Celebrating 90 years: to mark its 90th anniversary, CW invited a number of prominent industry figures to contribute their personal perspectives on the industry's past, present, and future--and the role that CW has played along the way.(Cover Story)

From: Chemical Week | Date: September 15, 2004 | Copyright information

American Chemistry Council Thomas E. Reilly Jr. President and CEO

For nearly half of its 90 years, I have had the good fortune of watching Chemical Week chronicle the dramatic growth and changes in the U.S. chemical industry. And what a story it has been.

The U.S. chemical industry is one of history's grand enterprises, shaped early on by political and strategic events, including two world wars, and later by ever-growing consumer demand for its essential and o...