Stepan Announces Sale of Commodity Urethane System Product Line

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NORTHFIELD, Ill., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL) today announced the sale of select product lines within its urethane system business to Bayer MaterialScience LLC.

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Chemical profile: Diethylene Glycol

www.icis.com | Nov 19, 2007

DEMAND 2005: 823m lbs (373,000 tonnes) 2006: 854m lbs 2010: 885m lbs, projected.

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1,12-Dodecanediol

www.chemicalonline.com | Oct 19, 2007

Product Name: 1,12-Dodecanediol Product Description: Dodecanediol is a high-purity, 12-carbon, linear diol. It is a highly versatile monomer and chemical intermediate for use in applications where excellent hydrolytic, oxidative, and thermal stability are desired. White flaked solid.

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Promising conditions

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Gross domestic product is expanding at a respectable pace, companies are hiring and consumers are inclined to spend. But a majority of buyers still see the high prices of energy products, raw material commodities, fabricated parts and components slowing any economic recovery. "I don't think the

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OXID L.P. Home Page - Houston, Texas

Products Technology What's New Contact Us Oxid L.P., with headquarters in Houston, Texas, manufactures specialty chemical products for the rigid urethane industry and has produced its line of TerolÒ polyester polyols since 1981.

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Ultradur-Br_e

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Ultradur is BASF’s tradename for its line of partially crystalline saturated polyesters. This line is based on poly(butylene terephthalate) and is employed in applications demanding a high performance level such as load bearing parts in different industrial sectors.

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Tecnon OrbiChem - your source of petrochemical industry knowledge

Various flags of the world rotate as our slogan, "Your source of expert chemical industry knowledge", is translated into several different languages.

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Ethylene Glycol (EG) Uses and Market Data

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Monoethylene glycol (MEG) is the most important of the commercially available ethylene glycols, accounting for 90% of production. Diethylene glycol (DEG) and triethylene glycol (TEG) are produced as byproducts in the manufacture of MEG.

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