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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ICIS connect</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/</link><description>Your link to the global chemicals community</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Jessica Biel at Dow Live Earth Run for Water launch</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/jessica-biel-at-dow-live-earth-run-for-water-3571.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:45:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3571</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Joe Chang&amp;#39;s video coverage of Jessica Biel at Dow&amp;#39;s Live Earth Run for Water event now has 2,849 viewers.I guess we should put more celebrities at chemical events!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See more about the &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/blogs/green-chemicals/2009/10/jessica-biel-and-stars-come-ou.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;event&lt;/a&gt; in Green Chemicals Blog.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXYdf7wtdto" length="-1" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - Oleoconsult</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-oleoconsult-3537.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:09:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3537</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1940" rel="nofollow"&gt;Klaus H. Nottinger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Consultant&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;OLEOCONSULT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.37/P1110255.JPG" length="709984" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - Alan Brunskill</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-alan-brunskill-3536.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:08:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3536</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1922" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alan Brunskill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Oleochemical Advisor&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.36/P1110252.JPG" length="701946" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - Neil A. Burns LLC</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-neil-a-burns-3535.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:07:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3535</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1921" rel="nofollow"&gt;Neil A Burns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Managing Director&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NEIL A BURNS LLC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.35/P1110249.JPG" length="708466" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - Rohen</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-rohen-3534.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:06:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3534</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1920" rel="nofollow"&gt;Norman Ellard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Director&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ROHEN PTE LTD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.34/P1110247.JPG" length="701363" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - IOI </title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-ioi-3533.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:05:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3533</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1919" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cheah Seng Chye&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;General Manager (Fatty Acids Marketing)&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;IOI OLEOCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.33/P1110242.JPG" length="671528" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - Vantage Specialty Chemicals</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-vantage-3532.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3532</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1912" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bob Drennan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Chairman of the Board&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;VANTAGE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.32/P1110241.JPG" length="691771" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo conference speakers - Oleon</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-oleon-3531.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:03:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3531</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1915" rel="nofollow"&gt;Eddy Feijen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Marketing &amp;amp; Sales Director&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;OLEON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.31/P1110235.JPG" length="655971" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo Conference  speakers - Wilmar</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-speakers-wilmar-3530.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:01:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3530</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rahul Kale&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Head of Biofuels &amp;amp; Oleochemicals&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;WILMAR OLEO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.30/P1110233.JPG" length="661039" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS oleo conference speakers - Frost &amp; Sullivan</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-oleo-conference-speakers-frost-3529.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:59:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3529</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1913" rel="nofollow"&gt;Robert Outram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Global Programme Manager - Specialty Chemicals&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;FROST &amp;amp; SULLIVAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.29/P1110230.JPG" length="642894" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS 7th Oleo Conference - Panel Discussion</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/greenchick/icis-7th-oleo-conference-panel-discussion-3528.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:58:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3528</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;This year&amp;#39;s ICIS oleochemicals conference featured 
a (somewhat heated but entertaining) panel discussion on effects of biofuels in 
the veg oil/fats-based chemicals industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;Topic:&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt; The
impact of biodiesel production on availability and costs of raw
materials for oleochemical producers, and the availability and pricing
of co-product glycerine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;(From left to right):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1912" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bob Drennan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Chairman of the Board&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;VANTAGE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1988" rel="nofollow"&gt;Chris Depreeuw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Managing Director&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;OLEON NV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="photocaption_text"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icisconference.com/RYA48784/speaker/1914"&gt;Rahul Kale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Head of Biofuels &amp;amp; Oleochemicals&lt;/span&gt;, 
                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;WILMAR OLEO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.28/P1110244.JPG" length="853441" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS Innovation Awards winners 2009</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/johnbaker/icis-innovation-awards-winners-2009-3521.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:20:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3521</guid><dc:creator>John Baker</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;ICIS Innovation Awards winners 2009&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.35.21/ICIS-Awards-hi-res-2009.pdf" length="6410734" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>2009 State of Biotechnology in Europe</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/environment/2009-state-of-biotechnology-in-europe-3422.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:04:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3422</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;Special Report from EuropaBio- Biotech in the new EU Member States: an emerging sector &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.34.22/IndecsHBiotechreport.pdf" length="1685578" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>ICIS Accenture reach survey 2009</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/customiser/icis-accenture-reach-survey-2009-3405.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:34:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3405</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Here isa full report of the ICIS Accenture Reach survey conducted earlier this year. Read also the &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/06/08/9221134/ICIS-and-Accenture-launch-survey-on-Reach.