| 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 |
Kemia-Kemi 6/2003
