Chemical Week articles from January 2005

Chemical Week archives from January 2005

Money for nothing.(viewpoint)(acquisitions)
January 26, 2005... When private equity firm the Blackstone Group made a bid to take Celanese private in late 2003, it was against the wishes of many of the company's public shareholders. Celanese had been publicly traded for only four years; shareholders that...

Sigma-Aldrich buys proteins firm.(JRH Biosciences Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals (SAFC) says it has signed a deal to acquire JRH Biosciences (Lenexa, KS), a division of human plasma products, pharmaceuticals, and vaccines company CSL Ltd. (Parkville, Australia), for $370 million in cash. JRH...

Nova's $110-million tax settlement.(Nova Chemicals Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Nova Chemicals says it expects to receive a cash payment of approximately $110 million following the resolution of a dispute over the deductibility of foreign taxes prior to 1982. It will be received from an affiliate of a company in which...

DuPont Photomasks shuts facility.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... DuPont Photomasks says it will close its Kokomo, IN photomask facility by the end of June, resulting in the loss of 100 jobs, about 6% of its total. It is the company's oldest production site, and the market for its products has declined,...

Lansco acquires international color.(Lansco Colors; International Color and Chemical)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Lansco Colors (Montvale, N J) says it has acquired International Color & Chemical (South San Francisco, CA). Terms were not disclosed. Privately held Lansco says it is the leading supplier of pigments from Asia to North America. Privately...

Rail woes force cutbacks at Pioneer.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Pioneer says weather-related rail service disruption on the West Coast forced the temporary shutdown of its Henderson, NV plant, disrupting supply of chlorine, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite. The company has also cut...

Celanese IPO raises $800 million.(initial public offering )(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Celanese completed its initial public offering of 50 million shares of its common stock at $16/share last week, raising $800 million. Most of the proceeds are expected to go to private equity firm Blackstone Group (New York), which acquired...

Cargill to assume full ownership of Cargill Dow.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Cargill says it has agreed to acquire Dow Chemical's interest in Cargill Dow, the 50-50 joint venture formed in 1997 to commercialize polylactic acid (PLA) polymers made from corn sugars. Terms were not disclosed. Cargill Dow spent $300...

Early-reporting specialty firms post higher earnings.(Cytec Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Cytec Industries reported a near doubling of fourth-quarter net income, to $28 million (68 cts/share), excluding $17.1 million in one-time gains, compared to $14.6 million in the year-ago quarter, on sales up 25%, to $451 million. The...

Big profit gains at GE's chemical operations.(GE Advanced Materials)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... GE says operating profits at GE Advanced Materials--which includes GE Plastics, GE Silicones, and GE Quartz--rose 23%, to $247 million in the fourth quarter. Revenues at Advanced Materials were up 21%, to $2.33 billion. Profit recovery was...

Europe fines Akzo, Arkema, Hoechst for MCAA price-fixing.(Akzo Nobel)( monochloroacetic acid )(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... The European Commission says it has fined Akzo Nobel, Arkema, and Hoechst a combined 216.91 million [euro] ($283 million) for conspiring to fix the price of monochloroacetic acid (MCAA) "from at least 1984 to 1999." Akzo was handed the...

Rhodia starts legal proceedings against Sanofi-Aventis.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Rhodia confirms that it has "started litigation or preliminary legal proceedings in the U.S. and Brazil against Sanofi-Aventis to obtain compensation for environmental liabilities" at Rhodia's Silver Bow, MT and Cubatao, Brazil sites (CW,...

Fuji Photo Film acquires U.K.-based inks producer.(Sericol)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Fuji Photo Film Co. (Tokyo) says it has agreed to acquire inks manufacturer Sericol (Broadstairs, U.K.) from private equity capital company Saratoga Partners (New York) for about 123 million [pounds sterling] ($230 million) in cash. Fuji...

Avecia spins out pharmaceutical technology.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Avecia says it plans to spin off part of its pharmaceutical technologies portfolio into a new joint venture, Reaxa. 7he business will be jointly owned by Avecia; Cambridge University (Cambridge, U.K) professor and entrepreneur Steven Ley; an...

