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For one reason or another supply of PVC in several regions around the world has been disrupted over the last six months. In Europe, the region saw an unprecedented number of outages during the third and fourth quarters, when at times almost every...
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Investments are ramping up for chemicals, materials, and fuel using woody biomass and pulp by-products for feedstock. Supply and demand for crude...
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Global maleic anhydride markets were booming in the last quarter of 2020 and the early part of the New Year. China was a little ahead of the curve...
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Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) prices have been on an upward trajectory since the fourth quarter of 2020. Consecutive price increase announcements...
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2020 has been a very challenging year for European plasticizer producers. Following a terrible second quarter, as consumption, particularly in...
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Several biotechnology and specialty chemical companies are ramping up marketing and commercialization of microbial-based surfactants, especially...
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COVID-19 has changed everything. We don’t work, play, or study like we used to, and the destruction that has followed in its wake will require a new...
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As the world battles to control the Covid-19 outbreak, demand in many chemical sectors is tumbling. With automotive and construction industries...
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The Chinese UP resin market started to show some recovery in March after coming to a standstill in late January and remaining virtually shut down...
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As crude oil and all related markets fell with shocking speed in response to deepening fears over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the maleic...
