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The article focuses on the role of developing regions in driving demand in the global adhesives and sealants market, according to John Lowry, a director at Chemark Consulting Group. According to the author, the global market is growing between 3.5 to 5.5 percent per year, with Asia as the fastest growing region. It is noted that demand in China is increasing about 10 percent a year.

This article reveals the plans of Shell Chemicals to continue its growth in the global petrochemicals market. Future expansions in emerging markets will most likely be through joint ventures. By 2010, Shell aims to have over a third of production in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, enabling them to serve these rapidly expanding markets from close range. In January 2006, ethylene production began at the Nanhai joint venture petrochemicals complex in Guangdong Province, southern China.

Reports on the plan of Arkema to expand its regional chemical production base in China as part of its strategy to increase sales in Asia. Capacity of the company's chemical plants in the region; Intention of the company to expand its chlor-alkali and ethylene dichloride capacity in Qatar; Financial performance of the company in 2004.