KINGSPORT, Tenn. and YPSILANTI, Mich., Oct. 29 -- Furthering its commitment to the advancement of higher education, Eastman Chemical Company today announced its donation of intellectual property covering thermosetting coating compositions to Eastern Michigan University's (EMU) Coating Research Institute. EMU will further develop the technology for commercial application. The patents included in the donation were valued using the Patent & License Exchange, Inc.'s (pl-x) highly acclaimed TRRU® metrics valuation tools. The estimated value of the technology was not disclosed.

WINCHESTER, Va.--Oct. 29, 2001--Trex Company, Inc., manufacturer of Trex(R)Easy Care Decking, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001.

HAMILTON, Bermuda--Oct. 29, 2001--Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that one of its subsidiaries signed a letter of intent with Chilean state-run oil company, Empresa Nacional de Petroleo (ENAP), for the development of a delayed coker project on the site of an existing refinery

CALABASAS, Calif.--Oct. 29, 2001--CoolCan Technologies Inc. (the "Company") announced today that it has entered into a funding agreement with Bay Financial S.A. ("Bay Financial"), a shareholder of the Company. Under the terms of the funding agreement, Bay Financial will have the right to provide up to $1,000,000 US of funding on a private placement basis in tranches over the next 12-month period.

DALLAS (October 29, 2001) - Air Liquide America (airliquide.com) has released its on-site service management system, FabNet. The system is designed to provide customers and Air Liquide America’s Total Gas and Chemicals Management (TGCM) employees with one-station access to aggregated data from various sources to support their operational business needs.

ZURICH, Germany (October 26, 2001) – Omnexus (omnexus.com), an e-marketplace serving the plastics industry, has announced its intent to form a strategic alliance with The Society of the Plastics Industry.

HOUSTON--Oct. 29, 2001--Solvay Minerals Inc. announces the appointment of Carl Martin to the position of north american business manager for its marketing unit, Solvay Performance Chemicals Inc., effective Oct. 1, 2001, according to Richard L. Hogan, president. In this position, Mr. Martin is responsible for marketing products produced by Solvay Performance Chemicals' Barium/Strontium Strategic Business Unit.

BRAMPTON, Ontario--Oct. 30, 2001-- Third Quarter EBITDA from continuing operations up 38% from Q2 2001 -- AT Plastics benefiting from reduced feedstock costs and restructuring initiatives -- Successfully completed $35 million share issue -- On track to complete balance of restructuring plan: sell Packaging business and restructure debt.

PHILADELPHIA – When David Beltz, Manager of B2B integration services for Air Products and Chemicals, wants to determine which e-channels to use to connect with a customer, he uses a simple two-by-two grid that ranks a customer’s technical sophistication against its network potential.

As you rightly point out in your Oct 25 editorial entitled "Win/Win, Lose/Lose," the marketing spin and posturing of public marketplaces and consortia in the chemical industry are being tested by end users that want to maintain their competitive edge and receive a fast ROI.

My views might not be considered neutral, with OxyChem's equity participation in Envera, but "Hub-to-Hub" connectivity was always in Envera's plans. As a founding Envera member and as an early adopter of B2B connectivity utilizing XML (in production since November 1999) OxyChem strongly endorses the need for "Hub-to-Hub" connectivity, both inter- and intra-Industry. Consider the real flywheel effects of connecting two hubs within the Chemical sector. In addition here are four thoughts on why this would be a positive step:

FAIRFIELD, California (October 29, 2001) - ChemSW chemsw.com has introduced a new Oracle version of STIS Sample Tracking and Inventory System, for the monitoring of samples and work throughout the laboratory. STIS is designed to enable users to register samples, create work lists, assign tests, enter test results and check progress and status, with complete audit trail and reporting. According to ChemSW, tests can be assigned to a single sample or to a batch of samples at once.

LONDON (November 1, 2001) - BP has completed its deal with Solvay, announced in December 2000, significantly strengthening its core polyolefins businesses in Europe and the USA.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. 1, 2001--Buckeye Technologies Inc. announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with Z Pellet Enterprises, Inc. of Weldon, N.C. The new venture will focus on expanding the market for FuzZpellets, a pelleted cottonseed dairy feed. The new joint venture, CottonFeed, LLC, will provide marketing, manufacturing and process technology expertise to third party manufacturers who will produce the product.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-- Nov. 1, 2001--American Vanguard Corporation today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2001.

HOUSTON--Nov. 1, 2001--Foster Brown has been named president of BP Solvay Polyethylene North America, a new joint venture for the production of high density polyethylene (HDPE) between Solvay Polymers Inc. and BP Amoco Polymers Inc., effective Nov. 1, 2001.

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada--Nov. 2, 2001--Hyprotech is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Cesc Batlle as president of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), heading up the company's European Operations. Batlle's primary role will be to assure customer satisfaction and growth within EMEA, as well as to continue to provide a challenging and rewarding environment for all Hyprotech employees in the region.

RADNOR, Pa.--Nov. 2, 2001--Airgas, Inc. announced today the completion of the sale of two nitrous oxide production facilities and related business to Air Liquide America Corporation. The transaction, which was originally announced on October 3, received provisional approval from the Federal Trade Commission last Friday.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 -- Rohm and Haas Company announced today the acquisition of the flexible packaging adhesives business of Technical Coatings Co., a subsidiary of Benjamin Moore & Co. of New Jersey. The transaction price was not disclosed.

DALLAS, Nov. 2 -- As part of the company's ongoing performance and process improvement efforts, Celanese Chemicals, the chemicals business of Celanese AG, has announced it will shut down its 85,000 ton capacity VAM unit in Edmonton, Canada by the first quarter of 2002.