Kemia-Kemi 6/2002

EDITORIAL Tradition and Change Leena Laitinen	4
A Year of Bad News Hannu Vornamo and Pasi Ahde	6
The Finnish Chemical Industry in 2001 Production Declined Slightly Pasi Ahde	10
Responsible Care Ten Years Down the Line Solid Results, Life Cycle Management of Products the New Focus Aimo Kastinen	14
Biotechnology at the Crossroads Saara Hassinen	19
The Finnish Plastics Industry and an Enlarging European Union Kari Teppola	21
Tough Year for the Finnish Rubber Industry, but Expectations are Optimistic Tuula Rantalaiho	24
Tightening Rules of the Oil Game Industry Prepearing for Sulphur-free Products Veli-Matti Ropponen	26
Kemira’s Full-year Earnings Outlook Close to 2001 Level Tauno Pihlava	31
Pharmaceutical Industry Trends in 2001 Jarmo Lehtonen	36
Downturn in the Finnish Paper Industry Kari Nurmi and Antti Salomaa	39
A Moderately Good Year for Cosmetics, Toiletries and Detergents Stig Granqvist	42
The Paint and Printing Ink Industries Domestic Demand Marginally Down, Exports Up Aimo Kastinen	44
Role of Industrial Gas Companies in Transition From Traditional Gas Suppliers to Partners Providing Solutions Jukka Gustafsson	47
Metals Industry Undergoes Important Changes in a Mixed Year Sirpa Smolsky	51
Industrial Minerals in 2001 Stability Without Excitement Lennart Laurén	56
Crop Protection in 2001 Tuula Hiltunen	58
Pesticide Sales in Finland in 2001 Mervi-Leena Savela, Eija-Leena Hynninen, and Hans Blomqvist	61
Europe Needs a Coherent Industrial Policy Cooperation with US One Solution to EU’s Chemical Testing Problem Veikko Antila	64
Sipoon yläasteen ryhmä menestyi Ceficin kilpailussa Veikko Antila	66
TÄÄLLÄ BRYSSEL Eurooppalaista entropiaa Arto Jokinen	67