Borealis im ersten Quartal mit EUR 113 Millionen Nettogewinn

Borealis• Borealis weist für das erste Quartal 2007 einen Nettogewinn von

GE SELECTS SABIC TO ACQUIRE
PLASTICS UNIT FOR $11.6 BILLION

GE PlasticsMay 21, 2007 New York, NY – GE (NYSE: GE) and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) today announced that they had reached agreement for SABIC to acquire GE Plastics for a purchase price of $11.6 billion. Announcement of the acquisition was made by Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE and Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and CEO of SABIC.

“As a global operating company, SABIC has a long-term, strategic interest in the people, communities, customers, products, plants and technology of GE Plastics,” said Mr. Al-Mady, in making the announcement. “This acquisition represents another important step in SABIC’s growth and diversification to become one of the world’s leading manufacturing companies.”

“This business is complementary to our existing business without any overlaps. SABIC’s intention is to grow the business globally”, he added. “SABIC is well-positioned to do this, while adding high-performance plastics to the product range SABIC currently offers to customers.”

Borouge and Borealis’ Daplen achieves technological breakthrough in fully integrated fender

Borouge and Borealis have delivered the foundation for a technological breakthrough to the automotive industry with the development of Daplen™ EF314E used in the world’s first fully integrated fender module.Borouge and Borealis, the leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions in the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe, have delivered the foundation for a technological breakthrough to the automotive industry with the development of Daplen™ EF341AE used in the world’s first fully integrated fender module. The material, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, has been specifically tailored to meet BMW’s exacting specifications for the new BMW X5 regarding improved production cost, safety, high quality aesthetics and environmental performance. The resulting TPO fender is the most complex and highly integrated, class A body application to be seen in production to date.

Discover Distrupol’s world of colours at Go Plast

At Go Plast 2007 Distrupol will launch its colour compounding service in the French market. Distrupol Colour is dedicated to supplying consistently high quality and tight colour tolerance engineering thermoplastic materials across Europe.At Go Plast 2007 (Angers, 12 - 15 June, stand no. C15) Distrupol will launch its colour compounding service in the French market. Distrupol Colour is dedicated to supplying consistently high quality and tight colour tolerance engineering thermoplastic materials across Europe. The latest computerised matching equipment and a dedicated Colour Laboratory are utilized for quick and efficient colour development, with production quantities starting from as little as 25 kilograms.

Cyclics schließt Vertriebskooperation mit IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (ehemals Interorgana)

CyclicsSchwarzheide, Deutschland – Die Cyclics Europe GmbH hat mit der IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (ehemals Interorgana) eine Vereinbarung über den Vertrieb von Cyclics CBT® Kunststoffprodukten getroffen, die als Additive oder Trägermaterialien für Compounds und Masterbatches eingesetzt werden.

CHEMTURA INCREASES AXION™ TIN CATALYST PRICES

ChemturaChemtura Corporation announces the following price increases for its Axion™ line of tin catalysts:

DBTO $2.40/kg (1.80 Euro/kg)
DOTO $2.30/kg (1.73 Euro/kg)
MBTO $2.50/kg (1.88 Euro/kg)

GE Plastics ehrt bei seiner jährlichen Preisverleihung wichtige europäische Logistikanbieter

Bester Logistikanbieter von GE Plastics für 2006: Van Den Bosch, NiederlandeBERGEN OP ZOOM, NIEDERLANDE — 15. Mai 2007 — GE Plastics ehrte fünf Unternehmen und zwei Personen bei der Preisverleihung am 12. April in Bergen op Zoom mit anschließendem Abendessen, um die wichtige Rolle seiner Logistikpartner und die Notwendigkeit hervorzuheben, einen hervorragenden Kundenservice zu leisten. Die Preisverleihung, die bereits zum vierten Mal durchgeführt wird, prämiert die Qualität, den Service und die termingerechte Lieferung durch Logistikanbieter, die dafür sorgen, dass GE Plastics den Anforderungen seiner Kunden gerecht wird.

Rhodia Polyamide opens its first Technical Centre in China
Dedicated facility provides close customer support for

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsLyon, France - May 14th, 2007 - Rhodia has reinforced its commitment to the Asian markets with the recent opening of a technical centre in Shanghai, consolidating Rhodia’s global technical centre network. The new facility brings the complete spectrum of engineering support to customers across the broad range of industries served by Rhodia Polyamide's engineering plastics materials in China and the wider Asian region.