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Foams processor has new facilities in China and Morocco / Closure of plant in the Netherlands

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Initial move to sell Automotive division / Insulation business to be strengthened

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Tighter MDI market brings down first-half profits / Foams plant in Czech Republic back onstream in October

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PU insulation panel facility planned in Finland

POLYURETHANE MARKET

Threatening situation / Insufficient MDI delivery volumes / Processors switching off production lines / Customers reacting angrily and helplessly to asked prices / “Isocyanate producers no longer acting with common decency”

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EUR 20m investment in PU insulation production in UK / Czech factory production is running again / Positive results in 2016

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Turmoil continues at foam producer / After FM declaration, a strike at Dutch plants

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PU foams specialist confirms no injuries sustained during fire at automotive parts plant in Most / Financial impact unclear

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Fire at Czech automotive interiors manufacturing plant / PU foams specialist declares force majeure

ASSOCIATIONS

Simon Storer becomes new CEO of British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers' Association

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Vacuum insulation panels joint venture in Slovenia / Solutions for demanding building applications

PLASTICS AND CLIMATE

New EnCO2re partnership to promote commercialisation of CO2 conversion / Industrial and academic teams / Climate-KIC and Covestro at the forefront

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First customer for Covestro's CO2-derived polyol / Foam for furniture and mattresses

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New order from BMW for German plant in Schönebeck / Rheinbreitbach facility shut down

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EUR 10m expansion at Wevelgem insulation facility / Additional production hall and warehousing facilities

EUROFOAM

PU processor opens Romanian storage facility / Technology portfolio expanded

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Operating profit increases in 2014 despite polyols price pressure / Flexible foams gains driven by automotive market / Future "uncertain" in Europe

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50% stake in insulation jv sold to partner Kingspan Group / Focus on building insulation

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Profit warning as polyol prices rise / Deteriorating market environment / Issues in flexible foams division

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Dutch composites foam plant to be shut by year's end

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Antitrust fine and restructuring charges hit 2013 EBITDA / Half of sales fall accounted for automotive market

POLYURETHANES

Flexible foam producers fined EUR 114m for price fixing / EU sees antitrust offence confirmed

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Shuttering of additional production facility announced several new orders from automotive customers / No full-year prognosis provided

EUROFOAM

Austrian foam producer expands Polish facility

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PU foam activities in UK to be restructured / Closure of Nelson plant considered