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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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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: 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: Jul 20, 2022 9:29:40 AM
Russian-origin raw material for unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) production is entering Turkey before sale to European buyers as end product....
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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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Sam Uctas: Dec 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Both European and US unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) prices saw back-to-back monthly increases throughout the first half of 2021. The market...
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Kaiyin Hu: Nov 9, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Global maleic anhydride markets have experienced a sharp upturn in late 2020 and 2021 following the negative growth seen in 2020 as markets continued...
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Kaiyin Hu: Jul 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM
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...
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ResourceWise: May 18, 2021 12:00:00 AM
It has been a wild rollercoaster ride for the European and US UPR markets since September and October last year. The wheels were first set in motion...
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ResourceWise: Feb 4, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) prices have been on an upward trajectory since the fourth quarter of 2020. Consecutive price increase announcements...
