / Limited restructuring likely / CEO hails company as new leader in engineering plastics

Added focus on POM production in China / Partnership with Japan's Polyplastics

Record earnings in Q1 / Distribution changes for South Korean POM joint venture KEP

Q4 sales jump as demand swings back to pre-pandemic levels / Resumption of plan to expand Clear Lake acetic-acid capacity / Plans to build liquid crystal polymer plant in China

KEP Europe ceases business activities

POM homopolymer offers improved mechanical properties

John Caamano named CEO of one of the world's leading POM producers

New impact-resistant POM grades launched ahead of "Fakuma"

Distributing Korea Engineering Plastic's POM in Switzerland

Engineering thermoplastics consumption recovers slightly in 2013 / Gains driven by ABS and PMMA / Import volumes of PC, PA and SAN down / Asian producers increasingly step into the fold / Low local capacity utilisation rates / Plastinfo report

European acetal price increase

Business “on track” for 2013, CEO says / Polymer investment proceeding as planned

Engineering thermoplastics market contracts slightly in 2012 / Imports from Europe and Asia on the rise / Russian production still too low / Western European quality often not matched / Plastinfo report

China Engineering Thermoplastics January/February 2013: Feedstock prices see moderate rises ahead of lunar new year break / PC largely stable / ABS slightly up / Introducing PIE's latest China price report

Mitsubishi and Celanese joint venture raises POM output / New capacity to come on stream in early 2014

New compounding capacities to come in stream in Asia to meet rising regional demand / Taiwan jv to ramp up production / New plant to be established in China

Raising POM capacity in Malaysia / Additional output to go towards meeting rising Asian demand

Price increase for “Kepital” acetal copolymer products