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Global Phenol and Acetone Market Review 2025
Overview: A Year Defined by Oversupply and Weak Demand The global phenol and acetone markets spent 2025 navigating a landscape shaped by oversupply,...
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2025 North American Solvents Market Review
Overall Solvents Market Conditions Solvents markets in 2025 appeared generally bearish, driven primarily by slower-than-expected demand. Tariffs and...
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Reviewing ResourceWise’s 2025 Forest Products Industry Predictions
Each year, ResourceWise publishes a set of predictions outlining how we expect the forest products industry to evolve over the coming year. As we do...
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A Comprehensive Review of the Pulp, Paper, and Forest Products Industry in 2025
The global pulp, paper, and forest products industry entered 2025 amid continued uncertainty—but exited the year fundamentally reshaped. What...
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Glycols and Glycol Derivatives: 2025 Market Review
Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) A Tight Start to 2025 North American MEG entered 2025 in a relatively tight and higher-priced position. MEGlobal’s...
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2025 Supply and Demand Review: Overcapacity Forces Polyester Chain Rationalization in All Regions
Global overcapacity has long shaped the polyester value chain. In recent years, capacity expansions—led primarily by China but not limited to it—have...
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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...