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High gas prices set by the Polish Oil and Gas Mining Company (PGNiG), are pushing chemical, glass, and ceramics companies to the verge of bankruptcy, trade unions representing the industries claim in a letter sent to Prime Minister Leszek Miller.

Merrimac Industries, Inc. has announced the appointment of DuPont Vice President and General Manager of DuPont Electronic Technologies Dave Miller to its board of directors.

Integration is the holy grail for many companies, but achieving it is not easy and always comes at a price.

Polyphalt Inc. reported results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001. Polyphalt's revenues for the year grew to $9.4 million, an increase of approximately $7.5 million over the prior fiscal year, the nine-month period ending December 31…

The Forensic Kit KL 2500 LCD from the international technology group Schott, based in Mainz, Germany, will help investigators in the search for hard evidence.

Rodel, Inc. announced today the settlement of all pending patent infringement litigation involving Cabot Microelectronics Corporation and Cabot Corporation, Cabot Microelectronics' former parent.

Suzanne Rowland, Vice President at Rohm and Haas Company, addressed securities analysts today at the UBS Warburg Grass-Roots Chemical Conference in New Orleans.

Kawneer will close its Jonesboro, Ga., manufacturing facility by the end of March 2002 as part of a production realignment.

Nippon Electric Glass Co Ltd up 7.83 percent or 65 yen at 895 after the maker of cathode-ray tube glass late on Friday raised its parent-only earnings forecast for the current business year.

The Board of Directors of Wellman, Inc. (NYSE: WLM) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share on the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock.This dividend is payable on March 15, 2002 to stockholders of record as of the…

Invisible but effective. Over the past decade, numerous advances in the field of vision and eye care have pushed the contact lens far back in the public consciousness.

Flame Seal, in conjunction with its distributor, STI Alaska, and Bristol Engineering, have successfully completed the first firewall installation of it FBS-SL product in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska for British Petroleum.

President and Chief Operating Officer J. Michael Fitzpatrick told investors today that Rohm and Haas is continuing to bring new, innovative products to market and remains on track to attain its cost reduction goals.

Atofina Chemicals, Inc. has announced the promotion of Frank Tortorici to the position of regional group president, North America, technical polymers, replacing Rich Rowe who has also been promoted.

At Wire 2002, Chemetall's surface treatment division presents its comprehensive list of speciality chemicals for the wire, extrusion parts and tube manufacturing industry at booth 10 F 70.

Entegris, Inc., the materials integrity management company, and Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, one of Japan’s most diversified chemical companies, today announced a new patent licensing agreement.

The value of new construction starts in December dropped one percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $479.9 billion, according to the F.W.

Degussa AG, has commissioned Aimaq, Rapp, Stolle, a Berlin advertising agency, to develop and implement a corporate branding campaign for print media.The decision was taken after holding an agency contest, in which excellent, innovative concepts…

The board of BP p.l.c. announced today that Mr W Douglas Ford, chief executive downstream will step down from the board on March 31, 2002.

IPC is a service package offered by Tyrolit with the scope to increase the productivity of production processes with a particular focus on grinding operations.

Rohm and Haas Company's Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.20 per common share. This dividend will be payable on March 1, 2002 to shareholders of record on February 15, 2002.

A jury ruled that a reading glass maker should pay $5.6 million to a competitor for copying its store displays.

Tehran, 4 February: Director-general of Mineral Industries Department at the Industries and Mines Ministry announced that Iran has become self-sufficient in cement, glass and tiles and joined the ranks of exporter of these products.

Reichhold announced the appointment of Gary Krall as president and CEO and the retirement of Yoshi Kawashima, current chairman and CEO, effective March 1.Krall currently serves as president and COO.

Hardware Technologies Ltd. (HTL) changed its name to HOPPE North America, Inc. The change reflects the effort to establish the HOPPE brand name in Europe and HTL's efforts to present the HOPPE name in the North American fenestration industry.