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14th Annual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference - New York City

At Chemical Week’s 14th Annual CFO Conference on June 16 at the Omni Berkshire Hotel, New York, key industry leaders joined together to discuss relevant issues facing senior financial executives in the chemical industry. Twelve sessions at the one-day event addressed the current and future landscape of the chemical industry. Areas of focus included the keynote presentation, “Survival Tips for CFOs: Strategies for Keeping the Company Viable in Tough Times,” presented by William Hernandez, Senior Vice President/Finance and FO, PPG Industries, as well as sessions that covered opportunities and challenges for CFOs in the current economic climate, M&A, financing in a frozen credit market, supply chain costs, credit default risks, and much, much more. [more]

Chemical Economics Handbook: Fluorocarbons (June 2008)

Few chemical sectors have suffered or prospered from as much change as fluorocarbons, including the phase out of CFCs, the rise and fall of HFCs in the US, Europe and Japan, the rise of HCFC-22 and HFC-134a production in China and the rise of HFCs and refrigerant blends globally. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, China and Japan. The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]