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Companies

06.09.2010 SAUDI KAYAN  Al Jubail mega cracker starts up

06.09.2010 NAMPAK PLASTICS Dairy in-bottle plant in Northern Ireland up and running / Striving for weekly capacity of 2.5m bottles

06.09.2010 BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES Operating profits fall despite revenue increase / Sale of UK site boosts pretax performance / Ongoing restructuring accompanied by greater capital expenditure

03.09.2010 SALAVATNEFTEORGSINTEZ  Cracker expansion in Bashkortostan completed

03.09.2010 SIPCHEM  New VAM line on stream in Al Jubail / Partnership agreement withUK polymer consultancy Smithers Rapra on development centre

03.09.2010 BP  Sale of Malaysian polyethylene and ethylene assets for USD 363m

03.09.2010 LA SEDA Doubling of earnings in H1 2010 / PET producer says it is now back on solid financial footing

03.09.2010 PEZ Revenues rise in H1 2010 / Double digit growth forecast for full financial year / US museum for plastic dispensers

03.09.2010 MACFARLANE GROUP Profits rise 60% thanks to lower costs and higher prices / Focus on improving market share

02.09.2010 A. SCHULMAN UK masterbatch capacity to move from UK to Belgium and France / Specialty focus for Crumlin site

02.09.2010 MITSUBISHI RAYON Construction resumes at new Japanese carbon fibre plant

01.09.2010 UBE  Chemicals and plastics division reports operating profit in Q1 2010 / Strong demand from Asia improves sales of caprolactam and polyamide

01.09.2010 SINOPEC  Joint venture with DuPont kicks off EVA production in Beijing

01.09.2010 TESSENDERLO Back in profit / PVC business only reported modest second quarter growth

01.09.2010 HAITIAN Record sales volumes for Chinese machinery maker in H1 2010 / Rationalisation pays off / On the road to becoming global market leader

01.09.2010 KAUTEX MACHINENBAU Cooperation with German blow moulding machine manufacturer Rikutec

31.08.2010 KRATON Scouting new Asian HSBC production site

31.08.2010 AMCOR  Profits down as a result of post-acquisition restructuring / Revenues increase slightly

31.08.2010 GURIT New tooling production site in China inaugurated

31.08.2010 CEREPLAST Multi-million dollar contract to supply Italian masterbatch manufacturer with bio resins

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People

03.09.2010 PEOPLE Andrei Stapinoiu named new Europe sales director for Extrusion Dies Industries

02.09.2010 PEOPLE Borealis appoints new presidents for Moulding and Film & Fibre business divisions

01.09.2010 PEOPLE Three new additions to Styron's executive leadership team

17.08.2010 PEOPLE Wavin: Maarten Roef is management board executive vice president

16.08.2010 PEOPLE Hartmut Müller becomes new Grammer CEO

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Markets

06.09.2010 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Vestolit declares force majeure for PVC and VCM from Marl

02.09.2010 COMPOSITES  EU imposes anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese glass fibre imports / Industry association fears market shake-up

01.09.2010 PLASTIC CONTAINERS US market to grow 4.3% per year to 2014 / Freedonia study

31.08.2010 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS UK consumption of single-use bags falls for fourth consecutive year / Ahead of next year's bag tax, Wales show largest decline in usage

30.08.2010 ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY  German exports exceed pre-crisis level / High demand from Latin America and southeast Asia

27.08.2010 TAIWAN  Plastics processing picking up again after last year's crisis / Surplus resin output is exported

27.08.2010 PLASTICS RECYCLING Demand for food-grade recovered plastics outstrips availability / Great opportunities for UK manufacturers / Small number of export markets / New WRAP report

26.08.2010 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Follow-up: Polymer lines start up in Mongolia / China breaks ground on producing coal-based PE and PP

24.08.2010 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  LyondellBasell again declares force majeure for PP from Carrington

23.08.2010 SOUTH AFRICA Automotive plastics market expected to reach USD 208m in 2016 / International players drive development / Local industry highly dependent on imports / Latest Frost & Sullivan study

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Production and Engineering

06.09.2010 CRODA “Greener and smarter” packaging theme for “K 2010”

02.09.2010 NEC Durable bioplastic developed with 70% plant content

02.09.2010 BMCI Composite achieves under the bonnet approval from Chrysler

01.09.2010 SUKANO  New “Bioloy” PLA compounds with improved properties

25.08.2010 DSM High heat resins to be launched at “K 2010”

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Industry

06.09.2010 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Chalk championed as the perfect eco-balance for plastics / LCA underlines additive´s environmental credentials

30.08.2010 DUPONT Successful lawsuit against “Teflon” brand infringements in Russia

27.08.2010 PLASTICS AND HEALTH German authority says new studies on BPA show no evidence of negative effects / Sweden prepares to ban the chemical

26.08.2010 PLASTICS AND HEALTH Singapore watchdog probes toxicology of toys / Almost half the items examined contain excessive amounts of phthalates or lead

26.08.2010 RECYCLING BIR worried Europe's recycling industry is becoming too dependent on China

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