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Two graphics from Tecnon OrbiChem's chemicals business intelligence platform that show polyamide capcities and trade flows worldwide.

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Polyamide Plastics: Opportunity and Trade Options in 2024

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....

Three new cars with their headlamps shining in a row.

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Is the US Automotive Sector Strike Impacting Chemicals Supply Chains?

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,...

A running shoe that can be made in a one-shot injection mold process much like the Wellington Boot.

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Footwear Feedstocks Price Forecast: A Chemicals Cost Comparison

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...

Image shows Ukraine, Russia Belarus and some surrounding countries

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Chemical industry: Russia–Ukraine war impact analysis July 2022

Russian-origin raw material for unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) production is entering Turkey before sale to European buyers as end product....

Selection of pictures showing 3D printing materials granulate, powder, filament and liquid.

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3D Printing - Additive Manufacturing - Rapid Prototyping

Additive manufacturing (AM) – or 3D printing – is a technique for producing solid objects by arranging particles in space via a computer-controlled...

International skyline at sunset.

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China International Polyamide & Intermediates Forum: Speakers Announced

This event has been postponed due to pandemic-related restrictions within China. Opportunities and challenges for polyamides and intermediates will...

Conference room where the Polyamide & Intermediates Forum will be held.

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China International Polyamide & Intermediates Forum: Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Event, 6-8 March

+++UPDATE Postponed due to COVID-19 epidemic control restrictions UPDATE+++ The China International Polyamide & Intermediates Forum returns. New...

Mock-up of chem focus reports over the years.

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500-Issue Milestone: Monitoring Polyester and Polyamides for Over 40 Years

It doesn't stretch back to the 1939 unveiling of ladies’ stockings at the World's Fair in New York, nor to the time when Mancunian chemists spun out...

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...

Chart indicating China's caprolactam market.

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China’s Caprolactam, Adiponitrile Markets Face Opposing Forces

The outlook for polyamide market demand, the stop-and-start nature of economic recovery during the COVID pandemic, and key feedstock materials – both...

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New Market Analysis: Polyamide Markets on the Upswing

Polyamide markets have seen an encouraging upturn in the last few weeks, a welcome development after months of depressed prices and volumes this...

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New Market Analysis: Polyamide Markets on the Upswing

Polyamide markets have seen an encouraging upturn in the last few weeks, a welcome development after the months of depressed prices and volumes this...