Volume 171 • Number 4
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dubbed cradle-to-cradle (C2C)
manufacturing, is gaining traction
even beyond industry as some
retailers and government officials
advocate C2C as the basis for the
next industrial revolution.
● Informex: Fine and specialty
chemical firms view 2009 with
‘guarded pessimism’
● Wal-Mart limits phosphates, expands packaging initiative
● OxyChem to close Kentucky PVC site
● PlastIndia: India’s plastics industry to expand through 2015
● Clariant to cut 1,000 jobs as revenues decline
● Borealis sells
melamine resin business in Italy
● Mitsui closes aniline, EG plants; plans Hexene unit
8 Dow posts sharp loss; Lays out defense in R&H case
9 Chemical profits tumble as demand drops
9 Oil firms’ chemical earnings take a hit
10 CF Industries’ bid for Terra turns hostile
12 DuPont, Nippon
Kayaku sign joint
development deal
13 Confusion sets in as product safety law deadline nears
13 Solutia provides fourth-quarter estimates
15 BASF may divest leather and textile chemicals business
15 Antwerp HPPO:
Victim of the downturn?
16 Recession cuts leading petchem firms’ profits
● Singapore aromatics complex faces holdup
● BorsodChem considers delaying completion of TDI plant
● Finnish firm awarded contract to build sulfuric acid plant in Chile
● Bayer breaks ground on carbon nanotube facility
● India’s GACL to establish petrochemical jv
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