Purchasing - August 13, 1998
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Rhodia expects to cease discounting with September deliveries of sodium hypophosphite (monohydrate)
Rhodia expects to cease discounting with September deliveries of sodium hypophosphite (monohydrate). The firm had created a summertime temporary voluntary allowance of $15/hundredweight because of a seasonal reduction in demand for the chemical.
- AUTOMOTIVE/OEM
- BUYING ENERGY
- BUYLINES
- Buying consortiums suit some, not all
- SOURCE FINDER
- CRYSTAL BALL CONSENSUS
- PMs go bullish on 1998,economists retrench a bit
- REGULATION WATCH
- OSHA rule due out 'soon,' fastener rule put off until fall
- SOURCING STRATEGY
- Using technology to make supply management pay off
- Buying Energy
- CPI EDITION
- LEADTIMES
- BUYER'S NEWS
- Biggest buying problems:
- CHEMFORECAST
- Prices flatten out after declining
- Chemical Transaction Prices
- Index nudges up 0.1 point to 94.3
- Polymer Resins
- PLASTICS OUTLOOK
- Riding the plastics market wave
- POLYETHYLENES
- Buyer's market PREVAILS
- CPI Edition
- Price Changes
- Price Changes
- Price Changes
- Price Changes
- Price Changes
- PRICE CHANGES
- Buyer's News
- CORPORATE CHANGES
- Distributor giants Ashland and Soco make acquisitions
- Hoover buys Florida Drum
- Firms reformulate to reduce costs
- More declines are expected
- Capacity Changes
- What to do after use
- CAPACITY CHANGES
- CORPORATE CHANGES
- Capacity Changes
- Capacity Changes
- Items in short supply:
- SODIUM CHLORATE
- Strong demand pressures prices
- STYRENE
- Weak markets soften tags
- Computers, Business Systems and Office Products
- ERP SOFTWARE
- Purchasing speaks out at Oracle user group meeting
- MARKETPLACE
- Competition is heating up between these two services
- OFFICE SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTION
- No need to fret aboutpace of consolidation
- PRODUCT BRIEFS
- Satisfy range of needs with new desktop PCs
- PURCHASING NOTES
- Speaking at PC Expo held recently in New York, Eckhard Pfeiffer, chief executive, Compaq Computer outlined
- Product Briefs
- PC series easy to upgrade, service
- Imaging and Internet features designed in PCs
- Store, organize handwritten notes
- Service and support for PCs
- PC processors designed for high performance
- PC server line launched
- Expanded handheld PC
- Purchasing Notes
- Business Products Industry Assn (bpia)
- Staples has substantially expanded its western New York state office supplies distribution center
- BT Office Products International has signed definitive agreements to acquire three companies in Europe
- The Reynolds and Reynolds Company has formed a new business unit called Electronic Document Solutions
- Electronics Purchasing
- TI sees a bad year for chips
- Rambus DRAMs tested
- USB's time is here
- Relay market sees slow growth as tags fall
- Vallee takes the helm at Avnet
- Taiwan is where the investment is
- Displays: It's a pretty picture for LCD buyers
- Sayonara to DRAMs?
- Electronics Prices
- Distribution Watch
- What Avnet's restructuring means to purchasers
- ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS
- No end in sight for the supply glut
- ELECTRONICS BRIEFS
- Gates bullish on home PCs
- Electronic Buying Conditions
- Cap costs rise
- Electronics Briefs
- STM, IBM work together
- Canon to ship 0.18 micron steppers
- Arrow named best European distributor
- AMD unveils 32 megabit flash
- Xeon hits the market
- Purchasing Strategy
- The rule for medical buyers: Low cost
- HOTLINE
- Prepare for more fines for air pollution
- For budgeting purposes:
- Look for significant bargains in air freight rates over the next six years
- Plan on skilled labor to stay tight for the next couple of years
- Expect downward pressure on sheet steel prices for at least another month
- More from EPA: Agency says "No false alarms" about its plans for fire and explosion reports
- Beware of problems in the Panama Canal
- Expect the global wafer fab equipment market to take a big hit this year
- Visit Purchasing
- Don't expect price declines for lithium-ion batteries any time soon
- Fleet buyers: Be prepared for some disappointing used-car prices this fall
- Don't miss the 1998 Purchasing Conference
- If you want to know what to expect in purchasing over the next decade
- Keep a close watch on the Japanese yen
- Electronics buyers: Look for memory manufacturers to devote more capacity to flash memory
- TRANSACTION PRICES
- Don't be surprised to see big hikes in phone bills next year
- Count on continued declines in commodity chemical prices
- Don't expect polyethylene price hike to stick
- If you're a purchasing pro in the chemical process industries (CPI), don't miss our latest book
- Expect prices for 32- and 64-bit embedded microcontrollers to fall
- Expect spot prices for cobalt to slip further in fourth quarter
- Economy
- Capacity utilization rates are dropping on average
- Don't assume that the Q1 inventory build will lead to slower growth in second-half 1998
- Much has happened to sour the mood among economic observers in recent months
- Inflation lives in the service sector
- Attention Crystal Ball gazers!
