Economic indicators.

 Economic Indicators  PLANT WATCH  Company                                Plant location  Air Liquide                            Secunda, South Africa Oman Oil Co.                           Sohar, Oman Saudi Arabian Oil Co.                  Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Shaoxing Yuandong New Polyester Co.    Shaoxing, China BorsodChem Rt.                         Kazincbarcika, Hungary St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  Memphis, Tenn. Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co.      Anacortes, Wash. Bayer Corp.                            Woodbridge, Conn.  USFilter                               Karamay, China  Company                                Product  Air Liquide                            Air-separation unit Oman Oil Co.                           Polypropylene Saudi Arabian Oil Co.                  Gas-oil separation plant Shaoxing Yuandong New Polyester Co.    Polyester staple fiber BorsodChem Rt.                         Dinitrotoluene St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  Pharmaceutical compounds Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co.      Solvent-deasphalting unit Bayer Corp.                            Technology center for the Paper                                        Colorants and Chemical Business                                        Unit USFilter                               Wastewater treatment  Company                                Cost capacity  Air Liquide                            3,550 m.t./d Oman Oil Co.                           340,000 m.t./yr Saudi Arabian Oil Co.                  $105 million; 200,000 bbl/d Shaoxing Yuandong New Polyester Co.    300 t/d; 20.9 million [euro] BorsodChem Rt.                         240 m.t./d St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  $29 million; 65,000 [ft.sup.2] Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co.      21,000 bbl/d Bayer Corp.                            25,000 [ft.sup.2]  USFilter                               $3.1 million  Company                                Startup  Air Liquide                            4th Q 2003 Oman Oil Co.                           2006 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.                  2004 Shaoxing Yuandong New Polyester Co.    2nd Q 2003 BorsodChem Rt.                         Feb. 2002 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  2nd Q 2003 Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co.      Feb. 2002 Bayer Corp.                            Feb. 2002  USFilter                               Nov. 2001  BUSINESS DEALS  Companies                       Date       Details  Air Products and Chemicals,     Mar. 12    Formed Neolytica (Ann Arbor, Inc. (Allentown, Pa.), Dow                 Mich.), a web-enabled Chemical Co. (Midland,                     business that is a vendor of Mich.), Intertek                           outsourced analytical Testing Services (London,                 testing …