Chemical Week

Chemical Week, Vol.161, No.24 Entire volume, number list

ISSN: 0009-272X (Print)

In this Issue (56 articles)

3 - 3	IT can＇t stop for Y2K Mullin R
9 - 9	Antitrust - Great Lakes under investigation Moore SK, Hume C
9 - 9	Water treatment - Degremont buys Calgon, becomes top-three player Hume C, Moore SK
11 - 11	Companies - Goodrich to become Inrich Wood A
11 - 11	Nafta - Methanex seeks compensation for California MTBE ban Sissell K, Adams J
11 - 11	Community relations - Baltimore offer gets mixed reviews Walsh K
11 - 11	Phthalates - DEHP studies stir controversy Sissell K
14 - 14	Metallocenes - Dow, Exxon settle patent dispute out of court Wood A, Fairley P
14 - 14	Pharmaceuticals - Solvay buys US business Walsh K
16 - 16	Companies - Analysts lower Carbide estimates Nielsen K
16 - 16	Finance - Junk rating for Huntsman debt Nielsen K
17 - 17	Intermediates - Producers post increases for propylene derivatives Terry L
18 - 18	Companies - Nova to use Dynergy proceeds to pay down debt Orshal J, Fairley P
20 - 20	Biotechnology - Chiroscience and Celltech combine Scott A
20 - 20	Global warming - Bonn talks fail to clinch deal; Sector pressures UK government Scott A
20 - 20	South Africa - Merck acquires reagents business from AECI subsidiary Young I
20 - 20	Restructuring - Dow and Shell in talks to form PET alliance Alperowicz N
21 - 21	Polyethylene - Elenac signs toll deal with Chevron, considers ethylene investments Alperowicz N
21 - 21	Specialties - Hoechst sets timetable for Clariant sale Hume C
24 - 24	Polypropylene - BP Amoco and Atochem confirm alliance Alperowicz N
24 - 24	Health and safety - WHO puts chemicals on agenda; Industry offers partnership Scott A
25 - 25	Plastics - Plastics blender adds polymer unit Noor-Drugan N
25 - 25	Hydrofluorocarbons - ICI expands global HFC-134a capacity as demand and prices recover Noor-Drugan N
27 - 27	Fibers - Toray buys Korean polyester stake Mollet A
27 - 27	India - IPCL links with Indian Oil, may sell plastics stake to GE Young I
27 - 27	Australia - High costs hinder Pilbara petrochemical project Young I
28 - 28	Sabic to enter acetic acid business [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Albemarle plans metallocene catalysts in Japan [Anonymous]
28 - 28	JG Summit suspends cracker project [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Hindustan organic plans phenol plant [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Tongling Chemical seeks JV project partners [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Mitsubishi postpones Venezuela methanol [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Air products expands amine catalyst capacity [Anonymous]
28 - 28	BASF builds formaldehyde at German site [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Toyo wins Adnoc Chlor-Alkali; Tecnimont gets PE [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Krupp Uhde awarded Targor PP contract [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Tirtamas invites Pertamina to join Petchem project [Anonymous]
28 - 28	Shin-Etsu hikes silicones capacity [Anonymous]
31 - 34	Y2K minus six months - Are all systems go? Mullin R, Orshal J, Schmitt B
33 - 33	Where in the world is the millennium bug? [Anonymous]
34 - 34	Industry vows to avoid the courts [Anonymous]
37 - 37	Coatings - Southwall plans German foray Moore SK
37 - 37	Food additives - Yeast rises at DSM Hume C
39 - 39	Electronic chemicals - Low-K hits the road Moore SK
40 - 40	Acetic acid - Celanese seeks new customers Terry L
40 - 40	Polyethylene - Dow declares force majeure Noor-Drugan N
42 - 42	Polymers - Vinyl prices rebound on tighter supply Adams J
44 - 44	Leading indicator Pearlman A
45 - 45	Price commentary [Anonymous]
46 - 46	Risk reduction - Survey tallies plant safety Sissell K
46 - 46	Research - Making enzyme catalysts ＇evolve＇ Scott A
47 - 49	Fine chemical intermediates - Harnessing biocatalysts to make complex drugs Scott A
50 - 50	Rational routes to antisense drugs Scott A
52 - 52	Management - Sellers launch a pricing assault Westervelt R
56 - 56	Logistics - Weak start for Stinnes IPO Orshal J
56 - 56	Energy - Dynegy to merge with Illinova Orshal J