3 - 3 |
Six Sigma grows Hunter D |
3 - 3 |
Conglomerates' performance Hunter D |
9 - 9 |
Specialties - Hercules exits resins and fibers; Forms JV to acquire Kelco Walsh K |
10 - 10 |
Industrial gases - DuPont's Reilley takes top spot at Praxair Moore SK |
10 - 10 |
Vinyls - Borden resumes PVC production in Illinois Westervelt R |
10 - 10 |
Biotech litigation - Aventis wins appeal against Monsanto Moore SK |
13 - 13 |
Litigation - Hazard warning suit overturned Franz N |
13 - 13 |
Environment - Smith: HPV funding would compromise other programs Franz N |
13 - 13 |
M&A - ISP appeals to Dexter shareholders Wood A |
13 - 13 |
Electronic chemicals - Cabot expands CMP slurries Moore SK |
14 - 14 |
Earnings - Late reporters have a strong quarter Nielsen K |
14 - 14 |
Legal - Techmer seeks arbitration in JV dispute with Hanna Schmitt B |
14 - 14 |
Companies - DuPont says double-digit earnings growth in sight Nielsen K |
15 - 15 |
Trade - WTO strikes down US claim to export tax breaks Franz N |
15 - 15 |
E-Commerce - GE Plastics targets $750 million in sales via the Internet in 2000 Westervelt R |
15 - 15 |
Finance - Cheap stocks encourage buybacks Nielsen K |
16 - 16 |
Specialties - Massive unilever restructuring may hurt chemical suppliers Scott A, Walsh K |
16 - 16 |
M&A - Ciba gets back on the aquisition trail Hume C |
16 - 16 |
Companies - Atochem plans to sell pesticides Walsh K |
19 - 19 |
Environment - Industry groups opposed to European draft liability law Scott A |
19 - 19 |
Polyurethanes - European commission okays Bayer-Lyondell deal Young I |
19 - 19 |
Companies - Statoil considers IPO; Borealis unaffected Walsh K |
20 - 20 |
Singapore - EDB seeks more ethylene Alperowicz N |
20 - 20 |
China - Avery Dennison plans $40-million investment Wood A |
20 - 20 |
Malaysia - Petronas to build world-scale liquids cracker Alperowicz N |
21 - 21 |
Degussa-Huls forms silica partnership with Rhodia [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Zimmer awarded PET project in India [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Kobe Steel wins contract in Saudi Arabia [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Merisol ups capacity for phenols, cresols, xylenols [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Delsa plans to expand trichloroisocyanuric acid [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Pemex expands ethylene capacity at two sites [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Technip-Parsons team gets American Acryl project [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
SPC licenses Borstar from Borealis [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
EniChem stretches capacity for synthetic rubber [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Indonesian JV revives ammonia project [Anonymous] |
21 - 21 |
Alkim, Dead Sea Works plan fertilizer JV [Anonymous] |
25 - 27 |
Six Sigma - Marshaling an attack on costs Walsh K, Fuller J, Wood A, Moore SK, Schmitt B |
30 - 30 |
Companies - Ascot restructures specialties Hume C |
30 - 30 |
Alkyl aniline - Avecia shuts plant; Links with ISC Walsh K |
31 - 31 |
Informex - Suppliers sound a sour note on pricing Schmitt B, Walsh K |
32 - 32 |
Inorganics - DuPont adds TiO2 as supply tightens Seewald N |
32 - 32 |
Chlor-alkali - Dow, OxyChem lead new increase Seewald N |
33 - 33 |
Toluene [Anonymous] |
35 - 35 |
Leading indicator Pearlman A |
36 - 36 |
Price commentary [Anonymous] |
37 - 37 |
Fluorochemicals - Industry opposes Danish phaseout Scott A |
37 - 37 |
Chlor-alkali - Fluor licenses ICI's BiChlor Moore SK, Scott A |
38 - 38 |
Ethylene - Competition heats up in decoking technologies Moore SK |
39 - 40 |
Companies - Degremont ups the service ante Hume C |
44 - 44 |
Tank trucks - Driver shortage pushes up waves Hunter D |
44 - 44 |
Marine shipping - Seachem-Odfjell makes few waves Fuller J |