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02.09.2013 TOTAL  French management prepared to close naphtha cracker / Fate of Carling site and polymer plant uncertain

02.09.2013 HUNTSMAN  Purchase of American polyols manufacturer now final

02.09.2013 POLYONE  Closing of French compounding site underway / Entity previously owned by Spartech

30.08.2013 DOW  Sites selected in Texas and Louisiana for US plastics projects / Louisiana projects to be completed end-2016

30.08.2013 DUPONT  Dolder's fluoropolymers distribution mandate widened to 16 more European countries

29.08.2013 UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  BorsodChem: Force majeure for TDI / Technical problem during plant start up

29.08.2013 UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY  Optimism grows for year ahead as productivity improves / Gains in turnover and profitability expected / Reject euro replacing sterling / BPF survey

28.08.2013 PLASTICS INDUSTRY CHINA  Diverts focus away from export to domestic markets / Shift in consumer behaviour boosts demand growth / Small companies to disappear / Industry consolidation gathers pace

27.08.2013 ALBIS PLASTIC  New compounding facility opens at Chinese site of Changshu

27.08.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  EU olefin production continues very weak / Q2 results on par with disastrous 2009

26.08.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers: Force majeure for high viscosity PA 6 at German site in Guben

23.08.2013 METABOLIX  Collaboration with Samsung Fine Chemicals formalised / Aim to expand global market for PHA-based biopolymers

23.08.2013 TOYOBO  Engineering plastics project planned in Brazil / Capacity to reach 15,000 t/y by 2020 / Growing automotive market

22.08.2013 SINOPEC  Produces first commercial-grade ethylene at Wuhan facility / Commissioning now complete of petrochemicals complex

21.08.2013 ITALY  Thermoplastics consumption takes a deep cut in 2012 / PVC hardest hit / E&E industry struggles to combat poor domestic demand / Plastics processing segment one of the few bright spots in the country's industrial sector

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