Rachel Uctas

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Tight Supply Keeps Asian Acrylic Acid And Acrylates Market On Its Toes

Picture of Rachel Uctas Rachel Uctas: Sep 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Across Asia, demand is picking up as the market for acrylic acid and acrylates is entering its peak season, although there are indications that the...

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Acrylic Acid & Acrylates - When Can Buyers Put the Anguish Behind Them?

Picture of Rachel Uctas Rachel Uctas: Jun 10, 2021 12:00:00 AM

To say this year has proved a huge challenge for the acrylic acid and acrylates market would be a vast understatement. Buyers have faced a huge...

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Global Butyl Acrylate Market Reels from Startling Price Surge

Picture of Rachel Uctas Rachel Uctas: Feb 1, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Shifting demand patterns, a string of production outages, and the consequence of low industry stocks have lifted butyl acrylate prices dramatically...

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As Covid-19 Shows No Sign of Abating, What’s in Store for the Acrylic Acid Market?

Picture of Rachel Uctas Rachel Uctas: Sep 25, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Nearly nine months after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Wuhan, China, the pandemic has had a striking but varied impact on key downstream...

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How Hard Has the BA Market Been Hit by COVID-19 Lockdowns?

Picture of Rachel Uctas Rachel Uctas: May 27, 2020 12:00:00 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and intensified challenges within the international butyl acrylate market to an extent not previously seen....

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European Acrylic Acid Suffers a Harsh Year – Where Next in 2020?

Picture of Rachel Uctas Rachel Uctas: Feb 10, 2020 12:00:00 AM

Nobody in the acrylic acid market could disagree that 2019 was a hugely challenging year which saw prices plummeting, and margins squeezed within a...