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PET Anti-dumping Update: Proposed Provisional Duties
On 31 October 2023, the European Commission communicated the latest details of its anti-dumping investigation into Chinese polyethylene terephthalate...
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Chemicals Markets in Housing, Construction and Infrastructure Worldwide
At the risk of perpetuating a troubling 2023 trope, the construction sector is contradictory on a global scale right now. While growing populations...
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Is the US Automotive Sector Strike Impacting Chemicals Supply Chains?
The automotive sector is operating in a contradictory landscape at present. This year alone, it has been subject to pent-up demand driven by Covid,...
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Renewables, Low Carbon-Intensity Chemicals and ESG at EPCA '23
Discussions on low carbon or sustainable feedstocks at European Petrochemical Association gatherings – even ten years ago – were rare. Back then,...
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Key Takeaways From a Premier Petrochemicals Event: EPCA Vienna 2023
Tecnon OrbiChem experts connected (and reconnected) with cohorts of petrochemicals-focused contacts cultivated over 50 years at the end of last...
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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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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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PET & Its Raw Materials: Outlook for 2023, & 2022 in Review
As we look to the PET sector's high season - Q2 2023 - market participants will be keen to lower the paraxylene cost disparity compared to Asia. It...