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Industrial Production Climbs

Washington, Feb. 17--Industrial production climbed faster than expected in January as auto makers once again revved up assembly lines.

Report: DuPont To Remain Textile Player Despite In

Wilmslow, UK, Feb. 16--Manufacturing giant DuPont will remain a key player in technical textiles despite the sale of its Invista fibers business.

Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 16--Pakistan exports hand-knotted carpets worth US$131.78 million during the first seven months of the current fiscal year against exports of US $122.898 million during the corresponding period of the previous year.

Hacker Industries Introduces True Screed Underlaym

Newport Beach, CA, Feb. 16--A cutting-edge new self-leveling Portland cement-based underlayment that offers high compressive strengths and superior bonding characteristics is now available from Hacker Industries.

Overvalued Dollar Affecting Feltex

Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 16--Feltex Carpets has become the latest victim of an overvalued kiwi dollar.

Liveris Elected to Dow's Board of Directors

Midland, MI, Feb. 13--The Dow Chemical Company announced today the unanimous election of Andrew N. Liveris to the Board of Directors.

Feltex Earnings Up

Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 13-- The Feltex Group recorded a net surplus of $11.4 million for the six months ended 31 December 2003.

BASF to Raise Ultramid Polyamide & Caprolactum Pri

Mount Olive, NJ, Feb. 12--BASF today announced that it will increase prices for Ultramid polyamide (PA) 6 spinning polymer, compounding resins and caprolactum in North America by six cents per pound, effective March 1.

Consumer Confidence Drops

New York, NY, Feb. 13--The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index for February dropped to 93.1 from a revised 103.8 in January.

SEC Dismisses Case Against Former Kmart Execs

Detroit, MI, Feb. 13--The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its accounting fraud case against two former Kmart Corp. executives, a lawyer for one of the men said Thursday.