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Companies

10.09.2010 SHELL  Chinese joint venture completes maintenance and debottlenecking / Ethylene output now 950,000 t

10.09.2010 WEIDENHAMMER Production of composite cans begins at EUR 6.5m expansion in Greece / Peel-off tops for perishable products including baby foods and powdered milk

10.09.2010 ALPLA Acquisition of PET Recycling Team targeted

09.09.2010 SOLVAY  Purchase of minority stake in Polyera / Expansion of printed electronics development

09.09.2010 VINYLS ITALIA  Ministry publishes new tender for takeover

09.09.2010 AKSA Carbon fibre production begins near Istanbul

09.09.2010 AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION  Production of the Airbus A 350 begins / Boeing delays delivery of the Dreamliner until 2011

09.09.2010 MEADWESTVACO Media packaging operations sold to Atlas for USD 68m

09.09.2010 MEXICHEM Green light for takeover of Plasticos Rex und Policyd

08.09.2010 DOMO  Rozenburg PP line sold to Carmel / Quitting the floor cover business / Separate division for PA compounds

08.09.2010 ALBIS Marketing of Uteksol's TPE portfolio agreed

08.09.2010 CINCINNATI MILACRON Grooved feed single screw extruders to be launched at “K 2010”

07.09.2010 EVONIK Cooperation with semi-finished goods manufacturer APT Europe / Focus on medical technology

07.09.2010 JAYPLAS New 30,000 t/y PET food-grade recycling plant in UK

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

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People

08.09.2010 PEOPLE Borealis appoints Gerd Löbbert as polyolefins executive VP

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

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Markets

10.09.2010 US MEDICAL PLASTICS Market to grow at 5% annually to 2015, reaching 2m t/y / TPEs expected to show largest increases

09.09.2010 LED TV PANELS Global shipments of backlight display unit up 110% in Q2 / LED market penetration to reach 40% in Q4

08.09.2010 DEGRADABLE PLASTICS US demand forecast to rise by 16.6% annually to 2014 / PLA and starch-based products continue to dominate / PHA will show greatest growth / Freedonia report

08.09.2010 RECYCLING  RECOUP UK now recycles 45% of plastic bottles / Year-on-year increase of 6% / Kerbside collections of over 215,000 t

07.09.2010 GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY H1 2010 above expectations / Sharp increase in order intake / “Ideal scenario” for K 2010

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

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Production and Engineering

10.09.2010 TEIJIN  Development of first all-plastic LED lamp / Partnership with Iwasaki Electric

10.09.2010 KRATON PERFORMANCE POLYMERS New SIS grade introduced for adhesive applications

08.09.2010 LATI Magnetically detectable compounds introduced for food contact applications

08.09.2010 BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE PC/ABS blend developed for dishwasher applications

07.09.2010 BIOTEC New bioplastic based on potato starch

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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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