Elf Atochem.Elf Atochem and Wuhan Organic Chemicals Industry from China have signed a letter of intent for the creation of a joint company for the manufacture, in China, of benzyl chloride Benzyl chloride, or α-chlorotoluene, is an organic compound consisting of a phenyl group substituted with a chloromethyl group. It can be prepared by the chlorination of toluene. and derivatives sych as phenylacetic acid phenylacetic acid /phen·yl·a·ce·tic ac·id/ (fen?il-ah-se´tik) a catabolite of phenylalanine, excessively formed and excreted in the urine in phenylketonuria. phen·yl·a·ce·tic acid n. . The proposed 60% Elf Atochem/40% Wuhan Organic Chemicals joint venture is expected to come into effect during the first half of 1996, on completion of a detailed study. Corporate, financial news The Rubber Manufacturers Association presented Safety and Health Improvement Program Excellence Awards to 25 rubber company plants which compiled the best employee injury/illness prevention records in 1994. Winners included: "5" Rubber, Kittanning, PA; Associated Rubber, Quakertown, PA; Beloit Manhattan, Aiken, SC, Clarks Summit, PA, Columbus, MS and Kalamazoo, MI; CR Industries, Gastonia, NC; Fenner, Lawrence, PA; Firestone Building Products Firestone Building Products is a division of BFS Diversified Products, LLC, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. (BSAH). BSAH is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest tire and rubber company. , Kingstree, SC and Prescott, AR; Firestone Industrial Products, Noblesville, IN; Freudenberg-NOK, Cleveland, GA and La Grange La Grange (lə grānj). 1 City (1990 pop. 25,597), seat of Troupe co., W central Ga., inc. 1828. It is an industrial center that produces lumber, plastics, textiles, and transportation equipment. , GA; Garlock Mechanical Packing, Palmyra Palmyra, ancient city, Syria Palmyra (pălmī`rə), ancient city of central Syria. A small modern village known as Tudmur is on the site. , NY and Sodus, NY; Goshen Rubber/Bondflex Rubber, Laketon, IN; Goshen Rubber/Bower Mfg., Columbia City Columbia City is the name of several places in the United States:
HBD Homebrew Digest HBD Here Be Dragons HBD Has Been Drinking (police communications) HBD Hadron Blind Detector HBD Human Biodiversity HBD Hypophosphatemic Bone Disease HBD Hemoglobin--Delta Locus Industries, Greenville, SC and Salisbury, NC; Patch Rubber, Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids, industrial city (1990 pop. 15,722), Halifax co., N N.C., on the Roanoke River near the Virginia line; founded 1893, inc. 1931. The city's industries include health care, paper products, lumber, transportation, vehicle parts, and printing and publishing. , NC; Schlegel N.A.A.O., Frederick, OK; Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Mt. Pleasant, IA; Titan Industries Titan Industries is the world's sixth largest wrist watch manufacturer and India's leading producer of watches under the Titan and Sonata brand names. It is a joint venture between one of India's most respected business organization - the Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial , South Gate, CA; Continental General Tire, Mount Vernon, IL; and Oliver Rubber, Export, PA. Third quarter 1995 financial results
Earnings ($) Sales ($)
American Biltrite 1.5 million 107.4 million Cooper Tire & Rubber 27 million 375 million DSM f 234 million f 2.3 billion Eastman Chemical 148 million 1.27 billion Ethyl 17 million 241.7 million M.A. Hanna 3.3 million 464.1 million Minerals Technologies 10.6 million 135.8 million OM Group 6.6 million 81 million PPG Industries 170.4 million 1.72 billion Rogers 2.8 million 32.9 million Rubbermaid 50.3 million 642 million Union Carbide 275 million 1.49 billion Source: Company financial statements First nine months 1995 financial results
Earnings ($) Sales ($)
American Biltrite 5.6 million 298.4 million Cooper Tire & Rubber 78.9 million 1.1 billion Eastman Chemical 438 million 3.82 billion Ethyl 51.5 million 700.5 million M.A. Hanna 44.7 million 1.44 billion Minerals Technologies 29.5 million 394.6 million OM Group 19.4 million 255.4 million PPG Industries 606.4 million 5.34 billion Rogers 9.9 million 106.7 million Rubbermaid 133.2 million 1.8 billion Union Carbide 728 million 4.48 billion Source: Company financial statements |
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