First quarter 2003 financial results.

First quarter 2003 financial results

                                 Earnings ($)          Sales ($)

ABB Group                         290 million          4 billion
AirBoss of America                    672,000       48.5 million
Air Products **                   114 million        1.5 billion
Albemarle                          21 million      265.6 million
Amcol International               2.9 million       79.5 million
American Biltrite               3.1 million *        104 million
American Pacific **               2.7 million       19.5 million
Applied Industrial
  Technologies ***                4.4 million      368.2 million
Ashland **                       39 million *        1.7 million
Ball                             31.5 million       1.07 billion
Bandag                            2.4 million      175.3 million
Bayer Polymers                 EUR 74 million   EUR 2.55 billion
Crompton                          5.8 million      649.8 million
Dow Chemical                       85 million        8.1 billion
Faro Technologies                     489,000       13.4 million
Farrel                         1.25 million *        9.7 million
GenCorp                             3 million        271 million
Goodyear Tire & Rubber        163.3 million *        3.5 billion
Great Lakes Chemical                800,000 *        334 million
GreenMan Technologies **        1.2 million *        6.1 million
Industrial Rubber Products           57,568 *        3.6 million
Kerr-McGee                       69.9 million        1.1 billion
Kinark                              327,000 *          8 million
KMG Chemicals ****                    153,000        6.3 million
Kronos International             14.8 million      178.2 million
Lyondell                        113 million *        989 million
Noveon                            5.3 million      282.3 million
OM Group                        7.8 million *        1.3 billion
Omnova Solutions *****          6.9 million *      153.4 million
Plymouth Rubber *****           1.4 million *       13.5 million
Poly0ne                        19.3 million *      645.5 million
Resolution Performance
  Products LLC                      3 million        198 million
RPM International ******          4.9 million        433 million
A. Schulman *****                 4.6 million      268.2 million
Solutia                          19 million *        596 million
Synalloy                            338,000 *       20.3 million
Texas Petrochemicals LP ***     4.9 million *      197.8 million
Titan International             5.9 million *        129 million
Trelleborg                   SEK 223 milliion    SEK 4.3 billion

* Net loss

** Second quarter ended March 31, 2003

*** Third quarter ended March 31, 2003

**** Second quarter ended January 31, 2003

***** Second quarter ended February 28, 2003

****** Third quarter ended February 28, 2003