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November 9, 2007
Target (Minneapolis) says it will reduce use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and phthalates in certain products sold under its brand name during 2008. The retailer did not cite a reason...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Target-Stores-to-Reduce-PVC-and-PFOA-Use_8833.html November 9, 2007
Prices U.S.: 61 cts-63 cts/lb, del, general purpose; 57 cts-60 cts/lb del, pipe grade, October contracts EUROPE: €990-1010/mt fd, Northwest Europe, October contracts ASIA...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/POLYVINYLchloride_8842.html November 2, 2007
Georgia Gulf says it plans to temporarily idle 700 million lbs/year of its least-efficient polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity in an effort to "improve operational efficiency."...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Georgia-Gulf-to-Temporarily-Idle-Least-Efficient-PVC-Production_8654.html October 30, 2007
PolyOne reported third-quarter net income of $2.3 million (2 cts/share), down 88% compared to the same period last year. The most recent quarter included special charges totaling 12...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/PolyOnes-Earnings-Slide-on-One-time-Charges-and-Weak-Vinyls_8610.html October 29, 2007
Westlake says it will invest approximately $90 million to increase capacity at its Calvert City, KY complex in a move to “enhance the level of integration” within its...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Westlake-to-Boost-Vinyls-Capacity_8597.html October 24, 2007
Solvay made a number of announcements at the K2007 plastics fair, currently taking place in Duesseldorf....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/K2007-Solvay-to-Increase-Plastics-Sales-Launches-Biomaterials-Range_8493.html October 18, 2007
Chemical Week at booth#12E67-11...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Visit-us-at-K-_8355.html October 12, 2007
Robust global demand is driving most commodity polymer producers—particularly polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)—to expand....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Plastics-Global-Strength-Sustains-Demand_8300.html September 24, 2007
SolVin intends to construct an additional polyvinylidene chloride production line at its Tavaux, France site....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/SolVin-Plans-PVDC-Expansion-in-France_7874.html September 21, 2007
Clariant Masterbatches says it will acquire Sioen Industries’ European Masterbatches (Bornem, Belgium), and that Sioen will buy Clariant’s polyvinyl chloride pigment pastes...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Clariant-and-Sioen-Swap-Lines_7751.html September 21, 2007
U.S. housing woes are taking a toll on vinyl makers. U.S. polyvinyl chloride (PVC) demand from January to July of this year dropped 4.2% from the same period last year, due primarily...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/U-S-Demand-Falls-Amid-Weak-Housing-Market_7756.html September 21, 2007
The European Commission (EC) says it has opened an in depth investigation into Ineos’s planned acquisition of Norsk Hydro’s integrated polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/EC-Opens-Investigation-into-Ineos-Norsk-Hydro-Deal_7779.html September 11, 2007
Vinythai (Bangkok), a Solvay affiliate, says it has agreed to buy the assets of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer APEX Petrochemical (Bangkok) for $94 million. The deal includes...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Vinythai-Agrees-Assets-Purchase_7657.html September 7, 2007
Liveris: Talking crackers in Russia? Nikochem (Moscow) is in talks with Dow Chemical on a possible joint venture to build a $3-billion petrochemical complex at Volgograd, Russia, local...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Dow-in-Talks-on-Russian-Petchem-JV_7468.html August 20, 2007
SolVin (Brussels) says it plans to expand capacity at its Jemeppe, Belgium polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant by 75,000 m.t./year, to 475,000 m.t./year by 2009. The global PVC market has...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/SolVin-Expands-PVC-Capacity-in-Belgium_7028.html August 8, 2007
Apple says it plans to phase-out the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants in all of its products by the end of 2008. “For the past several years, we...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Apple-to-Phase-Out-PVC-and-Bromine-by-2008-Wal-Mart-Pulls-PVC-from-Baby-Products_6358.html August 7, 2007
OxyChem has acquired the 24% stake it did not already own in OxyVinyls, its joint venture with PolyOne, for $261 million. Under the deal, PolyOne will retain existing polyvinyl...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/OxyChem-and-PolyOne-Swap-JVs_6849.html August 7, 2007
Sibur (Moscow) and SolVin (Brussels) have selected Kstovo, Russia as the location of a previously reported chlor-alkali and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) joint venture (CW, Nov. 22/29...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Sibur-and-Solvay-Confirm-Vinyls-JV-in-Russia_6745.html July 31, 2007
Petronas (Kuala Lumpur) says it has agreed to acquire PetroVietnam’s (Hanoi) 43% stake in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer Phu My Plastics for an undisclosed amount. The deal...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Petronas-Ups-Stake-in-Vietnam-JV_6683.html July 31, 2007
Formosa Plastics Group (Taipei) has scaled down a previously announced multibillion-dollar investment project in mainland China, CW has learned (p. 33). Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Formosa-Plastics-Scales-Down-China-Investment_6550.html |
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