| 3 - 5 |
Back to the future
Tattum L |
| 5 - 5 |
Viewpoint - Petrochemicals' high noon
Hunter D |
| 6 - 7 |
The start of a great adventure
Coombes P |
| 8 - 10 |
Focus on core businesses - Divestments were speedy
Tattum L |
| 11 - 12 |
High performance polymers - Ticona offers know-how
Plishner E |
| 13 - 14 |
Sustainable vision - Success requires cooperative approach
Coombes P |
| 15 - 15 |
Agchems - BASF bags cyanamid for $3.8 billion
Moore SK |
| 15 - 15 |
Antitrust - Brussels probes Syngenta deal
Young I |
| 15 - 15 |
Performance products - Higher value, less cyclical
[Anonymous] |
| 16 - 16 |
Railroads - STB puts brakes on BNSF-CN merger
Fuller J |
| 16 - 16 |
Safety - Two workers found dead at Equistar site
Seewald N |
| 16 - 16 |
Markets - US butadiene supply gets critically tight
McElligott S |
| 16 - 16 |
Earnings - Mixed can for paint makers
Walsh K |
| 17 - 17 |
Adhesives - Avery expands capacity for pressure-sensitive materials
Walsh K |
| 17 - 17 |
Oxygenates - EPA plans to phase out MTBE; Supports ethanol mandate
Franz N |
| 17 - 17 |
Superfund - Reform hopes fade again
[Anonymous] |
| 17 - 17 |
Polyurethanes - Dow chemical acquires general latex and chemical
Westervelt R |
| 18 - 18 |
Chlor-alkali - Slow demand hampers caustic, but chlorine climbs
Sim PH |
| 18 - 18 |
Inorganics - US salt gets a UK boost
[Anonymous] |
| 21 - 21 |
Finance - Eastman will beat estimates
Seewald N |
| 21 - 21 |
Companies - Cytec tears off paper chemicals from its priority list
Schmitt B |
| 21 - 21 |
Transgenic crops - Green groups want GM testing mandates
Franz N |
| 22 - 22 |
Electronics - Dupont and Philips collaborate on polymer based displays.
[Anonymous] |
| 22 - 22 |
Legal - Agrium seeks $30 million in damages in embezzlement case
Kannler A |
| 22 - 22 |
Companies - Georgia Gulf expects strong earnings
Westervelt R |
| 24 - 24 |
Responsible care - CCPA moves from verification to external issues
Morris G |
| 24 - 24 |
Trade - US seeks to renew ties with Iran
Franz N |
| 24 - 24 |
Drugs - Shareholders approve Pharmacia-Monsanto merger
Westervelt R |
| 26 - 26 |
Engineering plastics - ... Plans expand Ticona
[Anonymous] |
| 26 - 26 |
Companies - Perstorp plans acquisitions despite takeover reports
Young I |
| 26 - 26 |
Companies - Celanese to restructure oxo, may sell PP films ...
Alperowicz N |
| 27 - 27 |
Companies - Bayer to cut back H-acids, reduce exposure to fibers
Alperowicz N |
| 27 - 27 |
Industrial gases - Linde confirms bids for BOC assets
Hume C |
| 27 - 27 |
Responsible care - UK industry introduces external verification
Scott A |
| 28 - 28 |
Additives - Albemarle forms venture with Jinhai Chemical
Walsh K |
| 28 - 28 |
China - BP Amoco buys stake in PetroChina; Sinopec offering set for June
Young I |
| 29 - 29 |
Asahi expands nylon polymerization unit ...
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Bayer eyes PU complex in Singapore or Thailand
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
BASF plans polyols plant in Singapore ...
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
... Adds chiral amines in Germany and the US
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Kao builds higher alcohols unit in the Philippines
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Ciba expands capacity for light stabilizers
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Thomas Swan builds first supercritical synthesis unit
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
BP Amoco may revive Indonesian cracker
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
... Adds elastomers capacity in Japan
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Toyo gets Rayong Olefins Expansion Award
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Penn specialty selects contractor for THF unit
[Anonymous] |
| 29 - 29 |
Snamprogetti awarded Brazilian PE plant
[Anonymous] |
| 31 - 36 |
Petrochemical high noon: The 'supermajors' ride in
Hunter D, Westervelt R |
| 39 - 39 |
E-business - SAP's new role - Playing catch-up
Mullin R |
| 41 - 41 |
Water treatment - Carus deal targets Europe
Hume C |
| 41 - 41 |
Cosmetic chemicals - Henkel buys Japanese firm
Hume C |
| 44 - 44 |
Defoamers - Paints and coatings spurs demand
Walsh K |
| 44 - 44 |
Forecast - Analysts optimistic about specialty earnings growth
Walsh K |
| 47 - 47 |
Styrene - Hikes fade as benzene falls
Sim PH |
| 47 - 47 |
Polyvinyl chloride - Producers seek may increase
Seewald N |
| 49 - 49 |
EO-EG
[Anonymous] |
| 52 - 52 |
Leading indicator
Pearlman A |
| 55 - 55 |
Licensing - Chevron details metallocenes plan
Moore SK |
| 55 - 55 |
Health effects - UK adopts endocrine strategy
Scott A |
| 57 - 57 |
R&D - Federal funding survives the venture capital age
Moore SK |
| 59 - 60 |
Companies - Ciba: On track, but still off target
Hume C |
| 65 - 65 |
E-commerce - BASF, MG join SAP marketplace
Fuller J |
| 65 - 65 |
Trading - Amoco, shell form commodities site
[Anonymous] |
| 67 - 69 |
Plastics get squeezed by recession - New resin capacity will stem imports
Sissell K |
| 76 - 76 |
Environment - Dioxin debate turns icy
Franz N |
| 76 - 76 |
After 60 years, PTT is the latest thing
Wood A |
