Glycols: 2027 Negotiations Will Begin amid Tight Markets and Elevated Prices
Asian glycol markets are expected to remain fundamentally tight in the coming weeks. Low import availability, improving but still low operating...
The European PET Market Is Looking for a Clear Direction
Expectations for lower PET prices have not materialized, as rising uncertainty continues to support higher raw material costs. There is limited room...
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Europe’s Caprolactam, PET and MEG Markets: Imports and Trade Policy Shape H2 2026
European caprolactam, PET and MEG markets face import pressure, low operating rates and changing trade policy in H2 2026.
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PET and Raw Materials: 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook
The global polyester value chain entered 2025 under mounting pressure, shaped by chronic overcapacity, unsustainably low profitability, and...
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2025 Supply and Demand Review: Overcapacity Forces Polyester Chain Rationalization in All Regions
Global overcapacity has long shaped the polyester value chain. In recent years, capacity expansions—led primarily by China but not limited to it—have...
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Sustainability Boost from Promising Profit: Concept to Reality Bio-PET
The largest PET producers reported extraordinary results in 2021 and Q1 2022. Along with improved profitability, all the companies provide extended...
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Profitability in 2022: West Welcomes Sharp Improvement
There is exceptional profitability for products in the polyester chain in Europe and the US today. Heightened local prices and good profits are...
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Who is making money in the polyester chain? Changes and challenges in 2022
Depending on the origin and destination, the cost of freight today represents almost one-third of the cfr value/price of exports imports by America...
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PET Supplies Range from Tight to Short to Balanced to Long. Where Are You?
Supply limitations, logistic constraints and varying demand patterns have created different scenarios for PET in each region. The South American...
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Ethylene Oxide, Glycols & Derivatives: What is happening in Europe and the US?
Good demand, but mainly supply limitations of ethylene oxide and derivatives have created unusual volatility and historically high prices for glycols...
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What Does PET Need to Be Successful?
It seems feasible that the use of PET will continue to grow, but … should this happen at the cost of reducing fossil raw materials? The changing...
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MEG: Global Overcapacity, Regional Tightness - For How Long?
Everything that happened in 2020 was impossible to imagine, as is the current situation in the petrochemical industry, and glycols are no exception....