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Biobased Acetic Acid: Making a Key Chemicals Feedstock Sustainable
Acetic acid has been made by biobased routes for centuries, albeit in a dilute form. If wine or other alcoholic beverages made by fermentation are...
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Chemicals Output in a Conflict-locked Post-Covid World
Earlier this year, BASF Chairman Martin Brudermüller warned that Europe was increasingly losing its chemicals sector competitive edge. His comments...
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Caustic Soda Consumption in Pulp and Paper: What You Need to Know
As the pulp and paper sector market continues to grow each year, so does the consumption of caustic soda in the industry. Over the past seven years,...
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Maleic Anhydride Markets Globally at Mid-year 2023
The global maleic anhydride market continues to be under downward pressure in 2023 amid the economic slowdown. Like many other products in the...
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Plasticizers and Their Raw Materials: eBook of Mid-year Analysis
Plasticizer market participants and producers within the sector's supply chain – plus raw materials producers – began the year with breath baited....
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Orthoxylene & Phthalic Anhydride Markets: Mid-year 2023
The Asia-focused supplement to our January 2023 blog post Orthoxylene - phthalic anhydride outlook for 2023 & year in review contained interviews...
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Global Isocyanates Markets 2023: Mid-Year Review
A whitepaper Tecnon OrbiChem published earlier in 2023 outlined the reasons why isocyanates markets had been seasonally quiet a year prior. Logistics...
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How to Plan and Budget for Direct Materials Purchases
Budgets are financial plans that play a crucial role in the success and profitability of businesses. For companies that rely on raw materials as...
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How to Plan and Budget for Direct Materials Purchases
Budgets are financial plans that play a crucial role in the success and profitability of businesses. For companies that rely on raw materials as...
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Caustic Soda Trade in Global Markets: Mid-Year Review 2023
The chlor-alkali sector is uniquely positioned to act as a litmus test for the global economy, making its ripples around trade indicative of what is...