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• CW75 stock performance.(Illustration)

  - 2003-03-19

  The CW75 slipped 1% last week, approaching its 52-week low of 85.77 reached on October 9, amid concerns about rising costs, and investor jitters across all regions. The CW75 faired better than the Morgan Stanley world composite and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes, however; they fell...

  Tags: 3M Co., Agrium Inc., Akzo Nobel N.V., BASF AG, Clorox Co., E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Genencor, Lyondell Chemical Co., MacDermid Inc., Millennium Chemicals Inc., NOVA Chemicals Corp., PPG Industries, Rhodia

• CW75 stock performance.(CW75 fell slightly last week, but still outpaced broad indexes)(Illustration)

  - 2003-01-22

  The CW75 slipped slightly last week, but continued to outpace broad indexes, including the S&P 500, and the worldwide Morgan Stanley Composite Index MSCI. The basic chemicals sector had the strongest showing, beating diversified and specialty chemicals stocks. Basic stocks tend to pay higher dividends, and...

  Tags: Agrium Inc., Akzo Nobel N.V., BASF AG, Bayer AG, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Genencor, H.B. Fuller Co., Imperial Chemical Industries Plc., Molecular Inc., PPG Industries, Rhodia

• Personalizing paint: Suppliers race for technical superiority in paint and coatings, allowing OEMs to move beyond batch painting into mass-customized finishes - Process/Painting and Coating

  - 2002-04-01

  Imagine a world where consumers can match their car to their favorite pumpkin orange shirt or guilt-red lipstick, making their vehicle color an extension of their personality. Or a world where automakers have a large paint palette with machinery that doesn't require expensive purging and cleaning between color applications....

  Tags: BASF AG, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., PPG Industries

• Leveraging Innovation: Specialties Firms Reembrace R&D. (Cover Story).(Cabot Microelectronics key example)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-12-19

  To INVENT A BRILLIANT NEW product and grow it into a big, money-spinning business, has been the classic inspiration for specialty chemicals makers. The bad news is that much of the sector has fallen short of that vision during the past decade, and 2001 results are almost...

  Tags: BASF AG, DSM, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., PPG Industries

• Paints and Coatings.(industry overview)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-11-07

  Weatherproofing for Stormy Markets PAINTS AND COATINGS PRODUCERS say they are weathering an economic storm that has sent worldwide sales in their $60-billion industry plummeting and made price hikes difficult. U.S. safes are down 4% so far this year. Companies say they have been...

  Tags: Akzo Nobel N.V., BASF AG, PPG Industries

• PU lenses gain markets.(International Pages)

  - 2000-06-01

  PHOENIX, ARIZONA--Simula Inc. of Phoenix expects significant new markets for its polyurethane for lenses, in prescription eyewear, sunglasses and sportswear, following licencing deals signed with PPG Industries in the US and Intercast Europe. Pittsburgh-based PPG will combine Simula's polyurethane materials with its monomer...

  Tags: BASF AG, chlorine, Ford Motor Co., Italy, Phoenix Technologies, PPG Industries, prescription, SALES

• WITH A BID FOR COURTAULDS ON THE TABLE, AKZO BUYS BASF DECO.

  - 1998-06-01

  A major restructuring is taking place in the European paints industry, with Akzo Nobel of The Netherlands and PPG Industries of the USA competing for the centre position. Following Akzo's firm 1.8 billion [pounds sterling] bid for the UK group Courta A major restructuring is taking...

  Tags: BASF AG, PPG Industries

• Global concentrates. (consolidation in the paints and coatings industry)(Coatings 97)(Industry Overview)

  - 1997-11-03

  There is no rest for the top global producers of paints and coatings. Athough not matching the M&A activity of last year, the industry is nevertheless experiencing continued restructuring and consolidation. This is particularly apparent in Asia, Eastern Europe and South America, where regional paint makers...

  Tags: Akzo Nobel N.V., BASF AG, Courtaulds, PPG Industries, Sherwin-Williams

• European companies take a world view: getting a firm grasp on global marketing. (Paints & Coatings)

  - 1994-10-12

  The recession in Europe is still continuing and so is the slump in the paint and coatings industries there. Output decreased in several major countries, including France, Italy and Spain in 1994. The UK maintained the same level of production as in 1993, while Germany increased output. Many companies are...

  Tags: Akzo Nobel N.V., BASF AG, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Herberts GmbH, PPG Industries