Ineos buys foils business from Solvay.(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Ineos says it has agreed to acquire Solvay's 62-million [euro]/year ($81 million) rigid plastic foils business for an undisclosed amount. The business consists of two companies, Adtiaplast (Monfalcone, Italy) and Caleppiovinil (Fucine di...

Lanxess agrees on salary savings.(LANXESS Europe GmbH und Company KG)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Lanxess says it has reached agreement with its staff on an "economy package to cut workforce expenses." The deal aims to generate savings of about 20 million [euro] ($26 million) in 2005, Lanxess says. It affects "payments made in excess of...

Henkel to close unit in France?(Henkel France S.A.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Henkel plans to close a powder detergents plant at Reims, France by 2006 with the loss of 195 jobs, according to French press reports last week. The closure forms part of a recently announced restructuring at Henkel, the reports say (CW, Dec....

Dor, Bain sell PP films stake.(Dor Chemicals and Bain Capital Inc divests polypropylene films maker Dor Film)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Dor Chemicals (Haifa, Israel) and private equity capital company Bain Capital say they have agreed to sell a 33.3% stake in oriented polypropylene (PP) films producer Dor Film to an undisclosed investor for $20 million. Dor and Bain will each...

Strong earnings expected from basic chemical firms.(top of the week)
January 26, 2005... Fourth-quarter earnings for many basic chemical makers are expected to meet or exceed estimates, analysts say. Tighter markets for ethylene and polyethylene have allowed producers to raise prices while feedstock costs declined, resulting in...

Hearing signals changes may be ahead for reach testing protocols.(top of the week)
January 26, 2005... The European Parliament held a public hearing last week on the European Commission's proposed Registration, Authorisation, and Evaluation of Chemicals (Reach) program, the first public review of the proposal since the new commission members...

DuPont Dow pays $84 million to settle price-fixing case.(DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C.)
January 26, 2005... DuPont Dow Elastomers has agreed to plead guilty and pay an $84 million criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of polychloroprene, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ; Washington). DuPont Dow, a 50-50 jv...

U.S. Court hears Arch, SNPE arguments in hydrazine propellant contract case.(Arch Chemicals Inc.; SpaceChem at Court of Federal Claims)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... The U.S. Court of Federal Claims heard oral arguments last week from Arch Chemical and SpaceChem, an alliance between SNPE and United Paradyne (Santa Maria, CA), on their cross-motions concerning an $89-million contract awarded by the Defense...

Strube gets the Palladium Medal.(business & finance news)( Jurgen Strube )(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... BASF chairman Jurgen Strube has been named the 2005 recipient of the International Palladium Medal, awarded by the Societe de Chimie Industrielle-American Section. Strube is "a positive and tireless statesman and promoter of the industry,"...

Heritage award goes to T.T. Chao.(Petrochemical Heritage award recipient Ting Tsung Chao)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... The Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Founders Club have named Ting Tsung "T. T." Chao as recipient of their ninth annual Petrochemical Heritage award. Chao founded petrochemical businesses in Asia and the U.S., including Titan Group and...

Honeywell gets Lyondell contract.(business & finance news)(Nexen Chemicals Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Honeywell says it has received an eight-year, $6.5-million contract from Lyondell Chemical's Dutch subsidiary to provide its lifecycle management plant asset support technology.

Bodman pledges to push for energy bill.(United States/Americas)(Samuel Bodman)
January 26, 2005... Samuel Bodman, President Bush's nominee for energy secretary, told a Senate committee hearing last week that one of his top priorities would be to work with members of Congress to pass comprehensive energy legislation, a long held Bush...

Petrobras and Elekeiroz eye acrylics plant in Brazil.(United States/Americas)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Petrobras and Elekeiroz (Sao Paulo) are planning to build a $360-million acrylic acid plant at Betim, Minas Gerais state, local press reports say. The firms plan startup for 2009, and will determine the capacity after feasibility studies have...

