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Tecnon OrbiChem, a ResourceWise company, provides high quality data, insight and expertise to the petrochemical, fibres, plastics, and biomaterials industries.

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Chlor-alkali markets: What's happening in 2024?

The global chlor-alkali industry is locked in turbulent times.

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Chlor-alkali markets: What's happening in 2024?

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Maleic Anhydride Markets: What's happening in 2024?

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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

Orthoxylene—Phthalic Anhydride Markets: What's happening in 2024?

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A scene from the conference room in which the 26th World Chlor-alkali Conference was held in 2023.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

March 04, 2024

Chlor-alkali markets: What's happening in 2024?
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Infographic showing global capacity to produce maleic anhydride.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

February 27, 2024

Maleic Anhydride Markets: What's happening in 2024?
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Trade flow graphics for two key feedstocks orthoxylene and phthalic anhydride in 2023.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

February 19, 2024

Orthoxylene—Phthalic Anhydride Markets: What's happening in 2024?
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A collage showing miniature pages of a free-to-download with graphs and pictures of the experts who wrote the content.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

February 12, 2024

Feedstock and Chemicals supply chains: A 2024 Assessment
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A woman blows snow from the palms of her gloved hands as she immerses herself in a snowy landscape.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Market Disruptions

January 30, 2024

How A US Gulf Coast Snow Flurry Roused Quiet Markets
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A flyer with headshots and mini-biographies of the chemicals experts from ResourceWise attending AFPM's International Petrochemical Conference 2024.

Chemical Market

January 23, 2024

AFPM 2024: Expert team for the International Petrochemical Conference
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Five panel members on the stage at the European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin in December 2023.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

January 11, 2024

European Bioplastics Conference Panel Discussion: What's the Future?
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Two graphics from Tecnon OrbiChem's chemicals business intelligence platform that show polyamide capcities and trade flows worldwide.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

January 03, 2024

Polyamide Plastics: Opportunity and Trade Options in 2024
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A chart showing the price of paraxylene. It demonstrates the price gap between Asian-origin product (the gold baseline) versus (red) European and (blue) US product.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

December 07, 2023

Western PET Sector Profit Loss 2023: How Much and For How Long?
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Graph indicating just how much Chinese PET has entered EU markets since an anti-dumping investigation opened early in 2023.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

November 03, 2023

PET Anti-dumping Update: Proposed provisional duties
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The Tecnon OrbiChem team enjoys some downtime at the 57th EPCA Annual Meeting in Vienna in 2023.

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

October 10, 2023

Key takeaways from a premier petrochemicals event: EPCA Vienna 2023
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Three instances of animated microorganisms and microbes used in surfactants seen at microscopic level.

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

August 23, 2023

Sustainability goals boosted by more biosurfactant innovation & output
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Headshots of the 10-strong team attending the EPCA Annual Meeting in Vienna in September 2023 and to the right a map of the location of their suite in the Grand Hotel Wien.

Chemical Market

August 15, 2023

EPCA Annual Meeting Tecnon OrbiChem team of 10 announced
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A chart showing how much purified terephthalic acid India has imported from China.

Chemical Market

August 02, 2023

India halts imports for key intermediate chemical from China
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A montage of the pages of a free-to-download eBook offering guidance on establishing sustainability goals.

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

July 31, 2023

Putting sustainability at the heart of the chemicals sector
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A montage of the free-to-download ebook showing each of its three pages.

Chemical Market, Market Disruptions

July 17, 2023

Chemicals output in a conflict-locked post-Covid world: Plant closures
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A line graph which shows the price swings for the key plasticiser feedstock propylene during 2023.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 26, 2023

Plasticisers & their raw materials: eBook of mid-year analysis
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A graph that shows how Russia has lost out on key chemicals feedstock sales since its war on Ukraine began, but which producer countries are picking it up.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 20, 2023

Orthoxylene & phthalic anhydride markets: Mid-year 2023
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Price flux graph for isocyanates between 2015 and 2023.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 19, 2023

Global isocyanates markets 2023: Mid-year review
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The Singapore skyline at night provides the background for information on the Tecnon OrbiChem conference organsied with partner ICIS.

