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06.07.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Styrolution lifts global force majeure for certain specialty grades

06.07.2012 POLYMER PRICES  North America June 2012: Polyethylene notations continue to slide / PP in free fall / PVC flagging / Styrenics point down despite stable costs / Engineering thermoplastics headed for summer lull

06.07.2012 DOW  Carbon fibre joint venture with Aksa is official

05.07.2012 BASF  Building new butadiene plant in Antwerp

05.07.2012 EASTMAN  Acquisition of Solutia is completed

05.07.2012 REXAM  Sale of Personal Care business for EUR 562m is confirmed / Divestment of household and high barrier food operations following strategic review

05.07.2012 BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE  North American PETG sheet business acquired by Plaskolite

04.07.2012 SWITZERLAND  Plastics industry sales recede slightly in 2011 / Employee numbers down / Economy pressured by Swiss franc and European debt crisis

04.07.2012 HEXPOL  Acquisition of caps and closures compounds specialist EPS

04.07.2012 SAUDI KAYAN  Jacobs Engineering contracted for new UHMW-PE line in Al Jubail

03.07.2012 SIBUR  Follow-up: ZapSibNeftekhim complex will include two HDPE and two LLD/HDPE swing lines

03.07.2012 PLASTICS PACKAGING  German manufacturers still in a good position / Exports expected to decline / Pressure from electricity costs / Latest data from German packaging producers' association

02.07.2012 TORAY INDUSTRIES  Offtake agreement with Gevo for supply of bioPX for use in production of bio-based PET

02.07.2012 ARKEMA  Go-ahead for EUR 70m investment in fluoropolymer expansion in France / Quarrel with unions has been laid to rest

02.07.2012 ITALY  PVC consumption down 3.9% in 2011 / Flagging construction sector / Economic woes could worsen this year

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