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Supply chain

February 20, 2023

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 is critical that producers here are able to reduce the differential cost with Asian...

Bioenergy

February 15, 2023

Transforming fuels & feedstock: Old carbon to low carbon - AFPM talk

What do chemicals, forestry and renewable fuels value chains all have in common? Well, we've selected a trio of thought leaders to tell you... Experts from ResourceWise and its group of companies will explore the transition from...

Supply chain

February 14, 2023

Chemicals industry crystal ball: Pricing up over 40 chemicals to 2024

The final white paper in the series A chemicals industry crystal ball leverages datasets...

Maleic Anhydride

February 13, 2023

Biobased phthalic anhydride: Can this key feedstock be green?

Phthalic anhydride is a key chemical intermediate in applications from phthalate...

Supply chain

October 13, 2022

Ukraine-Russia: Trade impact analysis Autumn 2022

Already high, volatile and uncertain gas prices – within Europe in particular – were...

Caustic Soda

October 11, 2022

Next global chemical shortage, caustic soda

Caustic soda demand could exceed global capacity in the latter half of this decade....

Caustic Soda

August 8, 2022

Chlor-alkali 2022: Key factors driving China's markets

China’s Dual Control Policy sharply reduced caustic soda production in the country in Q4...

Polyamide

July 20, 2022

Chemical industry: Russia–Ukraine war impact analysis July 2022

Russian-origin raw material for unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) production is entering...

Sustainability

July 14, 2022

Paper-Polymer-Plastic: A new 'Rock Paper Scissors' game for the packaging sector

A report from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred Program estimates...

Acrylic Acid

July 12, 2022

New chemical industry imperatives: Expanding inventory & making supply chains robust

Factories need to keep inventory, to guard against delayed delivery of vital feedstocks...

Sustainability

July 8, 2022

Circular Economy: Beyond recycle, reuse & reduce

Strategies key to the circular economy include circular supply chains, eco-design, reuse,...

Supply chain

June 16, 2022

Retreat of Western investment in - and reliance on - China

For several decades until last year, China was regarded as the workshop of the world....

Petrochemical Trends

June 10, 2022

Chemical recycling: Towards a circular economy

Worldwide, there are many endeavours to recover and recycle plastics materials. The first...

Caustic Soda

May 31, 2022

Chlor-alkali webinar to draw on insight spanning five decades

Just as Tecnon OrbiChem consultants began preparing presentations for the Chlor-Alkali in...

Sustainability

May 27, 2022

Compelling concepts to kick off a sustainability conversation

Cellulosics are increasingly finding their way back into the global textiles and fibre...

Sustainability

May 18, 2022

Sustainability boost from promising profit: Concept to reality bio-PET

The largest PET producers reported extraordinary results in 2021 and Q1 2022. Along with...

Sustainability

May 11, 2022

Polycarbonates from renewable hydrocarbons

It’s no secret that plant-based polycarbonate (PC) can be problematic. Not only does the...

Sustainability

May 6, 2022

Plastic packaging material that is both sustainable and biodegrades

Ideally plastic packaging should be both biodegradable and produced in a sustainable way,...

Sustainability

April 27, 2022

Biobased monopropylene glycol: The bumpy road to a decarbonised world

Monopropylene glycol (MPG) – often called simply propylene glycol – is essential to a...

Sustainability

April 22, 2022

A new boost to the push towards carbon neutrality: Free white paper

Just as Covid-19 ushered in social distancing and further digitised our world by making...

Sustainability

April 13, 2022

Biobased succinic acid: Is the sustainable route becoming economically viable once more?

A renewable technology hailed as revolutionary in the 2010s may emerge as a choice route...

Sustainability

April 13, 2022

Sustainable routes to polyurethane

It could be considered one of the plastics world's most contradictory materials....

Sustainability

April 1, 2022

CELLULOSIC FIBERS - A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY

Worldwide demand for fibers has strongly mirrored GDP for many decades. Having closely...

Polyamide

April 1, 2022

3D PRINTING - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - RAPID PROTOTYPING

Additive manufacturing (AM) – or 3D printing – is a technique for producing solid objects...

Sustainability

April 1, 2022

A METHANE ROUTE TO ETHYLENE

Ethylene (C2H4) is a key chemical for producing a huge range of chemicals, polymers and...

Petrochemical Trends

April 1, 2022

COMPOSITES MARKETS IN A CHANGING WORLD

Encapsulating a building in popcorn may sound like a crazy way to boost energy efficiency...

Energy Sources

April 1, 2022

SOLAR ENERGY BOOM SPARKS EVA CAPACITY EXPANSIONS

That the sun is capable of supplying enough solar power to meet all earth’s annual...

Sustainability

April 1, 2022

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY FORECASTS – LONG- AND SHORT-TERM

Tecnon OrbiChem founder Charles Fryer's predictions for the chemical industry from 2022...

Petrochemical Trends

April 1, 2022

RENEWABLE MATERIALS AND THE FUTURE OF PLASTICS

As COP26 delegates dissected the detail on decarbonising our world, chemical innovators...

Petrochemical Trends

April 1, 2022

SUSTAINABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR AN ETHICAL FASHION INDUSTRY

Fabrics and textiles made from the naturally occurring polymer cellulose are breaking...

Bioenergy

April 1, 2022

INNOVATION IN PYROLYSIS PICKS UP PACE IN Q4 2021

The potential for pyrolysis to tackle waste and increase circularity in plastics...

Chemical Supply & Demand

March 29, 2022

UKRAINE-RUSSIA: TRADE IMPACT ANALYSIS

Heavy sanctions continue to cripple trade between Russia and the Western world as a...

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PET & its raw materials: Outlook for 2023, & 2022 in review

Transforming fuels & feedstock: Old carbon to low carbon - AFPM talk

Chemicals industry crystal ball: Pricing up over 40 chemicals to 2024

Biobased phthalic anhydride: Can this key feedstock be green?

Ukraine-Russia: Trade impact analysis Autumn 2022

Next global chemical shortage, caustic soda

Chlor-alkali 2022: Key factors driving China's markets

Chemical industry: Russia–Ukraine war impact analysis July 2022

Paper-Polymer-Plastic: A new 'Rock Paper Scissors' game for the packaging sector

New chemical industry imperatives: Expanding inventory & making supply chains robust

Circular Economy: Beyond recycle, reuse & reduce

Retreat of Western investment in - and reliance on - China

Chemical recycling: Towards a circular economy

Chlor-alkali webinar to draw on insight spanning five decades

Compelling concepts to kick off a sustainability conversation

Sustainability boost from promising profit: Concept to reality bio-PET

Polycarbonates from renewable hydrocarbons

Plastic packaging material that is both sustainable and biodegrades

Biobased monopropylene glycol: The bumpy road to a decarbonised world

A new boost to the push towards carbon neutrality: Free white paper

Biobased succinic acid: Is the sustainable route becoming economically viable once more?

Sustainable routes to polyurethane

CELLULOSIC FIBERS - A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY

3D PRINTING - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - RAPID PROTOTYPING

A METHANE ROUTE TO ETHYLENE

COMPOSITES MARKETS IN A CHANGING WORLD

SOLAR ENERGY BOOM SPARKS EVA CAPACITY EXPANSIONS

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY FORECASTS – LONG- AND SHORT-TERM

RENEWABLE MATERIALS AND THE FUTURE OF PLASTICS

SUSTAINABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR AN ETHICAL FASHION INDUSTRY

INNOVATION IN PYROLYSIS PICKS UP PACE IN Q4 2021

UKRAINE-RUSSIA: TRADE IMPACT ANALYSIS

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