DOWDUPONT

Activist investors delay split into three companies / Realignment of some plastics businesses / Job cuts and plant closures / Pro forma Q3 sales up 8%

DOWDUPONT

New heavyweight starts up / First project is break-up / Materials largest business

DOW / DUPONT

All authorities clear merger / Loeb pushes six-way split / Dow Corning standalone?

MATTEL

Margaret Georgiadis appointed CEO designate of US toy giant

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos

PEOPLE

Philip Eykerman named new executive VP Corporate Strategy & Acquisitions at DSM