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Bad Weather, Supply Shortages And Covid-19 Continue To Disrupt Isocyanates Markets

The MDI market in North America has been tight for some time and the situation has worsened after Ida hit the Gulf and proceeded to move inland. Hurricane Ida swept into Louisiana at the end of August as a category 4 storm, causing widespread...

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Tight Supply Keeps Asian Acrylic Acid And Acrylates Market On Its Toes

Across Asia, demand is picking up as the market for acrylic acid and acrylates is entering its peak season, although there are indications that the...

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Funding Heats Up For Biotech Material Developers

Funding, investments and grants continue to soar for biotech materials developers, especially after several successful IPOs from companies such as...

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Acetic Acid Market Stuck in Supply-Side Doldrums

Supply and demand fundamentals are the main drivers for the global acetyls industry, and moving into the fourth quarter most of the attention is...

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Epoxy Resins Market Facing Further Headwinds In Q4 2021?

After a pleasant and stable summer, epoxy resins prices have started to creep up again in all regions. Supply remains snug; the whole value chain is...

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Hurricane Ida Provides Another Shock To Fragile Petrochemical Inventories

The US Gulf Coast petrochemical industry was still feeling some lingering effects from Winter Storm Uri in February, and another weather-related...

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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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Synthetic Resins & Intermediates In The Circular Economy: A SWOT Analysis

Covid-19 has changed everything. We don’t work, play or study in the same way we used to and the destruction that has followed in its wake will...

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Outages and Raw Materials Shortages Keep Isocyanates Under Pressure

The North American MDI market continues to be disrupted due to raw material shortages and prices are still firming. Lack of supply availability, even...

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Developing Renewable Polycarbonates: A Balancing Act

There are limited developments and commercialisation in the field of plant-based polycarbonates due to the complicated technical properties of the...

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