Dow & Bayer reorganize units.Two major plastics and chemicals firms have restructured their global business groups. Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., created three new units, each headed by a senior v.p. * Plastics, headed by Romeo Kreinberg, encompasses PE, PP, PET, PS, and engineering thermoplastics, as well as fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: products, automotive, wire and cable, and rubber/elastomers. * Performance Chemicals and Thermosets thermosets, materials that can not be softened on heating. In thermosetting polymers, the polymer chains are joined (or cross-linked) by intermolecular bonding. Thermosets are usually supplied as partially polymerized or as monomer-polymer mixtures. , led by Phillip H. Cook, includes polyurethanes, epoxies This article is about the band named the Epoxies. For the adhesive, see Epoxy. The Epoxies are an American band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2000. Heavily influenced by punk rock and New Wave the band has described themselves as robot garage rock. , emulsion emulsion: see colloid. emulsion Mixture of two or more liquids in which one is dispersed in the other as microscopic or ultramicroscopic droplets (see colloid). Emulsions are stabilized by agents (emulsifiers) that (e.g. polymers, plus industrial chemicals, specialty polymers, water-soluble polymers, custom and fine chemicals, and licensing. * Chemicals and Intermediates, headed by Michael R. Gambrell, covers organic intermediates, solvents, monomers, and other chemicals. Meanwhile, Bayer Group in Germany has formed a separate legal entity called Bayer MaterialScience Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is an independent subgroup within Bayer AG. It was created as part of the restructuring of Bayer AG from the former business group Bayer Polymers, with certain of its activities being spun off to Lanxess AG. ACT, formerly the Bayer polymers business. Its holdings include polyurethanes and polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. products. Later this year, it will gain two Bayer subsidiaries: H.C. Starck, producer of specialty metallic and ceramic powders and electronic chemicals; and Wolff Walsrode, which makes performance films and cellulosics. Another subgroup, Bayer Chemicals ACT, will be listed on the stock market as a separate company with a new name by early next year. It has the styrenics, semi-crystalline thermoplastics, rubber, and rubber chemicals that were part of Bayer Polymers. Fibers and the RheinChemie subsidiary will be added to Chemicals. |
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