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Jane Denny: Mar 10, 2025, 7:46:16 AM
Epoxy resin producers in Europe and the US met with concerned buyers and increased inquiries as 2024 began. Despite the price point for epoxy resins...
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Jane Denny: Jan 29, 2025, 10:18:29 AM
2024 was a challenging year for the European plasticizers market with demand failing to pick up. Key end markets remained subdued as economic...
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Jane Denny: Jan 22, 2025, 11:17:13 AM
Demand for maleic anhydride from downstream sectors—including automotive, construction, and electronics, as well as the crucial unsaturated polyester...
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The electric vehicle revolution and battery-powered transportation systems are introducing increasingly higher-voltage components to human mobility....
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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: Jul 2, 2024, 1:49:52 PM
This article was updated on September 11, 2024. See the updated section below The US hurricane season brings heightened levels of uncertainty to...
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Jane Denny: Apr 23, 2024, 7:12:18 AM
The benefits that automated process and artificial intelligence (AI) bring to chemistry laboratories and chemical engineering development are...
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Suz-Anne Kinney: Apr 1, 2024, 4:14:49 PM
The methanol market has been evolving at an unprecedented pace, with stakeholders encountering various opportunities and challenges from regulatory,...
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Jane Denny: Mar 4, 2024, 1:11:30 PM
The global chlor-alkali industry is locked in turbulent times. As efforts by producers to mitigate the sector’s long-term availability issues...
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Jane Denny: Feb 27, 2024, 4:06:03 PM
Maleic anhydride is an important intermediate chemical. Currently, capacity to produce is in excess of 5000 ktpa globally. Over two-thirds of the...
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Jane Denny: Feb 19, 2024, 10:05:41 AM
Phthalic anhydride is used to produce phthalate-based PVC plasticizers, resins and coatings. Orthoxylene is the key feedstock for manufacturing...
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Jane Denny: Feb 12, 2024, 6:59:00 PM
A flurry of chemical deals were signed and sealed at the start of the new year. In part, activity was triggered by fear that the US Gulf Coast chill...