Nexen to spin off chemicals unit?(Nexen Chemicals Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Nexen is preparing to spin off its chemicals unit as an income trust that could fetch up to C$800 million ($650 million), according to a report in Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper. Nexen would not comment on the reports. Nexen has met with...

Ferro restates financial results after auditors' probe.(United States/Americas)
January 26, 2005... Ferro says it has restated its earnings from first-quarter 2004, as well as full-year 2003 results, following an investigation into "inappropriate accounting entries in its polymer additives business." KPMG, the company's external auditor,...

Dow to build two plants to expand automotive operations in midland.(United States/Americas)(Dow Chemical)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Dow Chemical says it will spend $100 million to build an adhesives and sealants plant, and an automotive filters production facility at Midland, MI over the next four years. Dow will begin the first phase of the project this year with...

Three more ethylene complexes in Qatar.(Europe/Mideast)
January 26, 2005... Qatar Petroleum Corp. (QPC; Doha) plans to build three more petrochemical complexes in Qatar by 2010 or just after, increasing the country's capacity to more than 5 million m.t./year of ethylene, CW has learned. Each complex will be a joint...

Dow, PIC may build cracker in Egypt.(Europe/Mideast)(Dow Chemical; Petrochemical Industries Co)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Dow Chemical and Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC; Kuwait City), joint owners of an ethylene complex in Kuwait, have teamed up again for an ethylene project in Egypt, local sources say. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding...

Hoyer buys Odfjell out of JV.(joint venture)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Logistics company Hoyer (Hamburg) says it has bought Odfjell's 50% stake in the companies' Hoyer-Odfjell (Rotterdam) tank container joint venture. Financial terms were not disclosed.

JM completes catalysts hike.(Johnson Matthey Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Johnson Matthey (JM) says it has completed a 2.5-million [pounds sterling] ($4.7 million) project at Billingham, U.K. to "significantly" expand capacity for the company's range of polymer catalysts. JM says its polymer catalysts business...

Fine chemical woes hit Siegfried.(business & finance news)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Siegfried (Zofingen, Switzerland) says its sales decreased 12% in 2004, to SF321 million ($270 million). Earnings were not disclosed. The company cites overcapacity in fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Reliance buys ethylene glycol plant; Ambani brothers' dispute heats up.(Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani)(Reliance Industries Ltd.; SM Dyechem Ltd.)
January 26, 2005... Reliance Industries says it has acquired the ethylene glycol (EG) business of food and petrochemicals company SM Dyechem (SMD; Mumbai) from Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI; Mumbai) for about Rs1.05 billion ($24 million). IDBI took...

Wacker buys resins business in China.(Wacker-Chemie GmbH)(Wuxi Xinda Fine Chemical)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Wacker-Chemie says it has acquired the 3-million [euro]/year ($4 million) polyvinyl acetate (PVA) solid resins business of Wuxi Xinda Fine Chemical (Wuxi, China). Wacker has established a new subsidiary, WPS Wuxi, to run the business. Demand...

PVC plant explodes in Beijing.(business and finance news)(Hua'er Co.)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... An explosion and fire ripped through the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant of Beijing Hua'er Co. on January 18, injuring seven workers. An investigation is under way, the company says. Beijing Hua'er is a subsidiary of Beijing Dongfang...

Indian Oil plans big cracker; Aramco may be a partner.(new construction projects)
January 26, 2005... Indian Oil Corp. (IOC; New Delhi) says it is studying a large refinery and petrochemical complex at Paradeep, India that would include a 1-million m.t./year ethylene plant. Engineers India (Mumbai) and Shell Global Solutions are assisting IOC...

Lummus, Novolen land contracts for ExxonMobil China JV.(new construction projects)(ABB Lummus Global)(Novolen Technology)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... ABB Lummus Global says it has been selected to supply cracking furnaces and technology for an 800,O00-m.t./year ethylene plant to be built at Quangang, China. The plant forms part of a 50-25-25 refining and petrochemicals joint venture of...

