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Jane Denny: Oct 19, 2023 2:03:57 PM
The automotive sector is operating in a contradictory landscape at present. This year alone, it has been subject to pent-up demand driven by Covid,...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Oct 10, 2023 4:30:45 PM
Tecnon OrbiChem experts connected (and reconnected) with cohorts of petrochemicals-focused contacts cultivated over 50 years at the end of last...
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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: Oct 13, 2022 12:31:17 PM
Already high, volatile and uncertain gas prices – within Europe in particular – were exacerbated by the suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea gas pipes at...
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Charles Fryer: Jul 12, 2022 10:17:08 AM
Factories need to keep inventory, to guard against delayed delivery of vital feedstocks or components. This is especially the case for chemical...
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Charles Fryer and Jane Denny: Jun 16, 2022 10:20:07 AM
For several decades until last year, China was regarded as the workshop of the world. Businessmen and women flocked there to have the production of...
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Jane Denny: Apr 27, 2022 6:28:15 AM
Monopropylene glycol (MPG) – often called simply propylene glycol – is essential to a wide range of products across a variety of industries and...
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Sunny Zhang: Jan 6, 2022 12:00:00 AM
Epoxy resins producers in China have been making good profits since Q4 2017 after a number of producers were shut down following environmental...
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Jennifer Hawkins: Oct 27, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Hopes that the global phenol prices were on a downtrend in Q4 were dashed in October as producers in the US and Europe announced plans to increase...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Sep 14, 2021 12:00:00 AM
After a pleasant and stable summer, epoxy resins prices have started to creep up again in all regions. Supply remains snug; the whole value chain is...
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Jennifer Hawkins: Apr 1, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Consumer sentiment may have plunged to its darkest depths at the end of Q1 2021 after a series of events led to a widespread shortage of...
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Jennifer Hawkins: Dec 3, 2020 12:00:00 AM
After an abysmal Covid-hit May-June, the epoxy resins market was relieved to see the first shoots of improving demand in July and August. However, by...
