New Publisher for Chemical Week Associates' Plastics Group NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Chemical Week Associates, the most powerful communications and information company for the worldwide chemical business and related industries, has named Stephen J. Schwartz, Group Vice President, as Publisher of Modern Plastics, Modern Plastics International, and Modern Mold & Tooling. Schwartz has served at the helm of Chemical Week magazine for the past five years and will continue to manage two other Chemical Week Associates' publications: Adhesives Age and Modern Paint & Coatings. "Stephen has an outstanding track record for building the business and possesses the necessary leadership qualities to take these publications to new levels of growth. He will lead and build the plastics group of publications along with long-time Editor-in-Chief, Patrick Toensmeier," said Michael Silber, President/COO. Chemical Week Associates' recent acquisitions of Modern Plastics, Modern Plastics International, and Modern Mold & Tooling, support its commitment to serve the global chemical industry and allow the company to draw from its tremendous shared knowledge base and worldwide editorial staffs and correspondents. As a larger company, Chemical Week Associates' position is heightened, enabling it to provide information products to the worldwide chemical marketplace as well as serve important downstream product niches. Chemical Week Associates, named the fourth fastest-growing company by Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management in its April 15, 2000 issue, has an expanded portfolio of magazines, conferences, tradeshows, newsletters, and auxiliary products. Its family of publications includes Adhesives Age, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Week, Chemical Specialties, E-Plant, Lubricants World, Modern Paint & Coatings, Modern Plastics, Modern Plastics International, and Modern Mold & Tooling, Soap & Cosmetics, and Today's Refinery. SOURCE: Chemical Week Associates CONTACT: Michael Silber, President-COO of Chemical Week Associates, 212-621-4905 Web site: http://www.chemweek.com