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Unsaturated Polyester Resin (UPR) Market: 2025 Review
The global UPR market in 2025 was characterized by subdued demand, declining feedstock costs, and increasing competitive intensity. Across North...
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Global Supply and Demand Review for Caustic Soda and PVC in 2025
The global chlor-alkali and PVC sectors spent 2025 adjusting to a set of structural pressures that reshaped trade routes, altered operating...
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Using Market Data to Navigate Joint Venture Decisions with Confidence
Early this month, UPM and Sappi signed a non-binding letter of intent to create a 50/50 joint venture that would unite nearly all of their graphic...
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From Bottleneck to Oversupply: How the PA66 Industry Shifted in 2025
The global nylon 66 industry has undergone a dramatic reversal over the past few years. Not long ago, producers were struggling with a shortage of...
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Global Plasticizers Market: 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook
In 2025, the global plasticizer market has been squeezed by weak macroeconomic conditions, soft construction demand, and shifting trade barriers....
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A Look Inside the Global Pulp & Paper Market: Q3 2025
The third quarter of 2025 delivered another wave of pivotal shifts across the global pulp and paper industry. From new trade dynamics in North...
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MDI and TDI Market Review 2025 and Outlook for 2026
The global isocyanates market endured another difficult year in 2025, with MDI and TDI producers continuing to face weak demand, high operating...
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North American Chemical Market Trends: November 2025 Update
North American chemical producers have maintained their competitive edge throughout 2025, benefiting from abundant low-cost feedstock and resilient...
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Maleic Anhydride: 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook
China's export power reshapes global flows as the market braces for another year of oversupply.
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Can SAF Make Progress in Mandates Without Incentives?
As the aviation sector races toward its 2050 net-zero target, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has emerged as its most immediate and scalable...
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Chinese Overcapacity: Impacts, Risks, and Strategic Responses for the Pulp & Paper Industry
The global pulp and paper industry is entering a new era — one defined by structural overcapacity in China that is reshaping market dynamics, trade...
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China’s Pulp and Paper Expansion: How Overcapacity Is Reshaping Global Competitiveness
China’s pulp and paper industry continues to expand at an unprecedented pace, with new mill projects, advanced technologies, and state-backed...