Chemical Market

June 01, 2023

26th World Chlor-alkali Conference: History & agenda
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Matt Elhardt, ResourWise VP of global sales, giving a presentation on wood-based chemicals at the 2023 AFPM International Petrochemcials Conference in Texas.

Chemical Market, Wood Fiber Markets, Biofuels and Feedstocks, Bioeconomy and Renewables

May 30, 2023

What wood-based molecules bring to next generation fuels & chemicals
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Fiona Ribbins poised to give a presentation about the fight for low carbon feedstocks at the AFPM International Petrochemical Conference.

Chemical Market, Biofuels and Feedstocks, Bioeconomy and Renewables

May 17, 2023

The international fight for low carbon intensity feedstocks
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Headshots of the team that presented at the 2023 AFPM International Petrochemical Conference in San Antonio.

Chemical Market

May 11, 2023

Environmental, Social & Governance puts petrochem sector at a crossroads
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A schematic representation of a petrochemicals value chain subsection where sustainable ammonia supply will have an impact on CO2 emmissions.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

May 04, 2023

Green ammonia & chemical feedstocks: A promising future
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The Prima CarbonZero platform tracks low carbon markets globally and presents the intelligence in user-friendly dashboards.

Industry Insights, Biofuels and Feedstocks, Sustainability and Decarbonization

April 26, 2023

Decarbonise your business with Prima CarbonZero from ResourceWise
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Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

April 21, 2023

Textiles from renewable & circular innovation collaboration
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Making materials and fibres from cellulosics - which is found in plants and wood - has exploded in the new millennium.

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

April 13, 2023

Conscious consumerism: Materials innovation for Consumer goods
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The Tecnon OrbiChem team pictured in the company's dedicated suite at AFPM's International Petrochemical Conference in San Antonio, Texas in 2023.

Chemical Market

April 06, 2023

AFPM 2023: Tecnon OrbiChem experts' takeaways
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A scene from San Antonio's riverwalk, which many AFPM IPC delegates will have seen during the event in March 2023.

Chemical Market

April 04, 2023

Reflections from the C Suite: AFPM panel report
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An infographic showing how a biomaterial value chain can achieve in months what nature takes centuries to produce.

Chemical Market, Biofuels and Feedstocks, Bioeconomy and Renewables

March 16, 2023

Renewable hydrocarbon feedstock boom & boon
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Headshots of the ResourceWise team attending AFPM in San Antonio in 2023.

Chemical Market, Biofuels and Feedstocks, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

March 01, 2023

Petrochemicals, renewable resource & waste stream experts at AFPM
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How much does PVC cost in Asia? Here is an indication.

Chemical Market

February 23, 2023

PVC market drivers in Asia: What is the future direction?
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Caprolactam: Capacities to produce per region 2013 to 2028.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

February 21, 2023

Polyamide resin & raw materials: Outlook for 2023, & 2022 review eBook
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Headshots of the three speakers that will explore low carbon fuels and feedstocks at the AFPM breakfast event.

Chemical Market, Biofuels and Feedstocks, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

February 15, 2023

Transforming fuels & feedstocks: From old carbon to low carbon - AFPM breakfast talk
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The Singapore skyline at night in bright colours.

Chemical Market

February 13, 2023

26th World Chlor-Alkali Conference 2023 Agenda
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How much polyamide is actually being produced versus how much the world can produce?

Chemical Market

February 13, 2023

Synthetic fibre market outlook for 2023, 2022 review
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Imports to the EU per origin country for PET used in plastic packaging.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

February 08, 2023

PET & its raw materials: Outlook for 2023, & 2022 in review
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A graph showing the volitility of price for a plasticiser feedstock in China 2021 to 2022.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

January 31, 2023

Plasticisers & their raw materials: Outlook for 2023, & year in review
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Two graphs showing xylene-based chemical compound prices demonstrate how unpredictable markets can be.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

January 25, 2023

Orthoxylene–phthalic anhydride: Outlook for 2023, & year in review
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Trade flows - import and export - for poolyurethanes siocyantes mdi and tdi for 2022.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

January 19, 2023

Global isocyanates market outlook 2023, & 2022 review
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Acrylic acid production 2023 per region globally in a pie chart.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

January 17, 2023

Global acrylates market outlook 2023, & 2022 review
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A new Tesla electric vehicle stands in a garage as Elon Musk triggers a price war.

