TORONTO (January 6, 2003) -- Jan Dekker Food Ingredients has appointed Brenntag Canada as their exclusive Canadian distributor.

TEMPE, Arizona (January 3, 2003) — Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the first time in four months in December, and the overall economy grew for the 14th consecutive month, according to a survey of U.S. supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. The chemical industry was one of 11 U.S. industries reporting an uptick in business in December.

The decision by the Chemicals Sector Cyber-Security Information Sharing Forum to tap CIDX to establish security standards for the industry and encourage the accelerated adoption of improved security technology is welcome news indeed.

PALO ALTO, California (January 6, 2003) -- The Open Network for Commerce Exchange (ONCE), the world's largest alliance of electronic trading networks, has been awarded a Next Generation Internet (NGI) Program grant by CommerceNet and the California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency's Division of Science, Technology and Innovation to research the business implications of Web services.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (January 7, 2003) - The Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX) and the Chemicals Sector Cyber-Security Information Sharing Forum have launched the Chemicals Sector Cyber-Security Practices, Standards and Technology Initiative under a newly formed unit within CIDX focused specifically on cyber-security.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (June 5, 2001) -- On May 30, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Mycogen Plant Science, Inc. is entitled to continue a biotechnology-related patent infringement suit against Monsanto Company. The Mycogen patent at issue covers a process for increasing the expression of Bacillus thuringiensis ("B.t.") insect resistance traits in crops.

RALEIGH, N.C. (June 5, 2001) -- HAHT, which develops software that enables private e-marketplaces, has scheduled the third in a series of quarterly conferences for September 13 in Wilmington, Delaware. The meeting will be hosted by Basell, a 50-50 joint venture between BASF and Shell.

HOUSTON (June 6, 2001) -- Trade-Ranger and NetworkOil have signed an agreement that gives Trade-Ranger access to a number of services from NetworkOil, which offers both online and traditional marketplace options.

Europe’s 100 largest manufacturing firms are pouring millions of dollars into developing B2B commerce sites with no clear idea of how those sites will save them money or generate additional revenues, according to a new study by Forrester Research.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (June 6, 2001) -- Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals, a division of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL), has launched Core Products, a new Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL), has launched Core Products.

SAN FRANCISCO, California (June 7, 2001) – ChemConnect and Envera, which made a surprise announcement that they have merged effective immediately, said in an exclusive interview Thursday that they expect the deal to cut their expenses and raise their adoption rate to the point that they will achieve profitability by the end of 2002.

PLAINFIELD, Ill. --July 23, 2001--Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. today announced the appointment of Richard E. Goodrich as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Timothy J. Wiggins, who has elected to leave the Company. Goodrich will be based in the Company's Houston office and will report to Gerald M. Glenn, Chairman, President and CEO.

SAN DIEGO--July 23, 2001--Planet Polymer Technologies today announced changes in its Board of Directors.

TAMPA, Fla. --July 23, 2001--BBJ's newest product, Power Coil Clean, provides the safest and strongest cleaning available to remove the most stubborn soils and dirty deposits found on various HVAC/R (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration) components as well as all other surfaces.

MIDLAND, Mich., July 24 -- The Dow Chemical Company announced today it has agreed to purchase the assets of the Celotex Corporation's rigid foam insulation business. The purchase includes all Celotex brand polyisocyanurate insulation products for residential and commercial markets, as well as other accessory products. The new business will be integrated into Dow's North American Building Materials business. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

HOUSTON (July 24, 2001) – CheMatch (chematch.com), an Internet-based marketplace and information resource for the buying and selling of bulk commodity chemicals, plastics and feedstocks, has reported that its Global Trading Network has set another quarterly trading record.

NEWARK, New Jersey (July 24, 2001) – IndigoB2B.com (indigob2b.com), an e-commerce solutions provider servicing the specialty chemicals industry, and The ChemQuest Group (chemquest.com), an international strategic management consulting firm, have formed a marketing, sales and business development collaboration to further expand the customer base for e-commerce strategies designed for buyers and sellers of specialty chemicals.

RADNOR, Pa.-- July 24, 2001--Airgas, Inc., today reported results for its first quarter ended June 30, 2001. Net earnings for the quarter were $10.1 million, or $0.15 per

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 25 -- Ballard Power Systems,

BURLINGAME, California (July 19, 2001) – Degussa AG (degussa.com) has selected CrossWorlds’ (crossworlds.com) business process integration software to interconnect with Elemica (elemica.com) on a pilot project.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (November 6, 2002) - The U.S. Department of Energy's Strategic Petroleum Reserve has selected the Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS), from Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software designed to manage an organization's learning and knowledge, to manage mission-critical learning and automatically deliver required training to all of its employees, partners, customers and suppliers.

REDWOOD SHORES, California (November 7, 2002) - Texas Petrochemicals, a provider of specialty chemicals and fuel products utilizing C4 hydrocarbons, has deployed the Oracle Enterprise Asset Management solution to proactively manage its manufacturing equipment.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10 -- Solutia Inc. says the "60 Minutes" story on PCBs in Anniston, Alabama, which aired on Sunday, November 10, missed the real story about Solutia's current actions to safely and comprehensively clean up PCBs in and around Anniston. The company reaffirms its commitment to seeing the cleanup through to a successful conclusion.

BOSTON, Nov. 8 -- On Friday, November 8, 2002, Cabot Corporation's Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share on all outstanding shares of the Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable December 13, 2002, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 29, 2002.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – (November 7, 2002) - U.S. shippers, uncertain over timely settlement of the West Coast ports dispute, are making contingency plans against additional service disruptions, according to a nationwide survey by logistics firm BDP International (BDP).

CINCINNATI--Nov. 7, 2002--Milacron Inc. today announced that its board of directors declared quarterly dividends of $.01 per share on common stock and $1.00 per share on preferred stock.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. --Nov. 11, 2002--RAE Systems Inc., a Gas Detection and Smart Sensing Network solution provider for environmental, safety and security monitoring, has introduced a global positioning satellite (GPS) option for its existing AreaRAE wireless gas detectors.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --Nov. 8, 2002--Reichhold, Inc., a leading provider of synthetic materials announced today that it recently obtained Innovative Performance Systems, Inc. (IPS), a supplier of pavement marking materials, as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

OSLO, NORWAY--Nov. 10, 2002--CanArgo Energy Corporation has today announced the resignation of Roger Brittain, non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brittain is stepping down in order to spend more time pursuing personal interests.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania (November 11, 2002) - WAM Systems, a provider of advanced supply chain planning (SCP) solutions designed for the chemical industry, and AID, a supplier of advanced control and plant optimization solutions to the South Korean process industries, have formed a partnership to bring WAM Systems' Picaso advanced SCP solution to South Korean chemical and polymer manufacturers.

EMERYVILLE, California (November 11, 2002) - Rohm and Haas has signed an agreement with Extensity, a provider of Employee Relationship Management (ERM) solutions, to deploy Extensity’s Employee Relationship Management (ERM) solution for global travel reporting.

CHASKA, Minn. --Sept. 19, 2001--Entegris Inc., the materials integrity management company, today announced that it has received an order for the FX30 Cleaning System from a North American integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer for use in its 300 mm front opening unified pod (FOUP) and front opening shipping box (FOSB) cleaning process.

PITTSBURGH--Sept. 19, 2001--Thomas M. Von Lehman, vice president, specialty chemicals, will leave PPG Industries at the end of the month to pursue other career opportunities.

ST MARY’S, West Virginia (September 21, 2001) – Trans Energy, an oil and gas exploration and development company, has expanded its corporate Web site.

MINNEAPOLIS--Sept. 19, 2001--Apogee Enterprises, Inc., which develops and delivers value-added glass products and services for the architectural, large-scale optical and automotive industries, today announced that second quarter fiscal 2002 net earnings increased more than 140 percent compared to the prior-year period and significantly exceeded expectations.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20 -- Rohm and Haas Company today affirmed its comfort with the First Call consensus earnings estimate of $.23 per share for the current earnings period. Chairman Raj Gupta said that continued softness in the performance of the Electronic Materials business is being offset by a combination of gains in segments of the Performance Polymers business, lower spending across the company, and lower interest expense.

FAIRFAX, Virginia – CIDX members who have implemented connections with trading partners using the Chem eStandards for XML are continuing to learn the ins and outs of making it work and sharing them with their fellow members.

A new report from Forrester Research and the National (U.S.) Association of Purchasing Management shows that the vast majority of businesses continue to consider the Internet an important tool, although only about a third have achieved documented savings from their online efforts.

NEW YORK (September 21, 2001) – The Dow Chemical Company has blamed overall economic weakness for its inability to meet its earnings estimates for the third quarter, according to an article on CNNfn.com.

FREMONT, Calif. --Sept. 21, 2001--Optical materials technologist NanoGram Corporation announced the appointment of David F. Kleinsmith to the newly created position of vice president of intellectual property and director of legal affairs. Kleinsmith will be responsible for the strategic development and protection of the company's intellectual property portfolio in nanomaterials-based optical and electronic applications and solutions.