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The Hungarian company has invested €406m in developing its scratch and ssuff-resistant PVC sports flooring 18 February 2010

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has acquired the rights to use Hyperion Verwaltung’s Durflex track system 3 February 2010

Bayer MaterialScience, as a prominent provider of materials used in the global construction industry, is supporting a proposal by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for a globally consistent ‘Common Carbon Metric for Buildings.’ 18 January 2010

The company plans to add up to three more WPC extrusion lines to keep pace with a reported 30% annual growth in demand 10 November 2009

With its managing director and sales manager coming from both the wood and plastics extrusion machinery industries, the Austrian company Extruwood, first established in June 2009, has entered the market as a new producer of wood plastic composite (WPC) profiles 30 October 2009

The slowdown in the construction industry saw Belgian PVC window profile manufacturer Deceuninck report a 21.5% fall in Q3 sales – down from €177m for the period last year down to €139m. However, the company said that it believes the market had stabilised 22 October 2009

Germany-based window profile producer Profine is considering closing a production plant in Troisdorf, Germany, resulting in a loss of over 200 jobs 7 October 2009

UK-based composite Tech-Wood firm says its new wood plastic composite kits allow customers to build a complete WPC house from scratch 22 September 2009

The Belgian-French vehicle fuel systems joint venture Inergy Automotive Systems has opened a petrol tank blow moulding plant at Stavrovo, Russia 22 September 2009

Greiner has built two €35m plants in Venezuela to help with the country’s plans to clear city slums and rehouse residents in tens of thousands of new homes 22 September 2009

Unicor claims its new corrugated extrusion machinery – the UC 125 – can produce double 110mm wall pipe at speeds of up to 30m per minute, making it a ‘Ferrari among corrugators’ 22 September 2009

PVC window frame maker Deceuninck plans to pay off debts after sealing a final agreement to secure a rights issue of €85m. 16 September 2009

German furniture company MBM claims its rice-based composite resin may provide a better alternative to WPCs in outdoor applications due to its much lower moisture absorption 10 September 2009

Vinyl window profile producer Deceuninck says sales for the first half of 2009 dropped 23.1% to €239.3m, as the economic downturn caused a major slowdown in the construction industry 9 September 2009

Pipe producer installs a large capacity structural foam moulding machine to produce large sewer chambers 1 September 2009

• Ineos may leave the UK to cut growing tax bills 5 March 2010
• New BPA study puts pressure on regulators 9 March 2010
• Linpac responds to talk of break-up and sale 10 March 2010
• LyondellBasell rejects Reliance's final offer 10 March 2010
• Hella invests in Romanian automotive plant 8 March 2010

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• "Imagination" can turn CO₂ into a feedstock 19 December 2008
• Plastics on track for success on railway 15 December 2008
• Extruwood launched as new WPC profile producer 30 October 2009
• European PET bottle collection rises 11% 28 October 2009
• French senate mulls ban on BPA in food packaging 11 August 2009

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