- Expect prices to stay inflated;capacity is close to demand
Global demand for ethylene glycol (EG) is expected to remain robust throughout 2004, keeping supply tight and putting continued pressure on prices for industrial grades, which already have risen in the past year by 21%. Operating rates have surpassed 90% of effective capacity, but there is almost 10% less production ......
- PLANTS AND PROJECTS
Dow Opens First Commercial Plant to Produce Versify Polymers The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI; www.dow.com) has launched the first commercial plant for its new family of specialty propylene-ethylene copolymers manufactured under the Versify tradename. Launched in February 2004, these plastomers and elastomers offer improved flexibility, softness and other characteristics ......
- Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer. (Buyers' Guide
to Thermoplastics).
ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER EXTRUSION Notched Melt Flow Tensile Izod Rate, Str at Elongation Flex Impact, Density, g/10 Yield, at Yield, Modulus, ft-lb/In. g/cc min 1000 psi % 10E5 psi (1/8 In.) 1.14 12 _ _ _ _ 1.17 3.5 0.8 170 3.2 _ 8 0.8 170 3.2 _ 1.19 ......
- Davy ups world natural fatty alcohol capacity;
climbing crude petroleum oil prices will contribute to a surge in world
natural fatty alcohol capacity because of their relatively cheaper
production costs....
Natural fatty alcohol's share of the world detergent alcohol market will be substantially increased during 2006/07 when six new licensees of Davy Process Technology's low pressure vapour phase hydrogenation technology prepare to bring their fatty alcohol plants on stream. More than 400,000 tonne/year of natural alcohols will be available from ......
- Katrina pushes leadtimes way out
Leadtimes for 37 of 41 chemical, plastic resin and processed plastic and synthetic rubber products tracked monthly by PURCHASING magazine extended in September. The possibility of petrochemical market disruption along the Gulf Coast in an active hurricane season turned to reality at the August 28 arrival of Hurricane Katrina. The ......
- Hurricane Rita joins Katrina to whip up prices even
more.
More resin price hikes are under way as the impact of Hurricane Rita adds to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The result is further restrictions on availability of crucial feedstocks like natural gas, ethylene, propylene, and ethylene glycol and of resins based on them--including PE, PP, PVC, and PET. By ......
- Plastic industry feels the crunch.
PLASTIC INDUSTRY FEELS THE CRUNCH. Costa Rica's plastic industry is feeling the crunch as a result of the rise in petroleum prices, reports the U.S. Embassy-San Jose. Increased producer prices have led to a corresponding increase in the price of the raw materials (resins) needed for plastic production. The price ......