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Presents quotations for prices of chemicals and related materials in the United States for the week ended March 13, 1998. Chemical name; Price; Quantity.

Presents a chart reflecting spot quotations and list prices of suppliers of chemicals and related materials in the United States for the week ended September 26, 1997. Name of chemical; Range of prices.

Lists the prices of various chemicals in the United States for the week ended July 25, 1997.

Presents a compilation of price quotations for chemicals posted in the United States for the week ended July 4, 1997. INSET: Abbreviations..

Lists chemical prices posted in the United States for the week ending February 7, 1997. Chemical name; Price ranges. INSET: Abbreviations..

Focuses on the performance of Tetra Technologies Inc. in its links with blue-chip companies and strategy for upgrading low-value raw materials. Financial data of the company; Largest unit of the company; Brief history of the company; Chemicals that are the main area of focus of Tetra.

Reports on Stepan Co.'s plan to focus on specialty surfactants and overseas markets which offer the best opportunity for growth. Sales and earnings posted for 1997; Plan to increase prices and improve the efficiency of the company's plants; Progress at its plants in the Philippines and Europe.

Focuses on changes at Akzo Nobel NV's surface chemistry business unit. Completion of the expansion and modernization of Akzo's ethylene oxide plant in Sweden; Comments from company executives; Plans to invest at its Itupeva, Brazil, plant to meet strong demand for cationic surfactants used in consumer products; Joint ventures in Asia. INSET: Surface chemistry..

Reports that Rhone-Poulenc's household and personal care products business is set to become part of the Rhodia company when shares are sold to the public later in 1998. Growth of earnings since 1994; Function of the enterprise as an autonomous company; Rhodia as a clear leader in the Asian market; Rhodia's customer-related goal.

Reports on the expansion and acquisition moves of Sterling Chemicals Holdings Inc. Corporate background; Greater flexibility and access to the financial world provided by the company's private nature; Flagship products; Roster of clients; Debt load; Acquisition approach; Reduced volatility through alliances and new businesses; Target industries; Values of current projects.

Discusses the role of the chemical industry in the maintenance of the economic well-being of the United States and other industrialized countries. Percentage involvement in manufacturing; Contribution to the country's balance of trade; Investment in environmental controls; Production of agricultural products, chemicals and fertilizers.

Reports on Ferro Corp.'s restructuring program aimed at boosting its share of the specialty plastics market. Consolidation of plants worldwide; Employment reduction; Goal of increasing gross margins by 1999.

Features National Starch & Chemical Corp.'s Alco Chemical division. Presence of the division in the acrylic polymer market; History of the division; National Starch's share in the specialty chemicals business; Key factor contributing to the division's growth; Alco's major chemical products. INSET: Dithiocarbamates..

Reports on the specialty chemicals industry performance of Georgia-Pacific Resins Inc. in the United States. Increase in sales in 1996; Percentage of the specialty chemicals produced by the company sold to its parent, Georgia-Pacific Corp. and other forest product customers.

Reports on Huls America Inc.'s plan to construct a chemical plant for isophorone as part of its buildup in the specialty isocyanate business in the United States. Design plans for the plant; Locations considered; Background on Huls' isophrone production; Implications of the move for the isophrone diisocyanate market.

Describes Hatco Corp.'s strategic plan for growth in the high-technology synthetic lubricants business. Hatco's response to Monsanto Co.'s decision to end a contract to produce a key intermediate for Monsanto's NutraSweet brand aspartame; Deal with Huls Corp.; Plan to expand the synthetic lubricants market using Hatco's Fords specialty chemicals plant.

Reports on the future plans of Jon M. Huntsman, chairman and chief executive officer of Huntsman Corp., after completing $1.2 billion worth of acquisitions. Goal of doubling revenues by the end of 2001; Acquisition of Texaco Inc.'s propylene oxide/MTBE business; Purchase of Rexene Corp.

Reports on Hercules Inc.'s decision not to get out of the resins business. Background information on the company; Competitors' claims on the company's weakness in terms of lack of integration into rosin's feedstocks; Comments from vice president and general manager R. Michael Alberts on the company's decision.

Discusses problems encountered by hydroxide peroxide makers during the expansion process. Result of unprecedented expansions; Delay of the expansion projects due to the collapse of the pulp industry; Decline of the public's demand for recycled content papers; Drop of the market prices.

Reports on AlliedSignal Inc.'s plan to double its specialty chemicals business. Details of the company's specialty chemicals business expansion plans; Company's reorganization of its specialty chemicals division.

Reports on JLM Industries Inc.'s plans of expanding the company's presence in the phenol market in the United States. Focus on expanding the manufacturing operations of the company; Annual sales performance; Need to double phenol capacity to maintain the company's market share.

Highlights Albright & Wilson Americas Inc.'s confidence about the continued growth of the detergent phosphate business. Sales posted by the company; Setback for the Mexican phosphate business; General phosphate decline in United States; Stake in the Mexican phosphate producer Troy Grupo Industrial; Production capability; Growth strategy.

Details Occidental Chemical Corp.'s continuing efforts to become a major player in the halogenated aromatic business by investing more than 70 million dollars in its complex in Niagara Falls, New York. Part of a larger plan by the company to expand its specialty chemical business; Upgrade of three existing facilities; Aspects of the expansion plan.

Reports on Unilever PLC's plan to sell its four specialty chemical businesses. Company's aim to focus on its consumer goods operations; Combined annual sales of the properties; Prospective buyers; Remarks of co-chairman Niall FitzGerald.

