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Petrochemical Trends (5)

Maleic anhydride production plant.

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Maleic Anhydride Markets Boom As Global Economy Roars Back To Life

After suffering one of the worst downturns in living memory in 2020, the global economy has started clawing its way back this year. In the US, the...

Charts showing the polyamide market progress throughout the year.

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Polyamide Markets at Mid-Year – What’s Happened and What’s Ahead

Following the widespread disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, you could forgive polyamide market participants for thinking 2021 would...

Production process using ethylene oxide.

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Ethylene Oxide, Glycols & Derivatives: What is happening in Europe and the US?

Good demand, but mainly supply limitations of ethylene oxide and derivatives have created unusual volatility and historically high prices for glycols...

Test tubes used in the engineering of thermoplastics.

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Engineering Thermoplastics: Calming Markets or More Chaos Ahead?

After the tumultuous start to 2021, engineering thermoplastics market participants were expecting a return to more representative activity starting...

Graph showing the levels of world chlorine consumption.

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World Chlor-Alkali Conference - Summary of Tecnon OrbiChem's Presentations

Uncertainties on supply and demand globally has positioned the chlor-alkali industry in a challenging circumstance. As recent market disruptions such...

Charts from OrbiChem360's ChemExpert charts.

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Prospect, Performance and Profitability

OrbiChem360: ChemExpert The Keystone to Effective Budgeting During Periods of Uncertainty As the global chemical market evolves and adapts to meet...

Graph showing the propylene oxide market.

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Isocyanates - Supply Outages Continue to Disrupt the Markets

The North American MDI continues to be disrupted due to raw materials shortages and prices are firming once again. The surge in prices is due to lack...

Construction site featuring a housing start.

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Phthalic Anhydride - When Will the Supply Issues in the Market Ease?

In the past few months, strong demand has been seen in phthalic anhydride, supported by a strong construction industry, with good downstream demand...

Side of a phenol production plant.

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Phenol, Acetone & Derivatives - How Will New Capacities Impact the Value Chain in China?

From 2020 to 2022, there will be more than 2,100 ktpa of new phenol capacity that will come online together with 1,300 ktpa of acetone. During the...

Chart showing the acrylic acid market.

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

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...

Employees attending the Zymergen NASDAQ opening event to celebrate being publicly traded.

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Rising Commercialization of Specialty High-Temperature Bio-based Polymers

As of 22 April, California, USA-based biofacturing company Zymergen began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ZY” and...

Charts from OrbiChem360's online platform.

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Tecnon OrbiChem Launches a New Business Intelligence Platform

Tecnon OrbiChem, a 45-year data and analytics provider to the petrochemical industry, is launching a new online business intelligence platform...