HOUSTON, Sept. 17 Equistar Chemicals, LP, today announced it has signed a licensing and collaboration agreement with The Procter & Gamble Company to develop and commercialize a new metallocene catalyst technology that creates an elastomeric resin using propylene as a feedstock. Elastomers provide elasticity to products such as athletic clothing, consumer packaging and impact-resistant automotive and industrial components.

DALLAS-- Sept. 18, 2002--Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P. Kaneb announced today that its ST Services partnership had completed an acquisition of eight bulk liquid storage terminals in Australia and New Zealand from Burns Philp & Co Ltd. ("Burns Philp").

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (September 16, 2002) – Gas Control Equipment has entered into an agreement with Intentia International, a provider of collaboration and enterprise software and services, for implementation of Intentia’s Movex Collaboration Applications (V12).

SAN FRANCISCO, California (September 17, 2002) -- Grand Central Communications has announced that its Web Services Network has obtained SAP interface certification.

A recent study by Nucleus Research, an independent research firm focusing on corporate IT investments, indicates e-learning solutions and e-business integration platforms are providing the greatest ROI for corporations in 2002. The study also identified e-commerce, B2B marketplaces, CRM systems and standalone content management solutions as some of the worst investments with regard to ROI.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 30 -- PolyOne Corporation, a leading global polymer services company, today reported revenues of $668.5 million and net income of $9.8 million, or $0.11 per share, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002. The $9.8 million represents PolyOne's highest quarterly net income since its formation in September 2000.

Global companies should consider themselves likely targets for cyberterrorists, according to Simon Perry, Vice President and Security Strategist for the eTrust business of Computer Associates International.

ALBANY, New York (October 30, 2002) - Citing accelerated growth, The Wercs, a provider of Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) software, has appointed eight new members to its sales, service and technology team. The company said the appointments coincide with increases in its sales staff and client base in Europe.

BRAMPTON, Ontario--Oct. 29, 2002--AT Plastics announced today its results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. Q3 Highlights:

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (September 17, 2002) – Shell has selected the mySAP Enterprise Portal (mySAP EP) from SAP for global deployment. According to Shell, it selected mySAP because of its need to integrate its information systems, both SAP and non-SAP, into an integrated employee portal.

OGDEN, Utah--Sept. 17, 2002--Cryocon Inc. recently signed a licensing agreement with Johnson Packings and Industrial Products Inc., an East Longmeadow, Mass. distribution and fabrication company.

SAN DIEGO--Sept. 17, 2002--American Fire Retardant Corporation, a fire protection company that specializes in fire prevention and fire containment today announced that the company has formed a strategic alliance with Signature International, Inc

CINCINNATI--Sept. 16, 2002--Milacron Inc. has elected Harold J. Faig president and chief operating officer effective immediately.

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.