Looks into Union Carbide Corp's commodity and specialty surfactants businesses. Drive for a low-cost position in the commodities market through its nonylphenol ethoxylates product line; Efforts to seek research-driven differentiation in a wide range of surfactant products.

Discusses Hoechst AG's efforts to put some of its businesses in proper places following the formation of Hoechst Marion Roussel and the proposed merger of its specialty chemical activities with Clariant AG. Hoechst chairman Juergen Dormann's comments about the future of certain stray businesses; Important aspects of the deal.

Focuses on Witco Corp.'s expectation to maintain or increase sales over the next few years despite embarking on a significant restructuring. Number of plants that will be shutdown due to the restructuring; Number of jobs that will be eliminated; Remarks of Witco executive E. Gary Cook about the company's five-year goal and the restructuring efforts.

Discusses the plan of Monsanto Co.'s chemical unit to enter the phenol business with a new technology that produces phenol directly from benzene. Key features of the one-step process developed by Monsanto in cooperation with Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in Siberia; Plan to use the phenol in the production of adipic acid; Location for the phenol plant.

Reports on Dow Plastics' performance in 1996 which is comparable to its record-setting 1995. Plans for expansion; Increase in volume of production; Financial performance in 1996; Industry trends that contributed to the success of the company according to Dow Chemical Co. vice-president for marketing Richard E. Sosville.

Focuses on plans for the expansion of the cyclic guanosime monophosphate (cGMP) development capability of the pharmaceutical intermediates facility of AlliedSignal Inc.'s specialty chemicals business in Seelze, Germany. Highlights of the multi-million dollar expansion; Rationale behind the expansion; Acquisition of the Iropharm Ltd. as part of the expansion thrust.

Announces Mallinckrodt Group Inc.'s plans of selling its catalyst business to Engelhard Corp. for $210 million. Mallinckrodt's decision to concentrate on healthcare; Product lines.

Reports on the plans of Napp Technologies Inc. for the Coventry, Rhode Island plant of Hoechst Celanese Corp. Structures and facilities available at the plant; Napp's revival of Hoechst's generic bulk actives manufacturing to boost its own bulk actives business.

Reports on the plan of ChemFirst Inc. to acquire chemical mechanical planarization assets for semiconductor production from both Moyco Technologies Inc. and Baikowskie Chimie through its EKC Technology Inc. subsidiary. Value of the deals; Terms of the agreement; Background on EKC.

Reports on the purchase of International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) on Polaroid Corp.'s Freetown, Massachusetts fine chemicals facility. ISP's agreement to supply Polaroid with specialty polymers and dyestuff; Comments on the acquisition; ISP's plan for expansion.

Reports on LaRoche Industries Inc.'s plans to acquire Celanese Corp.'s chloralkali business as part of its international expansion efforts. Assets included in the acquisition agreement; LaRoche's other chloralkali properties.

Focuses on the closing of Huntsman Corp. of its polysterene plant. Reason for the closure; Capacity of the plant.

Reports on developments in the American detergent industry as of June 9, 1997.

Introduces a new dry cleaning method using carbon dioxide and silicone surfactants which was launched at the garment-care trade show, Clean 1997. Elimination of solvent use; Joseph DiSimone as inventor.

Reports that Norman Fox and Co. is producing a new non-ionic amide.

Focuses on Church and Dwight Co.'s industrial and electronic cleaning products business operations. Company's marketing of its inorganic cleaning products.

Reports on developments related to detergent industry as of June 2, 1997. Includes Nutech Corp.'s release of its newly formulated amino-functional silicone softener base NuLastic 810; Arco Chemical Co.'s development of an industrial cleaners formulations guide.

Presents a chart depicting prices of oils and fats as of May 26, 1997. Vegetable oils and crude vegetable oils; Fats and greases; Oilmeals.

Reports that Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. will increase the offlist price of its Phosflex nonhalogenated phosphate esters on June 1, 1997.

Reports on the 1997 second quarter earnings of American specialty chemical companies. Increases in the net income of W.R. Grace Co. and M.A. Hanna Co.; Disappointment of Cabot Corp. in their carbon black sales.

Reports that Dow Chemical Co. is launching a new heat transfer fluid called Dowtherm RP which can be used for high-temperature applications. Benefits of the new product to low-pressure petrochemical plants; Competition of the product with partially hydrogenated terphenyl and dibenzyl toluene fluids.

Reports on developments related to detergent industry in the United States as of April 28, 1997. Includes Ciba Specialty Chemicals' expansion of its triclosan production capacity; International Specialty Products Inc.'s introduction of its new hairstyling resin.

Reports that Rhone-Poulenc has appointed Al Gabbianelli as manager of applications development and Martha Tate as senior staff scientist in the company's personal care business.

Focuses on plans by PQ Corp. to construct a facility in Gurnee, Illinois in a bid to alter the global dynamics of the silicate industry. Estimates of PQ's worldwide sales; Three-pronged strategy designed by company; Views of industrial chemicals division marketing manager Rosalyn T. Kutchins.

Focuses on Baker Hughes Inc.'s acquisition of Petrolite Corp., an oilfield chemical producer. Important aspects of the agreement between Baker Hughes, Petrolite and Wm. S. Barnickel & Co.; Impact on stock value of the each merging company; Worth of the transaction.

Presents news items relating to the plastics and coatings market in the United States as of January 27, 1997.