Chemical Market

January 17, 2023

Will chemicals & auto suppliers see a 2023 electromobility gold rush?
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An old newspaper article and a 2023 Google search show energy crises happening 50 years apart.

Chemical Market

January 10, 2023

Waste, a misplaced resource: Harnessing Earth’s replenishable reserves
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A bar chart showing malaic anhydride capacity additions regionally to 2025

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

January 03, 2023

Maleic anhydride markets: Where are they headed in 2023?
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Chemical fluids coloured pink and green in glassware on a black background with coloured shapes.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

December 19, 2022

Chemicals industry crystal ball: Pricing up over 40 chemicals to 2024
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An infographic showing how the petrochemicals subsectors are connected to one another

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

December 14, 2022

Chemicals industry crystal ball: White paper hub
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The price of adipic acid has soared in Europe since 2020, as this line graph shows.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

December 06, 2022

Chemicals industry crystal ball (Part 3): 10 more key raw materials
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PET packaging capacities are rising at a fast pace in China as this graph shows.

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

November 29, 2022

A chemicals super producer again: China reasserts with global support
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Methanol underpins many products in the petrochemicals supply chain, but what about its price?

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

November 23, 2022

Chemicals industry crystal ball: Forecasting key products (Part II)
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China's epoxy resins prices from 2018 to 2024

Chemical Market

November 17, 2022

A chemicals industry crystal ball: Forecasting a dozen key products
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Some of the South American nations shown in this map are key to a sustainable future

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Bioeconomy and Renewables

November 15, 2022

Latin America is key to sustainable chemicals & energy: Charles Fryer
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November 11, 2022

Prima Markets Joins the ResourceWise Group of Companies
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Polyamide capacities by the world's top producer countries in a chart

Chemical Market

November 10, 2022

Polyamide for automotive engineering plastics
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Polyester-based raw materials underpin production of colourful non-woven fabric

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

November 08, 2022

Gasoline market disruptions impact polyester chain: White paper
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Graphs shows how the fixed costs, including energy, for caprolactam production enable a price forecast

Supply Chain, Chemical Market, Bioeconomy and Renewables

November 02, 2022

Supply chain visibility: Price forecasts aid procurement & planning
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A huge chemical plant with vats and pipes

Supply Chain, Chemical Market, Bioeconomy and Renewables

October 25, 2022

Chemicals markets recap 2022 Q4: A Tecnon OrbiChem take
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A bar & line graph shows global caustic soda capacity by region versus consumption rates from 2018-2030 (estimated).

Chemical Market

October 19, 2022

Caustic soda: The chemical industry's next global shortage...
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Just an automotive vehicle's front end contains scores of materials including plastics, rubbers and metals.

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

October 18, 2022

Recycling tyres: The auto sector's sustainability boon
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Image shows a map of Ukraine and the surrounding countries

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

September 29, 2022

Ukraine-Russia: Trade impact analysis Autumn 2022
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Chemical Market

September 27, 2022

Expert team for European Petrochemical Association 56th Annual Meeting
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Image shows the exponential disparity between biopolymer use in various applications in 2021 vs 2026 using two separate bar charts

Chemical Market

September 13, 2022

World Bio Markets 2022 – Barcelona: Team Tecnon OrbiChem takeaway
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A black and white photograph of old gas readers

Supply Chain, Chemical Market, Bioeconomy and Renewables

September 07, 2022

Natural gas price rise: Impact on chemicals industry & supply chains
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Image shows a chemical plant worker emptying a chemical into a vat beside some promotional text about the digital event the blog covers

Chemical Market

August 23, 2022

Chlor-alkali 2022 wrap-up: In answer to your question...
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Image shows Ukraine, Russia Belarus and some surrounding countries

Chemical Market

July 20, 2022

Chemical industry: Russia–Ukraine war impact analysis July 2022
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Image shows a screenshot of Tecnon OrbiChem founder Charles Fryer in a YouTube video

Chemical Market

July 13, 2022

Charles Fryer's presentation: Chlor-alkali trade cycles & benchmarking
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Image shows a waterside scene in Shanghai in China

