ICIS - Search Articles by Date : January 17 2011 - January 23 2011

Plastics outperform metal in automotive applications
As innovative plastics technologies have developed, metal car components are increasingly giving way to the lighter material With plastic.... more
(17 January 2011 15:07)

Strong tire sales driving SBR demand
Styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) is closely linked to the fortunes of the auto tire industry, which has recently been seeing a recovery In the.... more
(17 January 2011 15:07)

Inorganics news in brief
JAPAN CAUSTIC SODA OUTPUT IS UP NEARLY 7% Japan's caustic soda production rose by 6.6% year on year to 370,560 tonnes in November, reflecting.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Intermediates in brief
EU CAPRO UP BY €27 The European December pre-discounted caprolactam (capro) contract price has risen by an average of €27/tonne ($36/tonne),.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Projects news in brief
QAPCO TO EXPAND CRACKER, PE UNIT Qatar Petrochemical Co. (QAPCO) plans to expand its 720,000 tonne/year cracker and 450,000 tonne/year linear low.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Polymers news in brief
EUROPE PE PIPE PRICE HIKES PROPOSED Most producers in Europe's polyethylene (PE) pipe-grade resin market have announced price increases of above.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Polymers: Polyolefins producers see volatility in 2011 as naphtha costs prove challenging
Asian polyolefin producers are gearing up for a turbulent 2011. Production issues and the strength in Chinese demand helped producers through 2010.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Polymers: European polystyrene prices hit a record high in Europe
Producers aggressively push through price increases as a result of higher styrene monomer costs European polystyrene (PS) prices have risen.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Feedstocks news in brief
US ethane prices drop on plant outage An outage at a Dow Chemical cracker and reduced demand from the chemical sector have led to lower US ethane.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

INEOS and PetroChina deal is just the beginning of a new relationship
The historic framework agreement could accelerate INEOS's push into the China market The signing of "an agreement to agree" is very much the.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Think tank: INEOS savors PetroChina partnership
The "agreement to agree" between INEOS and PetroChina signed in London last Monday points the way on a number of fronts for the.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Market Intelligence: Operating rates are key to determining the outlook for petrochemicals and polymers
Rather than looking at new capacity, it is now worth focusing more on effective operating rates to get a better sense of the outlook for.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Intermediates: Downstream expansion will keep Asia PTA tight in 2011
New PTA capacity is expected to flood the market in 2012 more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Petrochemicals: US margins gain in 2011
US ethylene margins rose by 5.4% in the first week of 2011 after a decline in feedstock prices outweighed a small increase in ethylene spot prices,.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Petrochemicals: IPEX at highest level since October 2008
The ICIS Petrochemical Index (IPEX) has broken the 300 mark for the first time since the end of 2008. January's index has climbed to 300.3, its.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

New processes increase efficiency of auto painting
New chemistries are aimed at reducing the time and resources required to paint new cars   Alamy The latest major.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Projects: Arkema to raise fluorinated resins capacity in China
Arkema plans to invest in additional capacity at its polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) fluorinated polymer production site in Changshu, China. The.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Petrochemicals: Eastman sells US methanol plant
Janus Methanol buys Eastman's Beaumont assets and plans to reach full production by July US-based Eastman Chemical confirmed that it has.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

This week's world news
DUPONT TO ACQUIRE DANISCO FOR $6.3BN US chemical major DuPont has agreed to acquire Danish food ingredients and enzymes firm Danisco for $6.3bn.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Strong exports drive FMC soda ash plant restart
Record 2010 US export and strong demand outlook drive FMC to restart its soda ash plant by July Major US soda ash producer FMC Wyoming will.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

Inorganics: China chlorine price under downward pressure
Poor Chinese demand for chlorinated products puts domestic prices under pressure Persistent weak domestic downstream demand, as well as.... more
(17 January 2011 00:00)

VIDEO - ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 17 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Monday 17 January from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and.... more
(17 January 2011 04:49)

VIDEO - ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 18 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Tuesday 18 January from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and.... more
(18 January 2011 04:39)

VIDEO - ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 19 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Wednesday 19 January from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals.... more
(19 January 2011 04:31)

VIDEO - ICIS Europe Lunchtime Bulletin 19 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Europe on Wednesday 19 January from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(19 January 2011 13:50)

ICIS Chemical Business podcast January 19, 2011
FEED ICIS Chemical Business podcast January 19, 2011 The issue of ICIS Chemical Business for the week of January 17, 2011, has a cover.... more
(19 January 2011 22:35)

VIDEO - ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 20 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Thursday 20 January from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and.... more
(20 January 2011 04:10)

VIDEO - ICIS Europe Lunchtime Bulletin 20 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Europe on Thursday 20 January from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(20 January 2011 14:06)

VIDEO – ICIS Americas Lunchtime Bulletin 20 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for the Americas on Thursday from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(20 January 2011 19:00)

VIDEO - ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 21 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Friday 21 January from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and market.... more
(21 January 2011 04:29)

VIDEO - ICIS Europe Lunchtime Bulletin 21 January 2011
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Europe on Friday 21 January from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(21 January 2011 13:49)