Table of Contents

Cover Story

China: Securing its Place in the World Arena

Newsbriefs

Top of the Week

Hurricane Damage Minimal, But Power, Rail Woes Persist

Westlake Plans Louisiana Chlor-Alkali Plant

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

Study Finds BPA Can Alter Brain Function in Primates

Explosion Kills One, Injures One at Bayer WV Plant

Hedge Funds Prod Hexion to Close Huntsman Deal

California Bill Regulates Chemicals in Products

Europe/Mideast

Ciba Forms Mideast Plastics Additive Joint Venture

BASF to Divest Styrenics as 'A Global Unit'

Management Team Buys Out Warwick International

Asia/Pacific

Falling Ethylene Demand Forces More Cracker Cuts

DSM to Close Citric Acid Facility in China

ExxonMobil Signs Specialties Pact in Singapore

CW75

Chemical Stocks Stumble

New Construction Projects

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

Codexis, Arch Pharmalabs Expand Collaboration

Chinese Firm to Supply APIs to Boehringer

Siegfried Posts Higher Earnings and Flat Sales

Specialty Chemicals

Kao, Kanebo to Integrate Logistics by 2010

Frutarom's Sales Up for Second Quarter

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

More Soda Ash Price Increases Announced

Digest

Product Focus

Styrene

CW Price Report

Regulatory

GAO Report Eyes EPA Oversight of Safety Board

Canada Lists Four More Chemicals to be Regulated

Texas Fines LyondellBasell for Air Violations

Departments

Viewpoint

Key Changes

Vital Statistics

Growth Rebounds

Features

Marketplace

Chemical Week - September 1/8, 2008 Index