11.  US chemical companies are saving money by undertaking programmes which aim to eliminate pollution, according to a report by New York-based environmental research group, Inform.

12.  WHAT do babies nappies and chemical companies have in common?

13.  Chemical company Rohm and Haas, Hebburn Reyrolle and furniture firm Be Modern are major employers.

14.  RICHARD Lines, the acquisitive chairman of Hutton Rudby chemical company MTM, has announced his retirement from the board of governors of Teesside Polytechnic.

15.  But the chemical company admitted that environmental legislation would also place a heavy financial burden on the plants and was a factor in the closures.

16.  Already, seed and agriculture chemical companies are merging into a larger, more concentrated few.

17.  Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, has bought Discovery Industries, a chemical company.

18.  Among his favorite stocks now are chemical companies DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical Co. as well as heavy equipment makers Caterpillar Inc. and Ingersoll-Rand Co.

19.  American chemical companies will also suffer immediate sanctions and at least some loss of sales.

20.  And anyone who suggested that Ciba-Geigy throw money at another chemical company would have been laughed out of the board room.