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unsaturated polyester resins 2025 market review

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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 pvs in 2025

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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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Reviewing ResourceWise's 2025 Biofuels Market Predictions.

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Reviewing ResourceWise’s 2025 Biofuels Market Predictions: How’d We Do?

At the start of the year, we outlined six key predictions shaping how biofuels markets would evolve in 2025. Now that new mandates have taken effect...

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Trends and Insights: Top 5 Insights for the 2026 Biofuels Market.

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Top 5 Insights for the 2026 Biofuels Market

During our latest ResourceWise webinar, Biofuels Market Outlook 2026, VP of Low-Carbon Fuels, Matthew Stone, highlighted the market signals that will...

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from bottleneck to oversupply: how the pa66 industry shifted in 2025

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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

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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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MDI and TDI Market 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook

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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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November 2025 Update on North American Chemical Market Trends

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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 markets 2025 review and 2026 outlook

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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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metal cog wheel with

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Regulations in the Chemical Industry: Where Safety, Sustainability, and Trade Protectionism Converge

In an increasingly interconnected global economy, the chemical industry stands at the crossroads of innovation, sustainability, and geopolitics....

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Person holding smartphone with logo of British chemicals company INEOS Group Ltd. on screen in front of website.

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Does Closure of the Ineos Rheinberg Plant Mark a Turning Point for Europe's Epichlorohydrin Market?

Ineos announced on October 6 its intention to close two production units at its Rheinberg, Germany, site, including the allylics plant that makes...

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Chemical plant closures and overcapacity on-demand webinar

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[Webinar Recap] European Plant Closures and Asian Overcapacity: Global Chemicals in Transition

As the global chemicals sector navigates mounting pressures, two themes are at the forefront: European plant closures and Asian overcapacity. Ahead...

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