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LyondellBasell will shut a high density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Wesseling, Germany, in the third quarter of 2013. The company has closed around 2.5 billion pounds of capacity in Europe in recent years and cut headcount by 30% 17 May 2013

At a time of economic slowdown, PET packaging producer Masterchem has chosen to invest and upgrade its container preforms and blow moulding plant in Przylep, Poland 17 May 2013

Materials firm Invista has moved a step closer to building a nylon 6/6 plant in Shanghai, announcing 15 May that it has signed an agreement with the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park to reserve land for the facility 17 May 2013

Austrian oil and gas group OMV is to invest €230m in a project to boost and upgrade its production of key plastics intermediate butadiene in Germany and Austria 16 May 2013

Oxea has reported strong first quarter sales – EBITDA increased from €45m (£38m) in Q1 2012 to €53m (£45m), a gain of 18% and the third best quarterly result since the company’s inception in 2007.

  16 May 2013

Austrian construction materials supplier Synthesa group has formally opened a new €11m heat insulation panels plant in Perg, Upper Austria 15 May 2013

Solvay says net sales fell 3% to €3bn in Q1 compared to the same period last year, as the company’s business in Europe was hampered by the region’s economic problems 15 May 2013

Kingiseppsky, one of Russia's largest petrochemical producers, plans to invest up to €8bn in building a large petrochemical facility close to the city of Kingisepp, in the St. Petersburg region of Russia 13 May 2013

Tokyo-based plastics manufacturer Polyplastics has established a representative office in Jakarta to take advantage of Japanese manufacturers’ growing expansion into Indonesia 13 May 2013

Polish thermo and vacuum former Plastwag plans to invest €2.4m to expand its production capacity in Mielec, south-eastern Poland, to meet growing demand for its rail and passenger road vehicle composite liner components 13 May 2013

Global Closure Systems is in the middle of a major expansion of its manufacturing operations in Mexico 10 May 2013

DuPont is heading over to Paris, France, in June to show off its materials for aircraft applications 10 May 2013

Mitsubishi Chemical has acquired Comtrex, a maker of PVC compounds and thermoplastic elastomers based in Michigan, the US 9 May 2013

In the first quarter, sales decreased 9.5% to €317.9m, mainly because of a 23% drop in automotive business 8 May 2013

Software simulation specialist Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks has acquired fellow software maker Simpoe in a move which will provide more options for planning injection moulds 8 May 2013

• Kingiseppsky to invest in new petrochemical facility 13 May 2013
• BASF boosts ‘green’ packaging options 14 May 2013
• Amcor launches lightest 64oz PET bottle 13 May 2013
• B. Braun doubles production at Hungary plant 15 May 2013
• Polyplastics opens Indonesian office 13 May 2013

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• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Poland-based Plastwag expands capacity 13 May 2013
• Polyplastics opens Indonesian office 13 May 2013
• Kingiseppsky to invest in new petrochemical facility 13 May 2013
• BASF boosts ‘green’ packaging options 14 May 2013

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