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Understanding the Caustic Soda Shortage: The Downstream Impact of Weak PVC Demand
The global caustic soda market has experienced a notable shortage in recent months, primarily driven by reduced demand for polyvinyl chloride (PVC)...
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Thermoplastics Take Flight: Boeing and Airbus Look to Lightweight Composites for Next-Gen Jets
As the aerospace industry braces for a new era of high-speed production and sustainability, Airbus and Boeing are setting their sights on a...
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Engineering Thermoplastics: The Future of High-Performance Materials in the Chemical Value Chain
Engineering thermoplastics—high-performance polymers like polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), polyacetal (POM), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), and...
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ExxonMobil’s $100 Million Baton Rouge Upgrade: A Bold Bet on Electronic-Grade IPA
ExxonMobil's recently announced $100 million investment to upgrade its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, chemical plant may appear to be a tech story at first...
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Epoxy Resins Markets: Review 2024 and 2025 Outlook
Epoxy resin producers in Europe and the US met with concerned buyers and increased inquiries as 2024 began. Despite the price point for epoxy resins...
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Join ResourceWise at AFPM's International Petrochemical Conference 2025
The Industry's Premier Petrochemical Event The AFPM International Petrochemical Conference (IPC) is among the world's largest and most prestigious...
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28th World Chlor-Alkali Conference 2025
It has been nearly half a century since the first-ever iteration of the premier event, the World Chlor-Alkali Conference. The legacy company that...
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Plasticizer Markets: Review 2024 and 2025 Outlook
2024 was a challenging year for the European plasticizers market with demand failing to pick up. Key end markets remained subdued as economic...
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Maleic Anhydride Markets: Review 2024 and 2025 Outlook
Demand for maleic anhydride from downstream sectors—including automotive, construction, and electronics, as well as the crucial unsaturated polyester...
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Orthoxylene and Phthalic Anhydride: 2024 Review and 2025 Outlook
As the second largest outlet for the intermediate chemical phthalic anhydride, unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) markets remain key. What happens in...