Merck plans liquid crystal expansion in Korea.(new construction projects)(Merck KGaA)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Merck KGaA says it will spend $10 million over the next five years to expand capacity at its Poseung, Korea liquid crystal mixing facility. Poseung is one of three Merck liquid crystal mixing units in Asia. The others are at Atsugi, Japan and...

Sonatrach short-lists firms for ethylene, methanol revamps.(new construction projects)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Entreprise Nationale d'Industrie, a subsidiary of Sonatrach (Algiers), says it has short-listed three companies for a management-consultancy contract for a project to revamp Sonatrach's Skikda, Algeria ethylene plant and Arzew, Algeria...

Pakistan firm builds hydrogen peroxide plant.(new construction projects)(Sitara Peroxide )(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Sitara Peroxide (Faisalabad, Pakistan) says it will build a 30,000-m.t./year hydrogen peroxide unit at Faisalabad, Pakistan. The unit is expected to cost PRs1 billion ($17 million) and be ready within 14 months, says Mian Imran Ghafoor, CEO...

Degussa breaks ground on China 'multi-user' site.(new construction projects)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Degussa says its coatings and colorants business unit has broken ground on a previously announced project to build a polyester resins plant at the company's planned "multi-user" site at Caojing, China (CW, Oct. 6, 2004, p. 7). The polyester...

Chicago Bridge secures Air Liquide contract.(new construction projects)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. says it has been awarded a contract by Air Liquide to build a 100-million cu ft/day hydrogen plant at Bayport, TX. Completion is due in summer 2006.

Bayer Technology lands Wacker order in China.(new construction projects)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Bayer Technology Services says it has been awarded a contract to build a previously announced spray-drying facility for Wacker Polymer Systems at Shanghai. The project covers construction of a world-scale spray-drying unit for polymer...

Soap and detergents: going the world over to clean.(Cover Story)
January 26, 2005... Soap and detergent makers say they are countering slow growth in the U.S. and Europe by expanding in developing countries, particularly in Asia. Acquisition and consolidation also continues as producers broaden product portfolios in core...

Surfactant volumes rebound but margin pressure remains.
January 26, 2005... Suppliers of surfactants to soap and detergents makers say demand exceeded expectations in 2004 after sluggish demand growth earlier in the decade. Raw material costs--particularly for products tied to linear akylbenzene (LAB) and ethylene...

International Specialty Products.(2005 Soap and Detergents profiles)
January 26, 2005... ADDITIVES * Polymeric Thickeners & Emulsifiers * Cosmetics INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS International Specialty Products (ISP) is one of the world's leading specialty chemical companies servicing the personal care and...

MonoSol: the water soluble film experts.(2005 Soap and Detergents profiles)
January 26, 2005... PACKAGING * Water Soluble Films Since introducing their first water soluble film in 1953, MonoSol LLC has been the world leader in the development and commercialization of specialty water-soluble polymer based films. Today, MonoSol...

Uniqema.(2005 Soap and Detergents profiles)
January 26, 2005... SURFACTANTS * Specialty Surfactants CREATING YOUR ADVANTAGE Uniqema offers a wide range of effect technology such as detergency, hydrotroping, emulsification, rinsability, and foam control to the Household, Industrial, and...

BASF: the chemical company.(2005 Soap and Detergents profiles)
January 26, 2005... ADDITIVES * Colors, Dyes & Pigments * Defoamers * Polymeric Thickeners & Emulsifiers * Raw Materials BUILDERS * Polymers PACKAGING * Preservatives RAW MATERIALS * Denaturants and Anti-Microbials...

Innnophos.(2005 Soap and Detergents profiles)
January 26, 2005... BUILDERS * Phosphates Innovation in Phosphates for Over a Century Our new name says it all... Introducing Innophos, the culmination of over a century of advancement in phosphate technology. Although our name may be new to...

Fine Chemical firms unveil biologics, niche investments.(Informex 2005)
January 26, 2005... A number of companies attending Socma's annual Informex expo, held last week in Las Vegas--including Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals (SAFC) and Aerojet Fine Chemical (Rancho Cordova, CA)--announced investments in biologics or in niche production...

