| 3 - 3 |
Six Sigma steps
Hunter D |
| 9 - 9 |
Oil restructuring - TotalFina, Elf go to court
Young I |
| 9 - 9 |
M&A - Georgia Gulf buys Condea Vista vinyl operations
Adams J |
| 12 - 12 |
Chlor-alkali - Kaiser vows to restart LaRoche plant
[Anonymous] |
| 12 - 12 |
Companies - Nova shifts CEO to Pittsburgh
Walsh K |
| 12 - 12 |
Specialties - Dexter revamps, names new president
Westervelt R |
| 12 - 12 |
Chlor-alkali - Caustic soda rebound gains momentum
Adams J |
| 13 - 13 |
PVC - Shintech awaits permit decision
[Anonymous] |
| 13 - 13 |
Polypropylene - Producers hope rising demand will absorb capacity
Terry L |
| 16 - 16 |
Divestments - BP Amoco sells polypropylene fibers and yarns
Orshal J |
| 16 - 16 |
Earnings - Rising feedstocks will pinch Sterling profits
Nielsen K |
| 16 - 16 |
Biotech - ADM requires transgenic crop separation
Sissell K |
| 16 - 16 |
Polyethylene - Phillips, Solvay team up to build US plant
Adams J |
| 17 - 17 |
Venezuela - Chavez replaces PDVSA chief
Sissell K |
| 17 - 17 |
Nitrogen - BOC Consortium completes Cantarell financing
Westervelt R |
| 17 - 17 |
Safety - Georgia-Pacific restarts damaged resins plant
Fairley P |
| 17 - 17 |
Catalysis - Researcher takes alkane oxidation to SRI
[Anonymous] |
| 20 - 20 |
M&A - Chemicals caught in battle over metals merger
[Anonymous] |
| 20 - 20 |
R & D - Wastewater treatment may boost ammonia output
Sissell K |
| 20 - 20 |
Safety - Senate leaders demand summit on Y2K readiness
Schmitt B |
| 21 - 21 |
Specialties - Degussa-Huls soups up silanes
Hume C |
| 21 - 21 |
Companies - RP board approves Rhodia sale
Alperowicz N |
| 21 - 21 |
M&A - Equity firm leads race to buy Neste Chemicals
[Anonymous] |
| 24 - 24 |
Fluorochemicals - UN closes door on smuggling
Scott A |
| 24 - 24 |
Key changes - Rosenkranz makes quick exit from BOC
[Anonymous] |
| 25 - 25 |
M&A - Degussa-SKW deal looms
Hume C |
| 25 - 25 |
Olefins - Producers plan fourth-quarter price hikes
Noor-Drugan N |
| 25 - 25 |
Pollution - Octel fined for bromine release
Scott A |
| 26 - 26 |
Taiwan - Tuntex considers relocating cracker project to Australia
[Anonymous] |
| 26 - 26 |
China - CNPC aims for October share flotation
Mollet A, Young I |
| 27 - 27 |
CPC to invest in Philippines project
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Chinese firm adds third nitrogen complex
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Lockwood Greene gets Cogen project
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Borouge seeks petchem financing deal
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
DuPont boosts capacity for hexafluoroethane
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Pemex must add ethylene capacity
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Formosa and Idemitsu collaborate in polycarbonate
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Soquimich builds fertilizer blending plants
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Thailand: Para-xylene project is revived
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Southern Petrochemicals looks for partners
[Anonymous] |
| 27 - 27 |
Toyo gets Chinese urea granulation order
[Anonymous] |
| 31 - 35 |
M&A monsters - Mergers fuel size anxiety
Nielsen K |
| 38 - 40 |
M&A deals win financing despite erratic market - Producers warm to debt
[Anonymous] |
| 45 - 45 |
Phosphorus derivatives - Albright & Wilson plans expansion
Walsh K |
| 45 - 45 |
Pesticides - Fertile field for generics
Schmitt B |
| 46 - 46 |
Pricing - Customers relent, lifting profit hopes
Walsh K |
| 47 - 47 |
Polystyrene - Producers announce price hikes
Noor-Drugan N |
| 47 - 47 |
Propylene - Propane costs squeeze margins
Terry L |
| 48 - 48 |
Caprolactam
[Anonymous] |
| 49 - 49 |
Price commentary
[Anonymous] |
| 51 - 51 |
Catalysis - Cleaning up bromination
Scott A |
| 51 - 51 |
Biodegradable plastics - Biotec erodes Novamont patent
Fairley P |
| 52 - 52 |
Licensing - Casting a net for fresh technology ideas
Westervelt R |
| 53 - 54 |
Companies: Cognis - Free to serve Henkel's rivals
Walsh K |
