Companies 
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
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