Construction chemicals demand up.(specialties)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... U.S. construction chemicals demand is forecast to grow 5%lyear, to $7.5 billion in 2008, in line with the average growth rate during the last decade, says The Freedonia Group (Cleveland). Growth rates within the sector have shifted, however,...

Tikkurila to deliver R&H coatings.(specialties)(Rohm and Haas; Tikkurila Coatings Ltd.)
January 26, 2005... Rohm and Haas (R&H) says Tikkurila (Vantaa, Finland) will become its exclusive distributor for powder coatings in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Commonwealth of Independent States including Russia, the companies...

Specialty price watch.(specialties)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Rohm and Haas says it will raise prices of ion exchange resins, adsorbents, and catalysts by 5%-10%, effective February 1 or as contracts allow. "The price increase reflects the continuing run-up in taw material and energy costs, as well as...

Lubrizol to shut U.K. plant.(Lubricant Additives)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Lubrizol says it plans to close a lubricant additives plant at Bromborough, U.K. by the end of 2006. The move will result in annualized cost savings of $10 million, says James Hambrick, chair man, president, and CEO. The company says it will...

FCC prices on the rise at long last.(Catalysts)(fluid cracking catalysts )(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... W.R. Grace says it has raised prices for its fluid cracking catalysts (FCC) and FCC additives by 8%, effective January 12, in North America. It is the company's first price increase for those product lines in at least 20 years, says Gary...

CPChem outage should halt PS price declines.(Polymers)(Chevron Phillips Chemical Company L.P)
January 26, 2005... An unexpected outage at Chevron Phillip Chemical's (CPChem) high-impact polystyrene (PS) plant at Marietta, OH is expected to boost operating rates and stem declines in PS prices, market observers say. CPChem has declared force majeure on PS...

European caustic makers renew increases.(Chlor-Alkali)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... European chlor-alkali producers have announced a 50 [euro]/m.t. increase, effective February 1, citing low inventories and strong demand. Producers announced four consecutive increases of 50 [euro]/m.t. starting last September, which would...

Kemya completes PE expansion.(Al Jubail Petrochemical Co.)(polyethylene)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... ExxonMobil Chemical says it has comT pieted a polyethylene (PE) expansion at its Al Jubail Petrochemical (Kemya) joint venture with Sabic at Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, raising Kemya's PE capacity by 453,000 m.t./year to more than I million...

Basic chemical price watch.(basic chemicals & plastics)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Celanese and Dow Chemical are separately seeking off-list price increases of 3 cts/lb on n-propyl acetate and isopropyl acetate, and 4 cts/lb on n-propanol, effective February 1, or as contracts allow. The increases are 3%-5%. Dow's increases...

Phenol.(product focus)
January 26, 2005... Prices U.S. 72 cts-78 cts/lb del, fourth-quarter contracts EUROPE 970 [euro]-1,010 [euro]/m.t. del, fourth-quarter contracts ASIA/PACIFIC $1,200-$1,250/m.t. c&f Northeast Asia, spot Outlook World phenol demand hit 7.5...

CW price report.(Commentary)
January 26, 2005... Aromatics and feedstock prices rose again last week in line with a renewed strength in crude oil and energy prices, market sources say. Benzene gained 3 cts-5 cts/gal, to reach $2.90/gal fob for January; February cargoes were trading at...

CW75 stock performance.
January 26, 2005... The CW75 Index rose just over 1% for the week ending January 19, outpacing broader market indexes including the Morgan Stanley global composite index and Standard & Poor's 500, which both declined slightly. Basic chemical stocks...

Clariant.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... CLARIANT has made promotions in its masterbatches division: Wolfgang Schadt, as head of regional business unit Europe north, which encompasses Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia, Switzerland, and the U.K.; Luigi Taglioretti, as...

