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Jane Denny: Oct 5, 2023, 1:08:25 PM
The footwear sector is huge – with as many as 24 billion pairs produced annually – but it is also quickly evolving. Whether we're talking raw...
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South Korean petrochemical firms are adapting their business portfolios to combat oversupplied markets amidst a bearish demand for products.
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With the year 2023 now into its second half, plasticizer and oxo-alcohol markets remain relatively stagnant globally. Demand failed to pick up as...
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Jane Denny: Aug 23, 2023, 1:58:58 PM
The production of surfactants by combining biomass and microorganisms – such as bacterial agents – is an innovation that is increasingly gaining...
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Jane Denny: Aug 2, 2023, 5:14:08 PM
Plastics, packaging, textiles and automotive manufacturers in India are currently prohibited from sourcing purified terephthalic acid from mainland...
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Jane Denny: Jul 31, 2023, 9:54:14 AM
The International Energy Agency has set broad goals for achieving net-zero carbon emissions by the 2050 benchmark. Cutting greenhouse gas pollution...
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Jane Denny: Jul 25, 2023, 4:55:19 PM
Despite being a key component of epoxy resins and polycarbonates, and an additive that makes unsaturated polyester resins stronger and resistant to...
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Jane Denny: Jul 20, 2023, 9:59:55 AM
Acetic acid has been made by biobased routes for centuries, albeit in a dilute form. If wine or other alcoholic beverages made by fermentation are...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Jul 17, 2023, 8:13:42 AM
Earlier this year, BASF Chairman Martin Brudermüller warned that Europe was increasingly losing its chemicals sector competitive edge. His comments...
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Kaiyin Hu: Jul 5, 2023, 12:13:27 PM
The global maleic anhydride market continues to be under downward pressure in 2023 amid the economic slowdown. Like many other products in the...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Jun 26, 2023, 3:09:28 PM
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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Tecnon OrbiChem: Jun 20, 2023, 1:08:50 PM
The Asia-focused supplement to our January 2023 blog post Orthoxylene - phthalic anhydride outlook for 2023 & year in review contained interviews...
