Bayer. (Fibers, Additives and Rubber Div. to stop production at its polychloroprene facility in...

HEADNOTE THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST PROACTIVE IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO ENSURE SAFE HANDLING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ITS PRODUCTS. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 The concept of responsible care in the chemical industry was first introduced by the Canadian Chemical Producers in 1986. In the US, the Chemical ......

Catalysis plays a dominant role in industrial chemical manufacturing. Complementary research in academic laboratories can be instrumental in initiating technology breakthroughs. The importance of catalysis to the chemical industry is enormous. An estimated 90 per cent of chemical production processes are based on catalytic technologies [1], encompassing four major market ......

IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Lyondell Builds Pilot Plant for Direct Route to Propylene Oxide Lyondell Chemical Co. (Houston, TX; www.lyondell.com) is building a pilot plant at its technology center in Newtown Square, PA, to further develop its one-step, direct oxidation propylene-oxide (PO) process. The pilot plant will be the final demonstration ......

Business on the nonpharmaceutical side of custom chemical manufacturing has perked up over the past year. The previously lackluster agricultural chemicals market, for example, is showing new life, as are specialty monomers and polymers, and polymer additives. But soaring energy and raw materials costs, overcapacity and competition from Asia are ......

ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC. Metablen MBS impact modifiers for rigid PVC bottles, sheet, film, and injection molding. FDA-approved for food-grade PVC. Metablen S weatherable silicone-acrylic impact modifiers for high-performance rigid PVC applications such as sheet, profiles, and injection molding. Metablen P acrylic processing aids used in any rigid PVC applications as ......

ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC. ORGANIC CHEMICALS DIV. Metablen MBS impact modifiers for rigid PVC bottles, sheet, film, and injection molding. FDA-approved for food-grade PVC. Metablen S weatherable silicone-acrylic impact modifiers for high-performance rigid PVC applications such as sheet, profiles, and injection molding. Metablen P acrylic processing aids used in any rigid ......

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the world's largest tire company, filed suit alleging price fixing and anticompetitive behavior against 12 companies in the United States and Europe. The suit, filed in federal court in Akron, Ohio, said the companies violated the Sherman antitrust Act on sales of EPDM (ethylene propylene ......