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Jane Denny: Sep 9, 2024 2:07:37 PM
When carmaker Porsche launched its iconic “ducktail” rear spoiler to boost the 911 Carrera RS 2.7’s aerodynamics, the entire vehicle weighed under...
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Jane Denny: Aug 14, 2024 3:31:33 AM
Automotive industry participants have made great strides in improving the sector's sustainability profile since the 1990s. In fact, catalytic...
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Jane Denny: Jun 13, 2024 2:29:23 PM
In today’s money, the first comprehensive world market paraxylene survey ever published would set a buyer back US$33,000. In fact, it was the...
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Jane Denny: Jan 3, 2024 11:23:31 AM
The world has changed a great deal since ladies’ stockings introduced the new engineered thermoplastic Nylon at the New York World's Fair in 1939....
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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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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 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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Tecnon OrbiChem: Feb 14, 2023 4:34:00 AM
The final white paper in the series A chemicals industry crystal ball leverages datasets from Tecnon OrbiChem's ChemForesight service to indicate...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: May 11, 2022 9:02:24 AM
It’s no secret that plant-based polycarbonate (PC) can be problematic. Not only does the plastic demonstrate complex technical properties, developing...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Apr 1, 2022 8:24:26 AM
Additive manufacturing (AM) – or 3D printing – is a technique for producing solid objects by arranging particles in space via a computer-controlled...
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William Bann: Jan 20, 2022 12:00:00 AM
The petrochemical and polymer industries are amidst a major realignment as companies position themselves for growth with the low carbon/circular...
