The petrochemical cycle continues to remain in a growth mode for the last 5 years. This extended upcycle has confounded analysts who have been calling for an end since 2005. The petrochemical complexes, and by extension, demand for naphtha, will come under pressure in late 2008- when the Chinese raise their domestic capacity and exports begin to dip, and huge capacity additions come on stream in the Middle East. Find out more in Margins in growing Asian petrochemical industry likely to come under pressure by 2008
A slowdown in growth of PE film products in Europe has been associated with volatile raw material costs and highly competitive market conditions. Increasing pressures from customers demanding better prices, continued threat of imports from Asia are few of the factors that have caused major changes in the European PE film industry, Read Competition from Asia compels European PE film industry to innovate and consolidate
WEEE and RoHS are acronyms for two European Union (EU) environmental directives that impact electrical & electronic (E/E) equipments. These directives influence the development of plastic materials used in E/E devices and how manufacturing techniques of these devices. The unparalleled properties of plastics together with design and processing methods, frequently provide economical solutions that justify the dominance of plastics in the electrical & electronic (E/E) sectors. Read Recent developments in plastics for electronic devices have good growth potential
One of the major challenges in near future will be the transportation of treated water to consumers without pipeline leakage and without affecting the water quality due to corrosion or encrustation in the pipelines. Surveys conducted by various water and gas utility companies have shown that PE has by far the lowest failure rate among all piping materials. Read in PE100+ : The best in class among PE100 materials
Degradable plastics are predicted to grow by 17% in USA, reaching consumption of almost 225,000 tons and a market value of US$610 million in 2010. To know about the factors affecting this growth, the materials with good growth potential, the growing application segments, the laggards, etc, Read in Degradable plastics to grow at 17% until 2010 in USA