Cyro Industries.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... CYRO INDUSTRIES has made appointments: Stephen J. Costanzo, as national sales manager/sheet department; Joseph T. Dubinski, as business manager/sheet department; and Steven J. Vaccaro, who will be responsible for the direction of sign sales...

Arkema Inc.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... George Cornelius has been elected president and CEO of ARKEMA INC., the U.S. subsidiary of Arkema. Cornelius was previously v.p. and general counsel of Arkema Inc.

JSC International.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... JSC INTERNATIONAL has appointed Richard Elsmore as manager of its biocide regulatory affairs group.

Clorox.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... CLOROX has elected of Carolyn M. Ticknor to its board of directors. Ticknor was formerly president of Hewlett-Packard's imaging and printing business.

Dak Americas.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... DAK AMERICAS has appointed Kevin Harrison as technical marketing representative/PET resins. Harrison was previously v.p. and general manager at Wentworth Mold.

Lumera.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... LUMERA has named Jim Richey as senior advisor/business development, and named Charles T. Campbell to its scientific advisory board.

Airgas names Molinini executive v.p. and COO.(key changes)(Michael L. Molinini new executive vice president)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... Airgas says it has appointed Michael L. Molinini as executive v.p. and COO. He replaces president and COO Glenn M. Fischer, who resigned from the company on January 14. Fischer resigned to pursue other opportunities outside of Airgas, a...

Entegris.(key changes)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... ENTEGRIS has named Michael W. Wright president. Wright will retain his responsibilities as COO.

Chemical Financial Corp.(key changes)(Gary E. Anderson appointed to board of directors)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... CHEMICAL FINANCIAL CORP. has appointed Gary E. Anderson to its board of directors. Anderson is chairman of Dow Coming.

Rohm and Haas.(key changes)(Kenya Watanabe appointed as operations head)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... ROHM AND HAAS has named Kenya Watanabe to head the company's operations in Japan. Watanabe currently heads the packaging and finishing technologies and circuit board technologies businesses for electronic materials in Japan and Korea, and is...

Nalco Holding.(key changes)(Daniel S. Sanders appointed to board of directors)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... NALCO HOLDING has elected Daniel S. Sanders to its board of directors. Sanders was formerly president of ExxonMobil Chemical.

Chr. Hansen.(key changes)(Roy Riley and lain Grant appointed as technical sales representative and account manager respectively)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... CHR. HANSEN has made appointments: Roy Riley, technical sales representative/ fermented dairy ingredient products; and lain Grant, account manager/Ontario and Quebec. Riley was most recently a senior account representative. Grant was formerly...

Hercules.(key changes)(Paul C. Raymond appointed as president)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... HERCULES has appointed Paul C. Raymond as v.p./Hercules Inc. and president, pulp and paper division. Raymond was previously v.p. and general manager of Honeywell Electronic Materials.

Reichhold.(key changes)(Jeff Danneman, Rick Caldwell, Tim Takas and Carol Williams appointed as business development respresentatives)(Carol Will)(Brief Article)
January 26, 2005... REICHHOLD has made appointments: Jeff Danneman and Carol Williams, as business development representatives/alkyds and oils; Rick Caldwell, as business development representative/urethanes and acrylics; and Tim Takas, as business development...

Meetings.(Calendar)
January 26, 2005... AMERICAS February 8-10 WASHINGTON, DC Environmental Council of the States' Toxics Release Inventory 2005. Tel: 202 624 3662. www.ecos.org February 9-11 NEW ORLEANS Applied Market Information's Thermoplastic Concentrates...

A relationship on the rails.(viewpoint)
January 19, 2005... The deadly crash of a Norfolk Southern train carrying chlorine in South Carolina earlier this month could open up another dispute between chemical companies and the rail industry this time over the safety of hazardous materials...

Valspar names Mansfield CEO.(William Mansfield )(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Valspar says COO William Mansfield will succeed Richard Rompala as president and CEO effective February 23, 2005. Rompala will continue as chairman, the company says. Mansfield, 56, joined Valspar in 1984. He was named COO in April 2004 with...