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27.03.2014 SOLVAY  Acquisition of Plextronics completed / OLED technology for display and battery applications

26.03.2014 BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS  New furnace commissioned at Texan cracker / Ethylene output raised / Capable of using ethane as feedstock

26.03.2014 OXEA  Raising output of “Oxsoft” DOTP plasticiser in Europe / Collaboration with unidentified third party

26.03.2014 THERMOSET RESINS  South African and Kenyan demand to rise by 3.9% per year to 2017 / Infrastructure developments boost growth / Frost & Sullivan report

25.03.2014 COMPOSITES MARKET  Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth

25.03.2014 EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Chemical output stagnant in 2013 / H2 growth helped pull sector out of a recession / Net trade surplus reached EUR 46 bn / Sector confidence down slightly in January 2013 / Cefic report

24.03.2014 INEOS  Lawsuit filed against Sinopec over alleged acrylonitrile patent infringement / Seeking more than USD 1 bn in compensation / Latest quarrel picked by chairman Ratcliffe

19.03.2014 COIM  Raising polyester polyols capacity in Italy

19.03.2014 OWENS CORNING  Revamping French glass fibre production

18.03.2014 JOHNS MANVILLE  Modernising e-glass furnace in Slovakia / Catering to rising composites demand / Calls on EU to take measures to prevent dumping practices by Chinese producers

18.03.2014 LEHMANN & VOSS  Co-distributing Polymer Dynamix's “EverGlide” masterbatches and “DynaSil” flame retardants in EU and Switzerland

14.03.2014 BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE  Brunsbüttel TDI line to stay open longer / Strong demand / CO pipeline still controversial

14.03.2014 JUSHI  Glass fibre manufacturer ramping up Egyptian output / Expanding exports to Europe / Plans for North American facility

13.03.2014 SIPCHEM  Arab region's first PBT plant to come on stream this year / 63,000 t/y facility built by ThyssenKrupp

13.03.2014 POLYETHYLENE FILM MARKET  Impact of US shale gas reserves will see resin costs decline / European market contracting / Strong growth in the Middle East / Demand for speciality film rising / AMI multi client study

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