1.   It is understood to have started when tarpaulin sheeting blew on to heaters drying a new resin coating on repair work.

2.   The company said it has delayed by about six months the startup of a new resin production line at a Singapore subsidiary.

3.   The new resin is sandable and has a long shelf life.

4.   Becker group and McWhorter Technologies of the United States have agreed to start negotiations to form a new resin manufacturing company, Kemira said Monday.