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Eastman Chemical to split

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Eastman Chemical Co. is to separate its speciality chemicals and plastics operations from its PET packaging segment to create two public companies. Click logo for full article.

Jan 31, 2001

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