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Creditors take over Monheim-based polyol and carboxylic acid specialist
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EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach
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CB&I to provide engineering services and ethylene technology for Oman polyolefins project / Cracker to have 800,000 t/y ethylene capacity
Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (ORPIC, Sohar / Oman) has awarded a contract to CB&I (The Woodlands, Texas / USA; www.cbi.com) to provide ethylene technology and front end engineering and ...
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Flexible film conversion business: Acquisition by Akerlund and Rausing group
Moplefan SpA (Via Taramelli 26, I-20124 Milano), a company of the Montell group (HQ: Montell Polyolefins bv, PO Box 625, NL-2130 AP Hoofddorp) and Tecno Jolly SpA (Via Raspini 3, I-10036 Settimo ...
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Dutch first hydrolysis-resistant PET / Substitution opportunities in automotive engines
In what it claims is a breakthrough, Dutch chemical group DSM (Sittard; www.dsm.com) has launched a hydrolysis-resistant polyester that can be used in automotive engine compartments. The company says ...
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New "Alveobloc" block foam targets automotive applications requiring low emissions
Sekisui Alveo (Lucerne / Switzerland; www.sekisuialveo.com), a manufacturer of crosslinked polyolefin foams, has developed a laminated block foam in its “Alveobloc” product family for automotive ...
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Integration into Saudi parent group makes progress / “Stamylan” brand names replaced
In the nearly two years following its entry into the market as a regional player, the Saudi Arabian Sabic group (Riyadh; www.sabic.com) has sharpened its European profile. A major step towards ...
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Synergies help new joint venture to a good start / New metallocene PP launched
After starting business on 1 July, the new BASF/Hoechst polypropylene joint venture, Targor GmbH (Rheinstr. 4 G, D-55116 Mainz), is well on its way to becoming a recognised player in its own right.
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UK masterbatch capacity to move from UK to Belgium and France / Specialty focus for Crumlin site
As part of a move to realign its European production structure, A. Schulman (Akron, Ohio; www.aschulman.com) is closing several materbatch lines at its Crumlin site in Wales / UK and moving 10,000 t/y ...
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Automotive supplier cuts working hours and pay by 20% / Agreement will run to June
Employees at Woco Industrietechnik (Bad Soden-Salmünster / Germany; www.wocogroup.com) are taking a 20% cut in pay and working hours from 1 January to 30 June 2009 under a new agreement that ...
Plast Europe7d
German automotive supplier accelerates restructuring / Job cuts, production cutbacks become more likely
German automotive supplier accelerates restructuring / Job cuts, production cutbacks become more likely ...
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Onset of winter affects US goods traffic / Houthi militia to cease terrorist attacks on Red Sea shipping
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