PLASTICS MACHINERY

Market crisis impacts portfolio of machinery makers / Arburg divests 3D-printing unit / Sumitomo Demag removes hydraulic machines

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Sinochem delists German machine manufacturer from Shanghai stock exchange

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Ailing machinery maker announces restructuring / Sale apparently on the table

KRAUSSMAFFEI

New CEO to get the German company back on track

LUXI CHEMICAL

Explosion in China stops plants on PA 6 line / Blast kills at least nine

SINOCHEM

ABS compounding plant opens in China / Production of grades from Spanish Elix unit

CHINA

First polycarbonate-silicone copolymer production in Changzhou / Overcapacity of general grade PC

SINOCHEM / CHEMCHINA

Merger creates world's largest chemical company / New firm has resin production capacity of nearly 11m t/y

SINOCHEM / CHEMCHINA

State-run holding may offer way to avoid US interference into merger

SINOCHEM / ELIX

New compounding plant in China / Broader global reach for both

SINOCHEM / CHEMCHINA

Chinese state-owned firms join to form chemical behemoth

ELIX POLYMERS

David Castaneda is new CEO of ABS manufacturer

SPAIN

Production value of plastics processing declines slightly / Employment now above the pre-crisis level / GDP growth loses dynamism / Political uncertainties continue

K.D. FEDDERSEN

Distribution of Elix's ABS grades for food-contact applications

ELIX

Sale of ABS manufacturer complete / China's Sinochem pays EUR 195m

ELIX POLYMERS

Sun European Partners sells Spanish ABS specialist to China's Sinochem