Table of Contents

Cover Story

Mitsubishi Chemical: Rebuilding Profitability

Newsbriefs

Top of the Week

Basic Earnings Remain Strong Amid Challenges

Hexion Widens Loss; Says Huntsman Deal Unlikely

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

Profits Rise at Late-Reporting Specialty Firms

Dow AgroSciences Buys Seed Maker and Affiliate

Monsanto Seeks Buyer for Posilac Growth Hormone

Asset Sales Boost Georgia Gulf Profits

BP and Verenium Form Biofuel Alliance

R&H Courted Dow and Other Potential Bidders in June

Koppers Agrees to Sell Coke Plant to ArcelorMittal

Solutia Launches Secondary Public Offering

Europe/Mideast

Higher Demand, Selling Prices Boost Earnings

EU Probes Arsenal's Purchase of DSM Unit

Is BASF Seeking to Buy Linde?

Asia/Pacific

Profits Fall for Major Japanese Chemical Firms

New Construction Projects

SFO of the Year

Matthias Zachert, CFO of Lanxess

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

WeylChem to Add Industrial-Scale Manufacture

Lonza Forms Engineering Unit in China

Otsuka Chemical to Buy American Peptide

Cambrex Profits Fall on Low Generic API Sales

Specialty Chemicals

Flavor and Fragrance Makers Post Sales Gains

Croda, Biotech Firm Sign Marine R&D Pact

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

LyondellBasell Sells Sarnia Site to Shell

Digest

Product Focus

LLDPE-HDPE

CW Price Report

Regulatory

Lawmakers Seek Withdrawal of Workplace Exposure Rule

EU Proposes New Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances

EPA Offers Reduced Fines for Newly Bought Plants

CW75

Chemical Stocks Decline

Departments

Viewpoint

Key Changes

Leading Indicator

Indicator Falls

The Back Page

The 5-Minute Interview: Achim Steiner

Features

Marketplace

Chemical Week - August 11/18, 2008 Index