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17 Dec 2007
CHEMTURA NAMES DR. ROBERT WEDINGER CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
Chemtura Corporation(NYSE:CEM) has appointed Robert S. Wedinger, PhD as chief business officer, reporting directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Wood. Dr. Wedinger is now responsible for Chemtura's commercial organization and its four businesses: Polymer Additives, Performance Specialties, Crop and Consumer Products. Dr. Wedinger, who was serving as group president of Performance Specialties, will retain his Performance Specialties role in addition to his new responsibilities. He joined Chemtura in 2006 as vice president and general manager of Process Chemicals and Polymers.
14 Dec 2007
Solutia® Announces Vydyne® and Ascend® Price Increase in Asia
ST. LOUIS – December 14, 2007 -- Solutia Inc. (OTCBB: SOLUQ) has announced a price increase of $150 per metric ton across its Ascend® and Vydyne® polyamide 66 resins in the Asia Pacific market. This increase applies to orders shipped on or after December 15, 2007, and will be applied across the Ascend and Vydyne product families. Sustained increases in both energy and raw materials costs, along with strong global demand, have made this price increase imperative.
LONDON – Dec. 13, 2007 – Car Design News today announced the largest all-digital car design contest in the world, in association with SABIC Innovative Plastics and powered by Autodesk. Car Design News Contest 2008 will be judged by senior auto design directors from major automotive manufacturers, including Martin Smith, executive vice president of design at Ford Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa, and Shiro Nakamura, senior vice president and head of design at Nissan. This contest is unique as all designs will be created as virtual computer models. There are two contest categories – professional designer and student designer – with top prizes that include cash and a software license for Alias DesignStudio software. 
BEIJING, China, Dec. 12, 2007 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today that closed-cell polyurethane foam insulation using its Enovate® blowing agent is helping to insulate China’s National Olympic Stadium, the first such use for a major public building in the region.
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, invites plastics processors, product manufacturers and designers to learn more about the benefits of polyethylene and polypropylene materials at Interplastica 2008, which takes place in Moscow from January 29 until February 1, 2008. Visitors can experience first-hand how Borealis is providing solutions that deliver improved production efficiency and end-product benefits to a wide range of industries and applications. 
DSM Engineering Plastics has introduced a halogen-free material specifically designed for connectors in unattended appliances. ARNITE® XG PBT, meets the requirements in IEC 60335-1. 