Companies 
Chemical giants BASF and Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) are expecting a positive financial outlook for the rest of the year after growth in the second quarter
30 July 2010
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) has named Safic Alcan Nordic as its sole distributor for specialty ethylene copolymer in the Nordics territory (comprising Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway).
28 July 2010
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has invested more than €50m in a major PVC project lead by a Solvay JV in Russia.
27 July 2010
The company’s new PE water pipe operation at Pavlodar is one of the largest CIS installations outside of Russia.
27 July 2010
Invista has commenced a major review of its US polymers activities in a move that could see it sell its PET resin activities, following a path already adopted by rival Eastman.
27 July 2010
Anglo-Dutch household products group Reckitt Benckiser buys condoms to foot care products business SSL International.
27 July 2010
Constantia Flexibles is to pay €92m to acquire the Spain-based Tobepal flexible packaging operations from Amcor.
27 July 2010
German holding company Farmar is planning to set up a 150m unit a year disposable syringe facility in the Omsk region of Siberia.
27 July 2010
JSP, the manufacturer of the expanded polypropylene Apro material, is expanding in Asia with a new manufacturing site in Chennai, India, and additional production capacity at the JSP site in Guangdong, China
23 July 2010
BASF has declared force majeure on plasticisers made at its iso-Nonanol plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, due to a shortage of raw materials caused by a technical defect
23 July 2010
Auto supplier Plastic Omnium says reducing its cost base by 21% during the recession has helped boost revenues and profit during the first half of the year. For the six months ending 30 June, revenue increased 28.5% to €1.5bn, while profits went up nine-fold to €72.3m
23 July 2010
European Bioplastics has appointed a new head of communications. Kristy-Barbara Lange will be responsible for press relations and will report to managing director Hasso von Pogrell
23 July 2010
Blow molding giant Graham Packaging, which entered the China market in April with its first acquisition there, has set an aggressive target of up to $300m (€232m) in sales in China and Asia within five years
23 July 2010
Machine maker Micron says it will pull out of negative EBIT by the end of the year after recording an increase in orders of 82.2%
23 July 2010
Dow Chemical, one of the world’s largest plastics and chemicals makers, will run a one-day pilot test to determine if plastic waste can be used as fuel in its operations
22 July 2010
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