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• Overcast, visibility limited: Part 2 of 2.(Special Report)

  - 2005-10-10

  Byline: Frank Esposito Polystyrene A tough year for polystyrene does not look to get any easier - with about 19 percent of styrene monomer capacity affected by the hurricanes, according to market watcher CMAI. In Carville, La., Total Petroche...

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• BASF buys Leuna-Miramid.(Leuna-Miramid GmbH)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-09-12

  BASF AG has snapped up another engineering plastics business, agreeing to buy nylon maker and compounder Leuna-Miramid GmbH. Ten-year-old Leuna-Miramid of Leuna, Germany, which employs 140, operates one plant producing nylon 6, nylon 6/6 and nylon BASF AG has snapped up another engineering...

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• Absorbing the resin effect: Part 2 of 2; The price of change. Ouch!(Special Report)

  - 2004-10-11

  Byline: Frank Esposito PVC As long as hammers keep swinging at construction sites across North America, PVC executives will be smiling. That again was the case in the first half of 2004, as PVC sales in the region jumped...

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• BASF to boost nylon 6/6 compounding.(Special Report)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-04-05

  Byline: Frank Esposito BASF Corp. will begin compounding nylon 6/6 resins at plants in Michigan and Tennessee in early 2005. Mount Olive, N.J.-based BASF will be using formulations it acquired from Ticona in late 2003 to compound nylon 6/6 in Wy ...

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• BASF buys Ticona's nylon 66 business.(Company News)

  - 2004-02-01

  BASF AG, Germany, has purchased the nylon 66 business of Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese ACS Germany. BASF AG, Germany, has purchased the nylon 66 business of Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese ACS Germany.

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• BASF buys Ticona nylon biz for an undisclosed amount.(News)

  - 2004-01-05

  BASF AG has bolstered its nylon compounding business by purchasing the nylon business of Ticona for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes intellectual property rights, licenses and customer lists for Ticona's nylon 6/6 products, but does not inclu BASF AG has bolstered its...

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• No regrets: Resin guys glad to send '03 on way: Part 3 of 3.(Special Report)

  - 2003-10-06

  Byline: Frank Esposito Polycarbonate Stacks of blank compact discs at mass-market retailers might be good news for music fans, but they are viewed a bit differently by PC makers. "It's a little bit distressing to see the value of...

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• BASF quits fibers market. (Swatches).(Brief Article)

  - 2003-01-27

  LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY -- Mammoth German chemical company BASF, a big worldwide supplier of nylon, is exiting the fibers market. Honeywell International, based in Morris Township, N.J., will acquire BASF's nylon fibers ... LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY -- Mammoth German chemical company...

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• BASF bullish on nylon as force majeure ends. (Markets).(Brief Article)

  - 2002-12-02

  BASF CORP.'s nylon 6 and caprolactam unit at its plant in Freeport, Tex., is back up and running, and the company is no longer on force majeure. Gil Muller, business director for nylon 6 and intermediates at BASF Performance Polymers, says the dama BASF...

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• Nylon. (Plastics in Brief).(BASF to boost prices in Europe)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-04-01

  NYLON BASF will raise its European prices for caprolactam by [epsilon]200($ 175) per metric ton, effective April 1. Because caprolactam is a major feedstock for the company's ... NYLON BASF will raise its European prices for caprolactam by [epsilon]200($ 175) per metric ton, effective...

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