Analytics & News

Guillermo Novo to Lead Dow Polyurethanes

08 Jan 2010

The Dow Chemical Company has appointed Guillermo Novo vice president of Dow Polyurethanes, a global business group that includes the Propylene Oxide, Propylene Glycol, Isocyanates and Polyols businesses. In his new assignment, Novo also takes on the...

Titanium Dioxide Market in Cameroon: Business Report 200...

08 Jan 2010

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Titanium Dioxide Market in Cameroon, which offers business report on Titanium Dioxide Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is...

Fish and Seafood Market in Fiji: Business Report 2009 wa...

08 Jan 2010

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Fish and Seafood Market in Fiji, which offers business report on Fish and Seafood Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is ela...

Korea PTG Raises January PTEMG Contract Price

06 Jan 2010

PTMEG January contract prices declared by Korea PTG is much high than that of last December. Hyosung, its sole agent offers at USD 2950/ton for 2000 mol/g; USD 3050/ton for 1000 mol/g for traders and they cannot accept such high prices easily. I...

Sasol's Lake Charles Plant A Candidate for New Tetrameri...

06 Jan 2010

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced Tuesday that it received a contract from Sasol, an integrated oil, gas and chemical company operating worldwide, to provide basic engineering services for the first commercial installation of Sasol's proprietar...

Flame Retardants: Industry Majors to Phase Out Decabrom

06 Jan 2010

As part of the US government’s recently announced plans for tougher regulation of potentially toxic or hazardous chemicals, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; www.epa.gov) has said it will phase out brominated flame retardants based on DecaBDE...

Dow Europe GmbH announces price increase for PS, ABS, SA...

06 Jan 2010

Dow Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland) announced that effective January 5, 2010, or as contract terms allow, it is increasing its prices by €170/tonne for a number of plastics based on styrene. The price hikes affect processors across Europe, the...

Farm Machinery Market in Kenya: Business Report 2009 was...

06 Jan 2010

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Farm Machinery Market in Kenya, which offers business report on Farm Machinery Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is elabor...

Lead Oxides Market in Bangladesh: Business Report 2009 W...

28 Dec 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Lead Oxides Market in Bangladesh, which offers business report on Lead Oxides Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is elabora...

Antimony trioxide price hikes

24 Dec 2009

Antimony trioxide prices have risen by around $300/tonne, or between 5-10%, over the last week, as shortages of antimony ore are started to affect the market. Several antimony metal and antimony trioxide operations have now stopped production...

Chemtura Announce Plans to Phase Out Bromine Base Fire R...

24 Dec 2009

Chemtura Corporation today announced that by the end of 2012 it will phase out production, importation and sale for most uses of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), which it sells under the DE-83R(TM) brand name. Phase-out of sales...

Animal Feed Market in Ethiopia: Business Report 2009 was...

24 Dec 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Animal Feed Market in Ethiopia, which offers business report on Animal Feed Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is elaborate...

Wood plastic composites: Global market continues to grow

23 Dec 2009

Global output of wood plastic composites (WPC) currently exceeds 1.5m t/y, with North America by far the largest market, accounting for around 1m t/y, followed by China (200,000 t/y), Europe (170,000 t/y) and Japan (100,000 t/y). Within Europe, Germa...

Sabic IP: Price Increase For Technical Thermoplastics

22 Dec 2009

In letters sent out to its European clients, Sabic Innovative Plastics (Bergen op Zoom / The Netherlands; www.sabic-ip.com) announced several price increases for its technical thermoplastics, effective 11 January 2010. The hike includes a EUR 13...

BASF Increases Prices in Europe for Dimethylaminopropyla...

17 Dec 2009

With immediate effect , BASF is increasing the sales prices for the Methylamines derivatives Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) and Dimethylacetamide (DMAc) in Europe as follows: Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) + 50 €/t Dimethylacetamide (DMAc...

Dow: Price Increase for Polycarbonate, Compounds and Ble...

16 Dec 2009

In what might prove to be its last price hike of 2009, Dow Europe (Horgen / Switzerland; www.dow.com) has announced a price increase of EUR 150/t for its polycarbonate, polycarbonate compounds and polycarbonate blends. The hike, which comes into effe...

Shoppen, Sinn des Lebens

15 Dec 2009

Die jüngsten US-Einzelhandelsdaten riefen die Fernsehbilder vom Beginn des Weihnachtsverkaufs in Erinnerung. Die haben uns dermaßen traumatisiert, dass wir sie lieber mal aufarbeiten wollen. Wer kurzlich die Bilder von der Eroffnung des Weihnacht...

Engineering thermoplastics: All but ABS and PC firm

07 Dec 2009

West European engineering thermoplastics prices, excluding ABS and the PC fringes, changed little in November, the newsletter Plastics Information Europe (PIE, Bad Homburg / Germany; www.pieweb.com) says in its latest price report, now online. P...

Evonik: All Methacrylates Plants on Stream in Shanghai

03 Dec 2009

Evonik (Essen / Germany; www.evonik.com) has started up all production units at its new EUR 250m integrated methacrylates site at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in China. Production of “Plexiglas” PMMA moulding compounds began in November 200...

EBRD to Lend €3 mln to Leading Polish PET Maker

30 Nov 2009

The EBRD is to lend €3 mln to one of Poland’s leading producers of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). The loan will help SK Eurochem to adjust to new market conditions. The EBRD loan will finance SK Eurochem’s working capital needs in a bid to provide...

Sabic, Linde Commercialize Linear Alpha Olefins

30 Nov 2009

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) and German-based The Linde Group announced Wednesday the first successful commercialization of Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO), using α-SABLIN technology developed jointly by SABIC and Linde. Discussions beg...

Frozen Food Market in Ukraine is Fostered to Grow by Man...

26 Nov 2009

Frozen food market in Ukraine is fostered to grow by many objective factors. Despite all economic hardships of transitional period, the Ukrainians' welfare grows and they continue to embrace the trend towards healthier eating and buy vegetables and f...

Evonik Industries & Taiyo Nippon Sanso to Start Building...

25 Nov 2009

Evonik Industries AG and its partner Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) in Yokkaichi, Japan, laid the cornerstone for a future-oriented project to use environmentally friendly solar energy. A traditional Shinto ceremony consecrated the ground for...

Chemical Industry Outlook Negative as Demand Remains Wea...

24 Nov 2009

The outlook for the chemical industry globally continues to be negative, Moody's Investors Service said in a six-month update on the industry. The negative outlook largely reflects Moody's expectations for limited volume growth, excess industry capac...

Polyurethanes: Feedstock Price Rises Lose Momentum

24 Nov 2009

The ongoing series of Europe-wide price increases for polyurethane feedstocks continued into November, but lost a certain amount of dynamism due to increasing seasonal influences and inventory reductions, the newsletter Plastics Information Europe (P...

Methanol prices rise 20¢/gallon

19 Nov 2009

The market price for methanol has increased by 20¢/gallon-from 80¢ in October to an average $1 this week-according to the Purchasing.com monthly survey of chemical buyers and a market review by ICISpricing.com. Reason: Tight supply and heig...

Solvay Solexis Introduces a Substitute for PFOA in Algof...

19 Nov 2009

Solvay Solexis, one of the leaders in fluoropolymer production, announces its plan for the production of a substitute of PFOA. PFOA, (PerFluoroOctanoate, Ammonium) is a chemical used up to now by Solvay Solexis and other companies as "surfactant" in...

Saudi Kayan Seeks Revised Bids for LDPE Plant

19 Nov 2009

Sabic subsidiary Saudi Kayan Petrochemical has asked contractors to revise their bids for the construction of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The Kayan complex will produce 5.6 million t/y of petrochemical produc...

Shell Starts Up MEG Plant In Singapore

18 Nov 2009

Shell Chemicals Limited announced Tuesday the successful start-up of its new world-scale monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit at the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex in Singapore. The unit started up as initially planned. With a nameplate capacity...

Agricultural and Gardening Tools Market in Austria: Busi...

18 Nov 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Agricultural and Gardening Tools Market in Australia, which offers business report on Agricultural and Gardening Tools Market and purchase activity monitoring within the...