That's over for three years then...

Matti Vanhanen Finnish PM, originally uploaded by Chemical Industry Insider.

In today's Chemical News and Intelligence

The six-week long dispute between the Finnish paper workers’ union Pappersförbundet and employer organisation Finnish Forest Industries Federation ended Friday, and the first paper mills could restart this afternoon.

The two parties settled their differences late Wednesday night, and their agreement was today approved by the union’s national council and the employer organisation’s executive committee.

Pappersförbundet said in a statement that, under the agreement, the operation of paper mills during midsummer and Christmas holidays would be compensated by fewer working hours. It said it rejected employers’ demands of unpaid sick leave and 12-hour working days without overtime pay.

Matti Vanhanen, Finland's prime minister called for a speedy resolution to the dispute on Monday this week.

Short and to the point

Effective 11:59pm EST June 30, 2005, INEOS entered the US/Canadian Polystyrene business through its acquisition of the BASF’s Joliet facility. The acquisition included at 14% market position, manufacture and distribution assets and 140 employees. The new business is called INEOS Styrenics.

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A little imagination and a little cash

28 June 2005
15:04:09
I came across this on a nearby farming blog the other day... it made me wonder what the fertliser/pesticide industry version would look like....
http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html