- Imports keep pressure on U.S. producers
- The Fed's hands are tied on interest rates
- Markets
- MEETING NOTICE
- The U.S. steel trade deficit exploded in May
- Shipments of replacement auto batteries totaled 27.9 million in the first five months of 1998
- MEETING NOTICE
- Vulcan Chemicals has formed a joint venture with Mitsui & Co.
- London-based steel holding company Ispat International has completed its acquisition
- Shipments of World Wide Web browsers within the U.S. will grow from 10.1 million in 1997 to 124.3 million in 2002
- Open market sales of ferrous and nonferrous metal castings and nonferrous die castings have grown for six consecutive years
- Nova Corp. of Calgary has become North America's largest polystyrene supplier
- Facing strong Pentagon opposition
- Prices
- Buyers now forecast that ethylene prices will decline
- Prices for dioctyl phthalate (DOP) resins are on the verge of collapse
- Spot sheet steel prices fell $25/ton last month
- Praxair has imposed 5%-10% surcharges
- Asian steel plate offerings for fourth quarter delivery are undercutting domestic prices
- Containerboard market is glutted
- Retail prices for unleaded gasoline are stuck at $1.10/gal
- Commodity-grade plastic resin prices will lose up to 3(cent)-5(cent)
- Sales of propylene oxide continue to soar
- Polyethylene producers are trying to stop a slide in summer spot market pricing
- Midsummer market reports put kraft wood pulp at $550/metric ton
- Air Products & Chemicals has boosted tags by 6%
- Led by Union Carbide, producers are trying to boost prices by 1.5(cent)-3(cent)/lb
- Primary aluminum ingot will average 64(cent) this year
- Commerce has recommended duties on stainless steel rod
- Philips Semiconductors Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., cut prices for 16-bit chips by 30%
- INSIDE PURCHASING
- METALS
- INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF METALS SUPPLY
- Service centers and processorsbet billions on value added
- METAL PARTS MARKET
- Robust demand stretches leadtimes
- NEWS
- Supply tightness eases, prices steady
- Boeing applies new buying strategy to aluminum
- News
- Chips
- Chips
- Chips
- U.S. examines unfair steel trade claims
- Chips
- Blackstone woos Republic
- Chips
- Steel Outlook '99 is slated for October 29
- Chips
- Chips
- Avesta shuts Baltimore plant
- U.S. aluminum smelting steady
- Chips
- Aluminum Outlook '99 will convene on September 10
- Chips
- Chips
- Chips
- CHIPS
- Chips
- Buyers cite mixed climatein steel plate market
- Metals USA becomes giant
- Use of aluminum mill products sizzles
- Chips
- Chips
- Chips
- Chips
- MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
- CORPORATE PLUS PROFILE
- Supplier manages projects and second tier
- Corporate Plus Profile
- Joint development yields better box
- Problems persist, yet payoff can mean BUSINESS
- M/WBE businesses succeed with right elements
- Problems persist, yet payoff can mean business
- Some M/WBE suppliers still have problems
- Obstacles on the road to supplier diversity
- The ongoing problems of supplier diversity programs
- Future of supplier diversity
- MRO/DISTRIBUTION
- Metals
- Investing in the future of metals supply
- Top 7 metals processors emphasize steel products
- Metal Parts Markets
- Tips when buying forgings
- ON THE INTERNET
- PRODUCT UPDATE
- VALVES & FITTINGS
- Prices rise slightly in healthy market
- PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- PURCHASING SOFTWARE NEWS
- RECYCLING RESOURCES
- STRATEGIES
- WORLD-CLASS SUPPLIERS
- What makes a supplier world-class
- SUPPLY INSIGHTS
- TRANSPORTATION
- NEWS
- Asia's economic woes won't ground air cargo growth
- Apollo bulks up tank truck, box industries
- News
- Picket lines slow cargo at West Coast ports
- CF launches software for logistics pros
- Ocean shipping reform may finally go all the way
- Yellow offers time-definite deliveries for heavy freight
- WORLD-CLASS ALLIANCES
- Logistics alliance puts FPL in power position
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