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08.08.2011 POLYPLASTICS  New compounding capacities to come in stream in Asia to meet rising regional demand / Taiwan jv to ramp up production / New plant to be established in China

05.08.2011 BASF / TOTAL  Shell Chemical bows out of Sabina Petrochemicals joint venture / C4 complex now split 60:40 among German, French group

04.08.2011 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES  Chinese subsidiary plans to establish new fluoroelastomer plant / Output to go towards meeting rising local demand

03.08.2011 GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS  European Commission launches investigation into Chinese woven and stitched glass fibre fabric imports

03.08.2011 BASF / PURAC  Negotiations to establish bio-based succinic acid joint venture / World-scale plant to start up by 2013 in Spain

03.08.2011 EVONIK  Follow-up: Divestiture of carbon black business is complete / Business now operates as Orion Engineered Carbons

02.08.2011 PVC MARKET  Americas demand to grow 0.3% per year to 2020 / Consumption of 6.1m t in 2010 / GBI Research report

02.08.2011 BASF  Capacity expansion for “Styrodur” insulation grades at Ludwigshafen site / Meeting rising market demand

01.08.2011 DANONE  Follow-up: Sharp criticism of Activia PLA yogurt container / German association alleges consumer fraud, threatens legal action / Danone denies allegations

01.08.2011 METABOLIX  Agreement with CJ CheilJedang to develop renewable C4 chemicals

01.08.2011 LINDE / BECHTEL  Partnering to develop ethylene solutions for North American shale gas reserves

29.07.2011 LANXESS  Third PA and PBT compounds line to come on stream in China today / Focus on automotive sector

29.07.2011 ARTLANT PTA  La Seda subsidiary starts test runs at new Portuguese PTA plant / Full production expected to begin in Q4 2011

28.07.2011 DOW CHEMICAL  Polypropylene business sold to Brazil's Braskem for USD 340m / Focus on downstream solutions / Sale consolidates Braskem's PP leadership in North America

28.07.2011 BIOPLASTICS  Research: Launching “MouldPulp” project to develop biocomposites for injection moulding / Pan-European R&D effort involving Swedish, Finish and German scientists

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