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December 15, 2008
Georgia Gulf Permanently Closes Plant in Sarnia, ON
Georgia Gulf says it will permanently close its 450-million lbs/year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin facility at Sarnia, ON, due to “continued weakening” in the housing and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15846.html
December 15, 2008
Shin-Etsu Bids for 100% of PVC Firm
Shin-Etsu Chemical says it has “initiated procedures” to increase its stake in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer Cires (Estarreja, Portugal) from 26.07%, to 100%, by...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15855.html
December 9, 2008
Georgia Gulf Permanently Idles Sarnia Plant
Georgia Gulf says it will permanently close its 450-million lbs/year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin facility at Sarnia, ON due to "continued weakening" in the housing and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15805.html
December 8, 2008
Arkema Plans Further Restructuring of its Vinyls Business
Arkema has announced further steps to improve the competitiveness of its vinyls business, the least profitable of its three segments. The restructuring involves closure of the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15716.html
December 8, 2008
Vinythai Cuts PVC Production
Vinythai (Bangkok) says it will cut its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production capacity by 25% and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15757.html
November 27, 2008
Arkema Plans Further Restructuring of its Vinyls Business
Arkema (Paris) has announced further steps to improve the competitiveness of its vinyls business, the least profitable of its three segments. The restructuring involves the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15623.html
October 27, 2008
PVC Capacity Outpaces Demand
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) profitability is forecast to be low in the short term as demand growth will be slower than capacity increases, says CMAI’s (Houston) 2009 World Vinyls Analysis...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/15002.html
October 13, 2008
Technip Awarded Ethylene Plant Expansion Contract in Russia
Technip says it has been awarded a contract by Sibur Neftekhim (Moscow) for a previously announced expansion of Sibur's ethylene plant at Kstovo, Russia. The €45 million ($62.1...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/14725.html
October 10, 2008
Decision Still Pending on Ineos PVC Operation in Italy
Ineos Vinyls Italia, an Ineos ChlorVinyls subsidiary, has not yet announced a decision on the future of the company’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant at Porto Marghera, Italy...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/14714.html
September 15, 2008
Solvay Boosts PVC Capacity
Vinythai (Bangkok), a Solvay affiliate, says it has increased polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity by...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/14159.html
August 18, 2008
July PVC Prices Up 4 cts/lb
July contract prices for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) settled 4 cts/lb higher, to 70 cts-72 cts/lb last week...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/13659.html
July 14, 2008
Shintech to Start Up PVC Unit Soon
Shintech, a Shin-Etsu Chemical subsidiary, is expected to begin production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at an integrated chlor-alkali and vinyls...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/12988.html
July 10, 2008
Vinyls Recycling Scheme Attracts Funding
European polyvinyl chloride (PVC) recycling trust The Vinyl Foundation, says it has raised more than €0.5 million ($0.8 million) this year from plastics converters to finance...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/12917.html
June 23, 2008
OxyChem, Mexichem Ink VCM Deal
Mexichem (Pajaritos, Mexico) says it has signed a multibillion-dollar vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) deal with OxyChem. Under the deal, Mexichem will supply its excess...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/12579.html
March 31, 2008
Westlake Unit Plans PVC Pipe Plant
North American Pipe (NAP; Houston), the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe business of Westlake Chemical, says it will invest...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/11146.html
February 13, 2008
Retailers Respond to Push for PVC-free Toys
Major retailers including Wal-Mart and Target have advanced plans to stop selling certain toys that contain polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in response to concerns from some advocacy groups...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/10310.html
February 4, 2008
PVC November Contracts Settle Late
The last of the November polyvinyl chloride (PVC) contracts settled at an increase of 4 cts/lb, market sources say. Several of the contracts remained unsettled into the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/10192.html
January 30, 2008
European Commission Clears Ineos's Acquisition of Hydro Polymers
Ineos Capital says it has today received unconditional clearance from the European Commission for the purchase of the Hydro Polymers polyvinyl chloride and related businesses in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/10096.html
January 14, 2008
Plastics
Expectations for the plastics industry in 2008 are mixed, “with a strong first quarter and prices declining over the rest of the year,” says Sebastian Castelli, analyst at...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/9748.html
December 5, 2007
Georgia Gulf Idles PVC Resin Plant in Ontario
Georgia Gulf says it will temporarily idle its 450 million lbs/year Sarnia, Ontario PVC resin manufacturing facility by mid-December. The plant will be restarted sometime in first...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/9231.html
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