Japan imported 4,536 mt of styrene-butadiene-rubber solids in July, up 22% from 3,732 mt in June but down 26% from 6,129 mt a year earlier, data released Friday by the Rubber Trade Association of Japan showed. The country has imported ...
Tags: Chemicals, styrene-butadiene-rubber solids, Synthetic rubber
The 3Doodler, a sort of handheld 3D modeler, made its public debut at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin this week after racking up thousands of preorders as part of a Kickstarter program. The gadget extrudes heated plastic, ...
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, raised its ex-works butadiene prices in the north by Yuan 500($81)/mt, or 6%, to Yuan 9,000/mt effective Wednesday, end-users said. The price increase comes after the state-run company late ...
A combination of planned and unplanned outages sent ethylene spot prices to a 2013 high of Eur1,180-1,185/mt ($1,560-1,5667/mt) FD NWE Friday, soaring by Eur98/mt on the week. Volatility of feedstocks added to upward pressure on spot ...
Tags: Ethylene, Spot Prices
TPC Group was heard nominating its September US butadiene contract price at a rollover from August at 40 cents/lb ($882/mt), sources said Thursday. TPC Group was unavailable to confirm the nomination. Market expectations have been for a ...
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Polymers are the best invented material by mankind which eased human life to very great extent. Most of the day to day use in human society like tyres, automobiles, bags, packaging, rope and anything you name it. Rubber is one of the ...
ExxonMobil was heard nominating its September US butadiene contract price at a rollover from August at 47 cents/lb ($1,036/mt), sources said Monday. ExxonMobil spokeswoman Margaret Ross declined comment on the nomination as it is ...
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SIBUR has launched production of styrene-butadiene thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) – cutting-edge polymer materials at its Voronezh-based facility. The production facility reached its full design capacity of 50 ktpa. The process ...
Ravi Sethi of ProcurianRaw material costs as a percentage of plastic packaging costs have been on a steady rise due to the long-term appreciation in crude oil prices, a key ingredient for resins. Crude oil prices have increased five-fold ...
INVISTA and computational biology company SilicoLife announce a collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable bio-derived processes for the production of industrial chemicals. The two companies are collaborating in order ...
Tags: industrial chemicals, Bio-Derived Raw Materials, Chemicals
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, raised its ex-works butadiene price effective late Monday, the second hike in four days, end-users said Tuesday. The state-owned company is now offering butadiene at Yuan 8,500/mt, or about ...
Tags: Sinopec, China Petroleum
INVISTA and SilicoLife, a computational biology company, have collaborated to develop new technologies that facilitate bio-derived processes for the production of industrial chemicals. The collaboration, aimed at co-development of ...
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Shell Chemical nominated its August US butadiene contract price down 25 cents/lb ($551/mt) from July to 41 cents/lb ($904/mt), sources said Monday. Shell Chemical could not be reached immediately to confirm the nomination. Market ...
The spread between styrene monomer and its feedstock ethylene in Asia surpassed $500/mt for the first time Monday to hit a record high of $504/mt, Platts data showed, with the SM market continuing on its bullish streak due to tight supplies ...
Tags: SM-Ethylene, Chemicals
Mallard Creek Polymers, (MCP) continues to expand the markets for the company’s extensive product line of Acrylic Polymer Emulsions. The most recent success comes from Performance Coatings R&D and sales personnel focus on new ...
Tags: Acrylic Polymer, Textile