DuPont Titanium Technologies launches new portal - Chemical Outlook - Independent industry news, analysis and business information for chemicals makers and users

WILMINGTON, Delaware (September 18, 2002) - DuPont Titanium Technologies has launched a collaboration and knowledge portal designed to provide members with personalized information and tools that will make it easier to do business.

The portal, which replaces the business' existing product Web sites, is designed to provide registered members with access to technical expertise and market knowledge for the coatings, plastics, paper, specialties and minerals markets. Personalized quality and purchase history reports, access to extensive technical libraries, free e-seminars and opportunities for online collaboration in member teamrooms are also available.

The site is currently available in English and will soon be available in several other languages. Users can register at (http://www.titanium.dupont.com/)

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Nov. 1, 2002--H.B. Fuller Company today announced that it plans to lists its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol "FUL". Trading is expected to begin on the NYSE on Monday, December 2, 2002.

AKRON, Ohio--Nov. 1, 2002--Roadway Express, Inc. today announced that Robert B. Carr has been named Senior Vice President -- Corporate and International Sales. Concurrent with the appointment of Carr, the company announced that Stan M. Friend was named Vice President -- Corporate Sales and Officer of the Company. Both appointments are effective January 1, 2003.

PHOENIX, Arizona (October 31, 2002) - The Industry Solutions business of Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions has launched its Advanced Formula Manager (AFM), a calculation solution designed to transform critical plant data from Honeywell's Uniformance Plant History Database (PHD) into process information through user-defined equations and formulas.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 4 -- Ferro Corporation announced today the resignation of Bret W. Wise as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Wise, who has served as the chief financial officer since 1999, will pursue an opportunity in the life sciences industry.

HOUSTON (October 31, 2002) - Trade-Ranger, an e-procurement marketplace for the oil and gas and chemicals industries, and OFS Portal, which represents suppliers of oilfield products and services, have signed an agreement that will provide a framework to enable members of both organizations to transact electronically with each other.

A new report by The Yankee Group's Technology Management Strategies research and consulting practice predicts the worldwide market for centralized IT outsourcing will reach $95 billion for 2002 and grow by 12% per year for the next four years. Yankee forecasts a smaller market for decentralized IT outsourcing, projecting it will reach $85 billion by 2002 and grow at a rate of 10% per year over the next four years.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 31-- OM Group, Inc. today commented on a Form 4 filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission by James P. Mooney, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Form 4 reported the sale by Mr. Mooney on Tuesday of approximately 710,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pennsylvania (October 14, 2002) - Air Products has launched a Web site for its semiconductor customers around the world. The site, located at (www.airproducts.com/electronics), is designed to offer instant access to detailed information on the company's product and service portfolio.

BATON ROUGE, La. --Oct. 14, 2002--The Shaw Group Inc. today announced a 62% increase in earnings to $31.3 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the three months ended August 31, 2002. This compares to earnings of $19.3 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, for the three months ended August 31, 2001. Fourth quarter fiscal 2002 revenue increased 224% reaching $1.2 billion, compared to $385.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001.

STAMFORD, Conn. --Oct. 14, 2002--Silgan Holdings Inc. stated today that it expects third quarter 2002 net earnings to be in the range of $1.30 to $1.35 per diluted share.

GARDENA, Calif. --Oct. 11, 2002--Rotonics Manufacturing Inc. today announced that first quarter earnings increased 129% to $361,700, or $.03 per common share, on net sales of $8,894,800 compared to earnings before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle of $157,700, or $.01 per common share, on net sales of $9,588,300 for the same period last year.

CALGARY, Alberta--Oct. 11, 2002--The Board of Directors of Agrium Inc. announced today that Victor J. Zaleschuk was appointed to the Board of Directors effective October 3, 2002.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --Oct. 11, 2002--The Board of Directors of Vulcan Materials Company at a regular meeting held today declared a quarterly dividend of 23.5 cents per share on its common stock payable December 10, 2002, to shareholders of record November 26, 2002.

DALLAS--Oct. 10, 2002--The Board of Directors of Kaneb Pipe Line Company LLC, as general partner of Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P. (NYSE:KPP), has approved a quarterly cash distribution of $0.79 for each Limited Partnership Unit. The cash distribution is payable Nov. 14, 2002, to all unitholders of record as of Oct. 21, 2002.

PITTSBURGH (October 11, 2002) - ReturnCentral, a provider of reverse supply chain software and solutions, has completed an agreement with Supply-Chain Services (SSI), a third-party logistics (3PL) company. Under the terms of the agreement, SSI will install ReturnMatrix, a Web-based returns management solution featuring rules-based authorization, transportation management, disposition optimization, advanced reporting capabilities as well as full systems integration.

SPOKANE, Wash. & RADNOR, Pa.-- Nov. 4, 2002--Avista Labs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp. and a leading developer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, and Airgas, Inc., the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, specialty and medical gases, today announced an agreement for Airgas to offer Avista Labs' commercial and industrial fuel cell customers a hydrogen fuel supply.

WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 31 -- As the next step in its expansion program for manufacturing specialized modified polymers, DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers (P&IP) plans to install new extrusion capacity at its Shenzhen, China site in 2003.

AUSTIN, Texas (November 4, 2002) - Eastman Chemical Company is using an enterprise-scale Web-based survey solution developed by Inquisite, a provider of Web survey technology, to increase its number of customer-focused surveys.

DALLAS--Nov. 1, 2002--Kaneb announced today that its operating subsidiary, Kaneb Pipe Line Operating Partnership, L.P. acquired the anhydrous ammonia pipeline system from Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. for $140 million.