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ExxonMobil’s $100 Million Baton Rouge Upgrade: A Bold Bet on Electronic-Grade IPA
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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...
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US Port Strike Threat: Impact on the Chemical Supply Chain
In a globalized business world that relies on an effective global shipping industry, trickle-down impacts from maritime upheaval are keenly felt. The...
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Engineered Plastics for High Voltage Automotive Applications
The electric vehicle revolution and battery-powered transportation systems are introducing increasingly higher-voltage components to human mobility....
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Unravelling Chlor-alkali Pricing, Supply and Demand 2014 to 2024 (Part III)
In Part III of our Chemicals A to Z series exploring shifts in the price points of key chemicals over the past 10 years we turn our focus to the...