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;background article&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/09/07/9244968/Accenture-Reach-survey-suggests-missing-opportunities-should-be.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;analysis article&lt;/a&gt; from ICIS &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/v2/magazine/home.aspx"&gt;Chemical Businness.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.34.05/ICIS-Accenture-Reach-survey-2009.ppt" length="2454016" type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" /></item><item><title>Global map of major ethylene projects </title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/chemical_bill/global-map-of-major-ethylene-projects-3395.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:52:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3395</guid><dc:creator>Chemical Bill</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This is a new (August 2009) global map of major ethylene projects. It was compiled by ICIS Chemical Business journalist Anna Jagger. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.33.95/ICIS-ethylene-map.pdf" length="850727" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>Chemical Industry greenhouse gas report</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/environment/chemical-industry-greenhouse-gas-report-3360.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:03:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3360</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Report from International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) on a life cycle quantification of carbon abatement solutions&lt;br /&gt;enabled by the chemical industry. Prepared by McKinsey &amp;amp; Co. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.33.60/Carbon-Lifecycle-analysis-of-100-chemicals.pdf" length="2026752" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>Fawley Refinery </title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/chemicalfactories/fawley-refinery-3355.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3355</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;A picture of the refinery at &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatdeeman/2882635205/sizes/o/in/pool-739875@N24/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fawley, Hampshire, UK by fatdeeman on Flickr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2882635205_3e8288201f_o.jpg" length="461856" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>ICIS/Genomatica survey on sustainable chemistry</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/customiser/icis-genomatica-survey-on-sustainable-chemistry-3350.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3350</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are the full findings from the recent ICIS/&lt;a href="http://www.genomatica.com" title="Genomatica" rel="nofollow"&gt;Genomatica &lt;/a&gt;survey of ICIS readers on the uptake and attitudes to sustainable chemistry and &amp;quot;green chemicals&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read the &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/06/29/9227286/chemical-producers-seek-sustainable-chemicals-reveals.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;accompanying article&lt;/a&gt; that appeared in ICIS Chemical Business on 29 June 2009 and the &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/05/11/9213552/are-chemical-producers-engaged-in-the-drive-to-use-green.html"&gt;introductory article&lt;/a&gt; that appeared on 11 May 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.33.50/ICIS_5F00_Genomatica-Sustainability-Research-FINAL.ppt" length="706560" type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" /></item><item><title>ICIS presentatiion to APPE/PlasticsEurope annual meeting</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/customiser/icis-presentatiion-to-appe-plasticseurope-annual-3303.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3303</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Here is a slide presentation given to the annual meeting of APPE and PlasticsEurope in Brussels on 28 May by John Baker, a global editor at ICIS. It deals with the current downsturn in demand and compnay reactions, plus outlook for Chinese and Middle East new capacity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.33.03/APPE-presentation.ppt" length="1512448" type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" /></item><item><title>ICIS J&amp;M Management Consulting article on the crisis</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/customiser/icis-j-m-management-consulting-article-on-the-3289.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3289</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Here is the output from the ICIS J&amp;amp;M Management Consulting reader research carried out recently. You can read a fuller version at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/06/08/9223276/After-the-crisis-is-management-confidence-returning.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/06/08/9223276/After-the-crisis-is-management-confidence-returning.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.32.89/J_2600_amp_3B00_M-article-2009.pdf" length="1459157" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>ICIS/Booz &amp; Company CEO Roundtable article</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/customiser/icis-booz-company-ceo-roundtable-article-3288.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3288</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Here is the output from the 2nd ICIS Booz &amp;amp; Company CEU Roundtable&amp;nbsp;on European Petrochemicals, held on 23 April. You can see the full report here: &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/06/15/9223278/icisbooz-co.-roundtable-discusses-petrochemicals.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/06/15/9223278/icisbooz-co.-roundtable-discusses-petrochemicals.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.32.88/Booz-CEO-roundtable-23-Apr.pdf" length="812487" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>Eastman Plant in Malaysia </title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/chemicalfactories/eastman-plant-in-malaysia-3194.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:55:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3194</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This is a picture of an Eastman Plant in Malaysia by &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanim_rafar/" rel="nofollow"&gt;hanim rafar&lt;/a&gt; and is part of the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/icischemicalfactories/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Flickr Chemical Factories group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2928735281_0389d18c79.jpg?v=0" length="124517" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Solvay factory near Barcelona, Spain </title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/chemicalfactories/solvay-factory-near-barcelona-spain-3186.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:56:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3186</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This picture of a Solvin chemicals plant near Barcelona, Spain, was taken by &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/franganillo/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jorge Franganillo&lt;/a&gt; it is part of the &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/icischemicalfactories/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Flickr Chemical Factories Group &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3129288626_b4914b9096.jpg?v=0" length="95942" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>A Solvin factory near Barcelona, Spain</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/chemicalfactories/a-solvin-factory-near-barcelona-spain-3185.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:53:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3185</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This picture of a Solvin chemicals plant near Barcelona, Spain, was taken by &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/franganillo/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jorge Franganillo&lt;/a&gt; it is part of the &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/icischemicalfactories/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Flickr Chemical Factories Group &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/3129290214_66f6f86495.jpg?v=0" length="111935" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>A Solvin plant at Montorell, Barcelona, Spain </title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/media/chemicalfactories/a-solvin-plant-at-montorell-barcelona-spain-3184.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:51:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:3184</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;This picture of a Solvin chemicals plant near Barcelona, Spain, was taken by &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/franganillo/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jorge Franganillo&lt;/a&gt; it is part of the &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/icischemicalfactories/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Flickr Chemical Factories Group &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3129290866_c736d1994a.jpg?v=0" length="123591" type="image/jpeg" /></item></channel></rss>