http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:43:52 EST The company cites "significantly softening resin demand caused by the global economic slowdown."... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/15185.html Wed, 5 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Ike Hit: Baytown without raw materials supply. Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products made by the company’s polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, and... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/14477.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products produced by its polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, specialties; polycarbonates; and inorganic chemicals business units due to the effects of Hurricane Ike on its operations at Baytown, TX.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/14296.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) links exposure to bisphenol a (BPA) to increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and liver enzyme... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/14255.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, CT) have released a study showing low levels of bisphenol a (BPA) can affect brain activity in monkeys, the first study to connect BPA to... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13993.html Thu, 4 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT California’s Assembly rejected one bill that would ban bisphenol a (BPA) in products intended for children under the age of three, and another bill that would ban perfluorinated compounds... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13702.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The FDA says an “adequate margin of safety” exists for bisphenol a (BPA) at current levels of human exposure from food contact uses, according to a draft assessment released Friday... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13691.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT James Fitterling has been named CEO of the petchem joint venture between Dow Chemical and Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC; Kuwait City). The 50-50 jv will be called K-Dow Petrochemicals, and will be headquartered in southeast Michigan.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13033.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sinopec and Sabic say they have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to extend the scope of their previously announced petrochemical joint venture at Tianjin, China... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/12635.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Mitsubishi Chemical says it has agreed to form a joint venture with Sinopec to produce 150,000 m.t./year of bisphenol A and 60,000 m.t./year of polycarbonate... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/11984.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT