ICIS - Search Articles by Date : July 16 2007 - July 22 2007

US facing major oil price shock?
First, the bad news. US crude and natural gas prices could be heading for a surge in the near future, warns a top energy analyst. A combination of.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Middle-class revolution
China and India's growing affluence is driving rocketing consumer spending. That's good news for chemicals, but where will the money go? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

5-minute newswatch
Syngenta to buy Israeli seed firm Syngenta will buy Israeli vegetable seed company Zeraim Gedera for $95m (€69.4m) from Markstone Capital.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Plastic bags an endangered species?
The plastic bag cannot stand a chance in today's environmentally conscious consumer market. Or can it? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Power surge: The Asian gadget boom
Will consumers' insatiable appetite for the latest gadgets ever abate? No chance, say chemical and material pro-ducers who are preparing for a.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

PVC comes under fire
Activists have called for the plastic to be banned from use in consumer products. Will they win? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Most-read stories on JULY 2-6
1 . ASIA PTA RECOVERY COULD END SINGAPORE (ICIS news) - Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) producers are seeing margins recover in Asia after a.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

The week in brief
Huntsman accepts hexion's bid Huntsman has agreed to be bought out by Apollo Management's Hexion Specialty Chemicals after the company raised its.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

THINK TANK - Russia must aim for coastal ventures
Strong Russian chemical demand growth, albeit from a relatively low base, is attractive. But the questionof who will service that growth, and how,.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

CHEMICAL PROFILE: Dicyclopentadiene
DEMAND 2005: 320m lbs. 2006: 330m lbs. 2010: 340m lbs., projected. Demand equals production plus imports (2005: 82m lbs. 2006: 62m lbs.) less.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

New Projects Summary, 9-15 July 2007
Company/Product Capacity Process Contractor Cost Start-up Status Advanced Polypropylene Co..... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

MARKETS TRENDS & DATA: Demand dampens spirits
Contract discussions rumble on for US propylene, while butadiene is the last olefin to settle in Europe. Weak margins concern players. Methanol.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

KEY CHEMICAL PRICES
  SPOT BULK CHEMICAL PRICES (* denotes nominal range) Asia Europe US $/tonne .... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

A surge in ethnic cosmetics
Retail sales are rocketing, and the US is the hubfor ethnic-specific beauty products more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

A rough ride for microchips
Consumer electronics are flying off the shelves, so why does the semiconductor industry expect to have such a mediocre year? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

On the homefront
The home improvement sector is an important end-use consumer of chemicals. What products are hot and where is market growth strongest? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Chips! Please
SEMICONDUCTORS AND liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions are a powerful driving force behind the electronic chemicals and materials market..... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

The big bust
The housing slowdown in the US has depressed sales of chemicals and materials used in construction. How bleak is the outlook? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Introducing generation C
Who is this new breed of buyers that retailers just have to get in tune with? more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

www.icis.com - ONLINE NOW
The Big Biofuels Blog Is the food that doesn't make it to the table in the third world an opportunity for people to make biofuels and raise.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Print powers full steam ahead in an online world
Welcome to the new, global ICIS Chemical Business. It is a fusion of ICIS Chemical Business Americas and ICIS Chemical Business (Europe, Middle East.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

ICIS takes wrap off custom publishing unit
This week, ICIS launches a new custom publishing unit to strengthen its offering to advertisers and subscribers. Leading it as global editor,.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Meet the team
The ICIS Chemical Business team attends key industry trade shows around the world during 2007. To find out what we can offer, or to just say.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Mike Mack will be appointed CEO of Syngenta, as of next January 1. Mack is currently chief operating officer of Syngenta Seeds. Teri Elliott .... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING Wills joins viachem Bob Wills, CEO of US company SEA Wire and Cable, has joined Viachem's board of directors.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

MOVERS & SHAKERS
SHAKERS Who's affecting the industry this week... jon huntsman of Huntsman for donating almost $550m (¤407m) of company stock to his charitable... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

COMMENTARY - Welcome to your new magazine
I am delighted to present you with the new ICIS Chemical Business - a single global magazine devoted to engaging, in-depth analysis of your.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

QUOTES OFTHE WEEK
"It would be surprising if [the patent] system was ideally suited to software or snippings of DNA or business practices the current patent system.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Peter Huntsman's letter - "What natural gas crisis?" - touched off a stream of responses. Joe Pilaro of BRAE Partners points out the impact of the.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Voices from the web
In the old days all you had to do was propose an ethane cracker with polyethylene (PE) and monoethylene (MEG) downstream and you were away. But.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Keep your foot down
KEEPING A foot on the gas, Europe's midsize chemical players have a great deal still to do in 2007. The window of opportunity for the newer.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

125 YEARS AGO
ICIS Chemical Business traces its roots back to 1871, when one of the original ­publications was called Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter JULY 19,.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Quote of the week
"When politicians come to Iowa, they have to say ethanol is great." Steffen Schmidt, university professor, political science, Iowa State.... more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

Tequila sunset
Meat, bread, milk - and now tequila? All of them have been going up in price, and ethanol could be to blame, writes Ivan Lerner more
(16 July 2007 00:00)

ICIS radio Americas: 16 July 2007: New Look ICIS Chemical Business
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(16 July 2007 14:33)

ICIS radio: special report: Paul Hodges on Lyondell
What does Paul Hodges, ICIS newest blogger, think about   Len Blavatnic’s bid for Lyondell? Listen here and read him on the Chemicals and the.... more
(20 July 2007 14:27)

ICIS radio: Chemical News Central: 20 July 2007
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(20 July 2007 15:00)