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18 Aug 2006
PPG Reports its 13th Consecutive Quarterly Sales Record
(August 18, 2006 Shanghai)Recently, PPG Industries Inc., the world’s leading diversified manufacturer headquartered in Pittsburgh, reported record sales and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006. The company realized net income of USD280 million on sales revenue of USD2.8 billion for the quarter, a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth of 21% and 6% respectively. During the quarter, in addition to the strong sales earnings growth, PPG was able to achieve higher margins of 14.5% from 14.1% despite an environment in which the chlor-alkali cycle, home building and North American auto manufacturing are approaching declines and higher raw material costs.
17 Aug 2006
ECMSA presents ‘Scenarios in the Print and Read Value Chain of the Paper Market’
The paper industry and its upstream suppliers - especially the suppliers of chemicals to pulp and paper producers are confronted by commoditization, the insurgence of novel technology solutions and the consumers’ complete freedom of content delivery media choice.
Borealis today announced a net profit of EUR 92 million for the second quarter, compared to EUR 31 million in the previous quarter, and EUR 51 million for the same period last year. Chief Executive John Taylor commented: 
里昂, 法國 – 2006年7月27日 –為了應對持續不斷的原油和能源成本上漲，羅地亞聚醯胺宣佈從2006年9月1日起開始進行產品提價。 