JEAN-PIERRE SEEUWS recently arrived in the U.S. from Paris, France where he was formerly head of chemicals for Totalfina. Now he is the general representative for ATOFINA in North America. Worldwide, ATOFINA is the chemical operation of TotalFinaElf. In addition to this oversight responsibility, Seeuws is president & CEO of ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. and ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc, Chemical Week interviewed Seeuws about ATOFINA and his outlook on business in the U.S.