First quarter 2001 financial results.

First quarter 2001 financial results

                         Earnings ($)     Sales ($)

Ashland                   46 million(*)    1.8 billion(*)
Bandag                      2.3 million     209.2 million
Cooper Tire & Rubber         25 million       758 million
Crompton                   15.8 million       738 million
Eagle-Picher Holdings       3.2 million     177.8 million
GE                          3.1 billion      30.5 billion
Goodyear Tire & Rubber      3.5 million       3.4 billion
Minerals Technologies      11.7 million       164 million
Myers Industries              8 million     165.2 million
OM Group                   19.6 million     235.6 million
Omnova Solutions              1 million     165.1 million
Plymouth Rubber             2.3 million        15 million
PolyOne                    21.4 million     709.7 million
Rogers                      6.7 million      63.8 million
Rohm and Haas                64 million       1.7 billion
Solutia                      22 million       747 million
Trelleborg               SEK 39 million   SEK 4.7 billion

(*) Fiscal 2001 second quarter