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 29, 2022

Retreat of Western investment in China: Views from within
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Image shows snippets from printed versions of Caustic Soda ChemFocus and a screenshot of the online platform it offers in the 2020s

Chemical Market

May 31, 2022

Chlor-alkali webinar to draw on insight spanning five decades
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Image shows a plant operative loading chemical into a silo Credit-cottonbro, Pexels

Chemical Market

May 17, 2022

Chlor-alkali in 2022 – Tecnon OrbiChem & ICIS webinar
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Image shows a pie chart of the severity of impact on business/supply chain disruption from China's zero-covid measures credit-Business Sweden

Chemical Market

May 10, 2022

Opportunities arise overseas as Chinese demand drops in zero-covid era
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image shows headshot pictures of Tecnon OrbiChem's china-based team of consultants

Chemical Market

May 05, 2022

Shanghai chemicals logistics disrupted, north ports pick up business
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Image shows a map of Ukraine and the surrounding countries

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

April 20, 2022

Ukraine-Russia: Trade impact analysis Part III
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Industry Insights, Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

April 12, 2022

Sustainable routes to polyurethane
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Image shows plant infrastructure, pipes and steps leading to chemical production platforms

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

April 04, 2022

Introducing ResourceWise: A Unifying Brand for Forest2Market, Fisher International and Tecnon OrbiChem
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Chemical Market

March 24, 2022

Business cycles in the chlor-alkali industry and benchmarking in China: video presentation
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Image shows the evolution of MWh price in recent years especially the increased values in Q4 2021 and into 2022

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

March 15, 2022

Ukraine-Russia: Trade impact analysis
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Chemical Market

February 21, 2022

AFPM: Expert team for International Petrochemical Conference
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Image shows a Shanghai China street scene shot by photgrapher Saunak Shah via the image back Pexels

Chemical Market

February 17, 2022

China International Polyamide & Intermediates Forum: Speakers announced
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Chemical Market

February 09, 2022

New OrbiChem360 feature improves access to Plants & Projects data
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Chemical Market

February 08, 2022

China International Polyamide & Intermediates Forum: Hybrid virtual/in-person event 6-8 March
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Image shows the blur of fast-moving vehicle passing a transport stop taken by Scott Webb and sourced from the online resource Pexels

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

January 18, 2022

Tecnon OrbiChem: Chemical industry forecasts – long- and short-term
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Chemical Market

December 02, 2021

New quick access ChemFocus Report tool: Step-by-step user guide
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Image shows the South Korean city of Seoul by Taryn Elliott

Chemical Market, Bioeconomy and Renewables

November 17, 2021

Ammonia shortage triggers supply chain ripple effect
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Image shows a gas plant

Chemical Market, Bioeconomy and Renewables

November 03, 2021

The natural gas price surge and its impact on chemical markets
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Chemical Market, Bioeconomy and Renewables

October 19, 2021

Energy Policy in China and its Impact on some Chemicals Production
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Chemical Market

September 14, 2021

Epoxy Resins Market Facing Further Headwinds In Q4 2021?
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Business and Operations, Chemical Market, Market Disruptions

September 09, 2021

Hurricane Ida Provides Another Shock To Fragile Petrochemical Inventories
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Recycling

Chemical Market, Sustainability and Decarbonization

August 06, 2021

Synthetic Resins & Intermediates In The Circular Economy: A SWOT Analysis
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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 29, 2021

World Chlor-Alkali Conference - Summary of Tecnon OrbiChem's presentations
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OrbiChem360

Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 24, 2021

Prospect, Performance and Profitability
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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

June 01, 2021

Tecnon OrbiChem Launches A New Business Intelligence Platform
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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

May 06, 2021

OrbiChem360 — Tecnon OrbiChem's New Business Intelligence Platform
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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

April 01, 2021

Suez Canal Incident Another Test For Shaky Global Supply Chains
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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

March 16, 2021

Texas Deep Freeze: The Aftermath
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Supply Chain, Chemical Market

February 23, 2021

Texas Deep-Freeze – More Strain On Supply
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Chemical Market

November 19, 2020

Tecnon OrbiChem Launches New Enhanced Website
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