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Supply Chain

November 28, 2023

Barge, Truck or Train? Panama Ships and Supply Chains

During a particularly poignant moment in Apple TV's drama series The Morning Show, UBA weatherman Yanko Flores defines El Niño. It is, he laments, “the harbinger that throws everything out of whack”. Expect droughts, floods, storms and...

Sustainability

November 15, 2023

Can White Hydrogen Answer Humanity’s Fundamental Energy Needs?

The chemical industry, the high-volume sector of the industry in particular, pivots on the conversion of fairly inert carbonaceous matter into chemically active materials. This output is achieved through the application and absorption of...

Supply Chain

November 10, 2023

Global Supply Chain Statistics: Trade Transparency Visualized

It is one thing to know the price a chemical is currently valued in the market, a service...

Supply Chain

November 3, 2023

PET Anti-dumping Update: Proposed Provisional Duties

On 31 October 2023, the European Commission communicated the latest details of its...

Supply Chain

October 25, 2023

Chemicals Markets in Housing, Construction and Infrastructure Worldwide

At the risk of perpetuating a troubling 2023 trope, the construction sector is...

Supply Chain

October 19, 2023

Is the US Automotive Sector Strike Impacting Chemicals Supply Chains?

The automotive sector is operating in a contradictory landscape at present. This year...

Supply Chain

October 16, 2023

Renewables, Low Carbon-Intensity Chemicals and ESG at EPCA '23

Discussions on low carbon or sustainable feedstocks at European Petrochemical Association...

Supply Chain

October 10, 2023

Key Takeaways From A Premier Petrochemicals Event: EPCA Vienna 2023

Tecnon OrbiChem experts connected (and reconnected) with cohorts of...

Thermoplastics

October 5, 2023

Footwear Feedstocks Price Forecast: A Chemicals Cost Comparison

The footwear sector is huge – with as many as 24 billion pairs produced annually – but it...

Bioenergy

September 27, 2023

Sustainable Trade Europe: Internal Carbon Price and Raw Materials

The European Union is imposing a raft of new reporting responsibilities which are set out...

PET Resin

September 11, 2023

Chemicals Sector South Korea: Adapt or Dwindle Approach

South Korean petrochemical firms are adapting their business portfolios to combat...

Global Chemical Market

August 31, 2023

Plasticizer Market Analysis 2023: An Overview

With the year 2023 now into its second half, plasticizer and oxo-alcohol markets remain...

Sustainability

August 23, 2023

Boost in Biosurfactants Output Supports Sustainable Goals

The production of surfactants by combining biomass and microorganisms – such as bacterial...

August 15, 2023

EPCA Annual Meeting Tecnon OrbiChem Team of Ten Announced

One of the leading petrochemicals events in the calendar is almost upon us. Petrochemical...

August 9, 2023

Caustic soda endures 'cost & freight' premium, but for how long?

Chemical tanker availability is thought to be elevating the cost of caustic soda...

Polyester

August 2, 2023

India Halts Imports for Key Intermediate Chemical from China

Plastics, packaging, textiles and automotive manufacturers in India are currently...

Carbon Emissions

July 31, 2023

Putting Sustainability at The Heart of The Chemicals Sector

The International Energy Agency has set broad goals for achieving net-zero carbon...

Unsaturated Polyester Resin

July 25, 2023

Bisphenol A Ban By The Back Door: The 21st Century Way

Despite being a key component of epoxy resins and polycarbonates, and an additive that...

Acetyls

July 20, 2023

Biobased Acetic Acid: Making a Key Chemicals Feedstock Sustainable

Acetic acid has been made by biobased routes for centuries, albeit in a dilute form. If...

Covid-19

July 17, 2023

Chemicals Output in a Conflict-locked Post-Covid World

Earlier this year, BASF Chairman Martin Brudermüller warned that Europe was...

Maleic Anhydride

July 5, 2023

Maleic Anhydride Markets Globally at Mid-year 2023

The global maleic anhydride market continues to be under downward pressure in 2023 amid...

July 3, 2023

Chlorine And Derivatives Markets at Mid-year 2023

The markets for chlor-alkali have faltered during the first half of 2023, as projected...

June 27, 2023

Unsaturated Polyester Resins Markets: Looking to Q4 2023

As we reached the mid-point of last year, unsaturated polyester resin market participants...

Supply Chain

June 26, 2023

Plasticizers and Their Raw Materials: eBook of Mid-year Analysis

Plasticizer market participants and producers within the sector's supply chain – plus raw...

Supply Chain

June 20, 2023

Orthoxylene & phthalic anhydride markets: Mid-year 2023

The Asia-focused supplement to our January 2023 blog post Orthoxylene - phthalic...

Isocyanates

June 19, 2023

Global Isocyanates Markets 2023: Mid-Year Review

A whitepaper Tecnon OrbiChem published earlier in 2023 outlined the reasons why...

Supply Chain

June 8, 2023

How to Plan and Budget for Direct Materials Purchases

Budgets are financial plans that play a crucial role in the success and profitability of...

June 7, 2023

Future Funding: Billion-dollar Policy Offers US Bioeconomy a Lifeline

Chemical companies are struggling to find markets as weak demand – driven by inflation...

Caustic Soda

June 5, 2023

Caustic Soda Trade in Global Markets: Mid-Year Review 2023

The chlor-alkali sector is uniquely positioned to act as a litmus test for the global...

Caustic Soda

June 2, 2023

26th World Chlor-alkali Conference: History & agenda

In just a few weeks, Tecnon OrbiChem and partner I•C•I•S co-host their 26th World...

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...

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,...

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 Biodegradable

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

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 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 ofsupplying enough solar power to meet all earth’s annual energy...

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 and 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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