- A combinatorial method for developing deep dye polyesters
HEADNOTE ABSTRACT HEADNOTE In situ generation of copolyesters of PET, followed by test tube screening with a textile dyestuff under mild conditions, produces a rank ordering of dye uptakes mimicking that obtained with independently produced copolymers and with (in some cases) textile dyeing of polyester fibers. From these results, we ......
- 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 ......
- What's ahead for 'green' plastics: lookfor more supply, more varieties, better properties.
Major chemical companies are investing big bucks in new plants and technologies to produce plastics from annually renewable sources, not from petrochemicals. Some suppliers aim to produce today's conventional plastics from unconventional feedstocks like ethanol fermented from sugar cane. Others will make new monomers using other fermentation chemistries borrowed from ......
- DUBAI, FUJAIRAH & SHARJAH - Petrochemicals &
Other Industries.
The chemical sector in Dubai started off with a small acetylene and calcium carbide plant at Jebel Ali in 1985. Since then the Jebel Ali free zone has become the centre for Dubai's chemical and petrochemical industries. Now plants at the free zone also produce, polymer resins, liquid industrial chemicals, ......
- UAE - Petrochemicals & Other
Industries.
The chemical sector in Dubai started off with a small acetylene and calcium carbide plant at Jebel Ali in 1985. Since then Jebel Ali has become the centre for Dubai's chemical and petrochemical industries. Now plants at the free zone also produce, polymer resins, liquid industrial chemicals, polystyrene, etc. The ......
- Whole Asia: Asian EG market heads upward
The ethylene glycol (EG) market in Asia has continued to rise recently. Until March this year, the market had been in a bearish condition, decreasing from US$600/ton at the beginning of the year to US$570 in February and remaining weak in March. Prices began to improve from April, and rose ......
- Storm creates price and supply woes
The specialty chemicals sector has been grappling with spiraling raw materials and energy costs for several years . But the entire chemical industry faces new economic hardships—and potential shortages—since Hurricane Katrina barreled through the U.S. Gulf Coast late in the summer, leaving behind not only a trail of human misery ......