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 in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). CONTINUE READING >
PET Resin September 11, 2023 Chemicals Sector South Korea: Adapt or Dwindle Approach South Korean petrochemical firms are adapting their business portfolios to combat oversupplied markets amidst a bearish demand for products. CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability August 23, 2023 Boost in Biosurfactants Output Supports Sustainable Goals The production of surfactants by combining biomass and microorganisms – such as bacterial... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Polyester August 2, 2023 India Halts Imports for Key Intermediate Chemical from China Plastics, packaging, textiles and automotive manufacturers in India are currently... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Supply Chain June 20, 2023 Orthoxylene & phthalic anhydride markets: Mid-year 2023 The Asia-focused supplement to our January 2023 blog post Orthoxylene - phthalic... CONTINUE READING >
Isocyanates June 19, 2023 Global Isocyanates Markets 2023: Mid-Year Review A whitepaper Tecnon OrbiChem published earlier in 2023 outlined the reasons why... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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,... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Supply Chain October 13, 2022 Ukraine-Russia: Trade impact analysis Autumn 2022 Already high, volatile and uncertain gas prices – within Europe in particular – were... CONTINUE READING >
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.... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability July 8, 2022 Circular Economy: Beyond recycle, reuse & reduce Strategies key to the circular economy include circular supply chains, eco-design, reuse,... CONTINUE READING >
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.... CONTINUE READING >
Petrochemical Trends June 10, 2022 Chemical recycling: Towards a circular economy Worldwide, there are many endeavours to recover and recycle plastics materials. The first... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability May 11, 2022 Polycarbonates from renewable hydrocarbons It’s no secret that plant-based polycarbonate (PC) can be problematic. Not only does the... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability April 13, 2022 Sustainable routes to polyurethane It could be considered one of the plastics world's most contradictory materials.... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability April 1, 2022 CELLULOSIC FIBERS - A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY Worldwide demand for fibers has strongly mirrored GDP for many decades. Having closely... CONTINUE READING >
Polyamide April 1, 2022 3D PRINTING - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - RAPID PROTOTYPING Additive manufacturing (AM) – or 3D printing – is a technique for producing solid objects... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability April 1, 2022 A METHANE ROUTE TO ETHYLENE Ethylene (C2H4) is a key chemical for producing a huge range of chemicals, polymers and... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
Sustainability April 1, 2022 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY FORECASTS – LONG- AND SHORT-TERM Tecnon OrbiChem founder Charles Fryer's predictions for the chemical industry from 2022... CONTINUE READING >
Petrochemical Trends April 1, 2022 RENEWABLE MATERIALS AND THE FUTURE OF PLASTICS As COP26 delegates dissected the detail on decarbonising our world, chemical innovators... CONTINUE READING >
Petrochemical Trends April 1, 2022 SUSTAINABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR AN ETHICAL FASHION INDUSTRY Fabrics and textiles made from the naturally occurring polymer cellulose are breaking... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >
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... CONTINUE READING >