New at ICIS

ICIS and Chemease have united to launch a portfolio of weekly reports covering key Chinese petrochemical markets in English. Based on the ICIS principles of accuracy, independence and impartiality, these reports provide a common reference point for global businesses to trade with Chinese players. The reports give unparalleled and authoritative assessments of the market.

ICIS Chemease reports include ABS, Acetic Acid, Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR), Benzene, Methanol, Mono Ethylene Glycol, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Polystyrene, Styrene, Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR), Terephthalic Acid (PTA), Toluene and Xylenes.

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A presentation at the APLA conference in Buenos Aires today outlined major shifts on the horizon for worldwide distribution of petrochemical production capacity.

The presentation showed that in 1990 the Americas accounted for 37% of global capacity, with Europe at 37%, the Middle East at 3% and Asia (including India) at 22%. By 2015 major shifts will have occured, meaning that the Americas will account for 23% of production, Europe 19%, the Middle East 15% and Asia (including India) at 41%.

The major news events underpinning these changes are reported by ICIS news on a real-time basis, through our extensive network of reporters in Europe, the Americas and Asia. ICIS has also been reporting on the major news stories at APLA.

Global petrochemical demand will total 531 million tonnes in 2007 according to a presentation at the APLA conference in Buenos Aires today. Plastics will constitute 31% of demand, light olefins 24%, methanol 7%, chloralkali 21% and aromatics 17%.

ICIS, the world´s leading chemical industry information provider, provides real time news and price assessment services for all of these markets.

The annual APLA conference started today in Buenos Aires, with ICIS welcoming customers to our suite in room 510 at the Hilton hotel. We will be holding a cocktail reception from 1pm, which industry players are welcome to attend to speak to our editors and pick up copies of the latest ICIS pricing reports.

ICIS news has been covering the latest news events at APLA, including the growth of Peru as a petrochemical producer.

ICIS pricing is launching its first weekly margin report for the European Polyethylene market.

The report examines commodity margins across the business chain from naphtha feedstock to crackers and through to polyethylene.

To tell you more about the new report, we have organised a number of webex presentations taking place on 27th and 28th November 2007. Please contact Christine Wong to register your interest.

ICIS is set to have a strong presence at the forthcoming APLA conference in Buenos Aires.

Please come along and see us to pick up a copy of the latest ICIS pricing reports or to talk to us about our extensive range of services for the global chemical industry. Our suite will be located on the 5th floor of the Hilton hotel.

This week's edition of ICIS Chemical Business contains several features on events in the Latin American chemical market.

ICIS pricing, the global information provider to the chemical and oil industries will launch its first weekly contribution margin report for the European Polyethylene market on 30th November 2007.

This report examines commodity contributions across the business chain from naphtha feedstock to crackers and through to polyethylene. With huge sensitivity to the volatile impact of oil and refined product prices, ICIS has decided to bring together this critical data analysis into a single report. This will provide a consistent and incisive view of how the volatile business environment is really affecting business margins and decisions.

The analysis is driven by manufacturing yield data from Linde AG. It provides simple and prompt signals on the shape of business contributions, informing market positioning by sellers, buyers and traders.

For a free trial please email Christine Wong.

ICIS is pleased to announce the launch of a new fertilizer price history service. The service leverages data from The Market going back to 1995 and enables users to download historical fertilizer price data in table or graph formats.

Subscribers can purchase subscriptions for access to a set of data for a single product, a selection or all products covered in The Market. The products covered include nitrogen, ammonia, phosphates, potash and sulphur.

To find out more about the ICIS fertilizers price history service please contact us.

ICIS news is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by giving you the chance to win US$500 worth of Amazon vouchers which are redeemable for thousands of items on the Amazon website.

Take out a free trial to ICIS news, or recommend a colleague for a trial if you're already an ICIS news subscriber, and we'll enter you into our prize draw to win one of ten US$500 Amazon vouchers.

To see what was making the news back in 1997 we've selected a number of top stories from 10 years ago. Or, for more on our 10 year anniversary take a look at Raj Rajendran's review of the last 10 years of ICIS news.

ICIS insight Asia has launched its 6th Middle East Petrochemical Report, providing an in-depth analysis of what’s happening in the world’s most important petrochemical production region.

The ICIS insight Asia report, which is produced every quarter, features an updated and comprehensive guide to the status of major olefins, aromatics and derivatives projects across the region. In addition, the Middle East Petrochemical Report provides a summary of all the key news and events over the previous quarter, as well as detailed spreadsheets and an assessment of project start-up dates.

For more information on the ICIS insight Asia 6th Middle East Petrochemical Report, please email us.