Kemia-Kemi 6/2003

EDITORIAL Buy nothing? Leena Laitinen	4
Delayed Recovery? Hannu Vornamo	6
The Finnish Chemical Industry in 2002 Another Poor Year Pasi Ahde	10
Environment, Health and Safety in 2002 Safety 24h, REACH and Employee Participation Aimo Kastinen	14
Focus on Knowledge and Networking Concern About Public R&D Funding Growing Riitta Juvonen	18
Bioindustry at the Turning Point Carmela Kantor-Aaltonen	22
Life Sciences Boosted by Venture Capital Financing Hannele Kuusi	24
Expectations in Biotechnology From Optimism to Pessimism – and Back to Optimism Jani Saarinen, Bernd Ebersberger and Mari Rantanen	29
Finnish Plastics Industry Invests in Education and Training Kari Teppola	32
The Finnish Rubber Industry, Small and Flexible A Very Mixed Year Tuula Rantalaiho	34
The Landscape of the Oil Industry is Changing Seppo Mikkonen and Heikki Sierla	36
Kemira’s Operating Income Expected to Improve Tauno Pihlava	40
Pharmaceutical Industry Trends in 2002 Growth in Medicine Sales Slower Jarmo Lehtonen	44
Paper and Paperboard Production Up Marginally Antti Salomaa	46
Cosmetics, Toiletries and Detergents Growth Better Than the General Trend Stig Granqvist	49
The Paint and Printing Ink Industries No Change Expected Before 2004 Aimo Kastinen	51
Global Markets Affect Industrial Gas Sales Jukka Gustafsson	53
Finnish Metal Industry Three Titans Maintain Their Positions Sirpa Smolsky	55
Industrial Minerals in 2002 Paper Minerals Lead the Way in Strong Performance Lennart Laurén	57
A Challenging Year for Crop Protection Johannes Hahl	59
Pesticide Sales in 2002 Upward Trend Continues Mervi-Leena Savela, Eija-Leena Hynninen and Hans Blomqvist	61
Suhdanneodotukset heikkenivät Kemianteollisuudessa yllättävä käänne	64
Euroopan kemianteollisuudella toinen peräkkäinen huono vuosi Irakin sota synkensi näkymät	74
TÄTÄ MIELTÄ Kuvat, kemia ja kemian kuva Jan Lundell	75
HENKILÖUUTISIA	76