Purchasing 10/05/2000 Table of Contents

Purchasing - October 05, 2000

AUTOMOTIVE/OEM

NEWS

BUYERS NEWS

CPI EDITION

Buyers see better times ahead

BUYLINES

Automotive suppliers lose profitability
Producers call for calcium chloride price hikes
E-commerce to boost purchasing card

Grassroots Business Survey

Buyers blame summer, election year for moderate slowdown

Morgan on purchasing

New solutions to making EDI really work in purchasing

PURCHASING SURVEY

Quest for total cost of ownership continues

REGULATION WATCH

Regulators, trade groups offer free EHS tools on Web sites

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Want to get ahead? Quit!

chemforecast

CPI EDITION

Prices rise with export demand

CPI EDITION

BUYERS NEWS

Buyers could see a 2¢/lb hike before 2001
Eastman outlines its e-business culture
Buyers cover their bases with commodity price hedging
Plastic drum prices should fall with resin feedstocks
New technologies, improved performance drive valve sales
Food additives demand shifts with consumer preference
PRICE CHANGES

CHEMICAL TRANSACTION PRICES

LEADTIMES

LEADTIMES

cpi edition

PAINTS and COATINGS

Feedstocks CONFUSE price outlook

SOLVENT MARKET UPDATE

Crude oil pushes prices up, but for how long?

Departments

Career Development

Want to Get Ahead? Quit!

INSIDE PURCHASING

What constitutes a Medal winner?

METALS

E-commerce is busting out all over

metals

E-COMMERCE

E-scrap becomes a reality

METALS

international steel trade

New decade, same old story: Friction abounds

INTERNATIONAL STEEL TRADE

NEWS

metals outlook 2001

WHY PRICES WONT RISE...much

ALUMINUM:

Smelter cutbacks prop ingot

COPPER:

Cathode strengthened by demand

LEAD:

Glut depresses the market

NICKEL:

Prices inflate as demand explodes

STEEL:

Excess supply choking prices

TIN:

No strength in pricing

ZINC:

Demand high, production higher

PRODUCT UPDATE

health and safety equipment

Demand stays strong, prices remain stable

MOLDMAKING

U.S. mold shops face stiff overseas competition

Pumps

Flat demand stabilizes prices

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

BOEING

PURCHASING HOTLINE

Late-breaking news and analysis for

PURCHASING HOTLINE

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

Rough seas ahead

TRANSPORTATION

NEWS

transportation

SMALL-PACKAGE EXPRESS

Buyers seek expanded service

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