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Articles in July, 1998 issue of Chemical Market Reporter

• Roma in Alliance.3/vv254/pp33(1)/lCANAM19980729/tRoma in Alliance.
• POTASH CORPORATION..20963791/vv254/pp19(1)/lCANAM19980729/tPOTASH CORPORATION.
• CISAPRIDE.9/vv254/pp14(1)/lCANAM19980729/tCISAPRIDE.
• BTX.pp11(1)/lCANAM19980729/tBTX.
• AET Buys Montell's OPP Films for $220 MM.
• Hiring Rises in Chemical Industry.
• NL Industries Buys ICI's [TiO.sub.2] Business In NA for $250 Million.
  by Tullo, Alex
• Amway Asia Pacific Suffers Heavy Losses.
• NAM Urges Congressional Action on R&D Tax Break.
  by Hess, Glenn
• Praxair Buys Smaltiriva SpA, Boosting Coatings.
• ALLIEDSIGNAL.
• DESIRUDIN.
• LATE SPOT PRICES.
• Prayon Buys Rhodia's Share of JV, Gets Full Ownership of Europhos.
• Spate of Recent Drug Recalls Raises Red Flag.
• DuPont Builds Corian Plant.
• Study Warns [CO.sub.2] Regulations Would Threaten US Economy.
• Opponents Block Liability Bill; CMA Claims Victory in Senate.
  by Hess, Glenn
• Natural Products Hold Their Own in Drug Discovery.
  by Ortega, Teresa
• ICT Earns Japanese Award.(INTERNATIONAL CATALYST Technology Co. is recognized for developing an emission control catalyst for lean-burn engine technologies by Catalysts Society of Japan)
• Ag Biotech Arena Enters Period of Rapid Change.(AGRICULTURAL biotechnology industry)
  by Papanikolaw, Jim
• DOC, SPI Push Trade.(US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE and Society of the Plastics Industry invite US companies to participate in US plastics industry trade mission to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, September 7 to 11, 1998)
• HARLEY CHEMICALS.(HARLEY CHEMICALS introduces two industrial cleaners containing orange peel solvents)(Product Announcement)
• VCM.(domestic vinyl chloride monomer pricing continues downward due to weak export markets and continued weakness in prices for its feedstocks)
• NUTRINOVA.(NUTRINOVA Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH to increase its sorbic acid capacity to 11,000 tons per year in 1998)
• Air Liquide Contract.(AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA Corp. signs contract with Marathon Ashland Petroleum to supply oxygen to Marathon's Garyville, La., refinery)
• TNRCC Seeks Changes in Laws Covering Grandfathered Sites.(TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE Conservation Commission seeks air pollution law exemptions for chemical industry)
  by Richards, Don
• DuPont, OCI Deal Nixed.(E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & Co. and OCI Chemical Corporation terminate sales of DuPont's Memphis, Tenn. and Maitland, Ontario-based hydrogen peroxide business)
• Morton to Buy Corneil
• AVERY DENNISON
• NL Industries Buys ICI's [TiO.sub.2] Business In NA for $250 Million
  by TULLO, ALEX
• LATE SPOT PRICES
• Hoechst Sells Division
• ETHYLENE
• Akzo Acquires Coatings Maker
• Hercules Picks Distributor
• JAPAN'S TOYO.9/vv254/pp20(1)/lCANAM19980729/tJAPAN'S TOYO.
• Phosphorus Derivatives Industry Braces for Possible Restructuring.
  by Brown, Robert
• Decision-Support Advances With New Capabilities.
  by Scheraga, Dan
• OM GROUP's.7/vv254/pp10(1)/lCANAM19980729/tOM GROUP's.
• ICI First Half Profits Helped By Strength of Its Specialties.
• Impact of Global Warming Distorted by Flawed Models.
  by Richards, Don
• Mycogen RP Ag Alliance..20963733/vv254/pp3(1)/lCANAM19980729/tMycogen RP Ag Alliance.
• Rohm and Haas Earns Award.
• Mitsubishi and Mitsui To Sell Drugs in China.
• Dow Strengthens Chelants Business.
  by Scheraga, Dan
• TITANIUM DIOXIDE.
• Government to Review Anti-Dumping Duties.
• Inventories Hurt Tall Oil, Asian Crisis Slows Demand.
  by Papanikolaw, Jim
• Dexter Stays the Course Despite Slowdown in Asia.
• Quaker Sets Brazil Growth Through Siderquimica JV.
  by Thurston, Charles
• Henkel Enters US Personal Care Market.
  by Harvilicz, Helena
• CMA Calling for Passage Of Chemical Weapons Bill.
• Wall Street Turning Cautious On Specialty Chemicals Sector.
  by Chang, Joseph
• Hercules Picks Distributor.(HERCULES INC.'s Aqualon Div. appoints Ribelin Sales Inc. to distribute its Natrosol, hydroxyethylcellulose and Natrosol Plus, hydrophobically modified HEC products to the coatings industry in Florida)
• Techmer Opens New Color Plant.(TECHMER PM LLC opens plant in Gainesville, Ga., to provide custom color and additive concentrates to the fiber industry)
• PLASTICS PRICES.(Bulk Prices in June 1998)(tabular information only)
• Clean Shower Faces Competition.(Clean Shower LP's product "Clean Shower" is composed of the chelant ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)
  by Harvilicz, Helena
• ETHYLENE GLYCOL.(two ethylene glycol producers to raise prices for antifreeze grade, industrial grade and fiber grade ethylene glycol effective July 1, 1998)
• BOC GROUP.(BOC GROUP to sell Odda Smelteverk to Philipp Brothers Chemicals Inc.)
• DuPont Buys Merck Interest.(E.I. DU PONT de Nemours & Co. acquires Merck & Co.'s interest in their 50/50 joint venture, Du Pont Pharmaceutical Co.)
• BASF Devises Nafta PS Strategy As Market Braces for Oversupply.(polystyrene)
  by Tullo, Alex
• KMG Buys Allied Creosote.(ALLIEDSIGNAL INC. signs 10-year agreement to sell creosote production of its carbon materials and technologies business to KMG Chemicals Inc.)
• Hercules Completes Buy
• US Cottonseed Oil Market Braces for Dismal Harvest
  by PAPANIKOLAW, JIM
• Mycogen RP Ag Alliance
• Wall Street Outlook for Majors Is Gloomy in the Second Quarter
  by CHANG, JOSEPH
• Dow Stays on Course In South Korea
• Arco Sells Polyol Unit To BASF Subsidiary
• PROFILE CORRECTION..20963805/vv254/pp33(1)/lCANAM19980729/tPROFILE CORRECTION.
• Revamp of Federal Legislation Gains.
• WITCO.pp16(1)/lCANAM19980729/tWITCO.
• MTBE.pp11(1)/lCANAM19980729/tMTBE.
• Swiss Spec Giants Post Modest Gains.
• Lyondell Buys Out Arco..20963747/vv254/pp7(1)/lCANAM19980729/tLyondell Buys Out Arco.
• Ashland Alters Administrative Shape To Match Restructuring of Operations.
• Henkel Promotes Two In Merged Businesses.
• EPA.
• COSMAIR INC.
• CANHORN CHEMICAL.

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