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The article presents the development of steam cracker start-ups which promises major logistical challenges and chemical trade balance in the U.S. in 2017. According to American Chemistry Council, producers have revealed 294 chemical projects in the U.S. encouraged by the resulting feedstocks and low-cost energy. In addition, falling imports of methanol and growing exports of caustic soda have steadily eliminated net trade deficit in liquid chemicals.

The article examines how shale gas development has improved the U.S. chemical industry since 2008. Particular attention is given to how the growth has impacted the production of ethylene, the costs of which have been reduced while production capacity increases. The authors also look at how the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have improved access to shale gas as well as how economic forecasts suggest the industry's growth will continue.

Reports on ingredients for skin care products. Primary objectives of skin care products; Degussa's launched of Tegocosmo C 100, a version of the food supplement creatine; ArchChemicals' Arch Personal Care Products' introduction of Zymbiozome Fermentum product line based on a plant globin molecule; Uniqema's Arlatone Dioic DCA, a vegetable-derived ingredient.

The article focuses on the decline in prices of crude oil which improved the competitiveness of naphtha, a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures, as s feedstock for ethylene, reducing the cost advantage of natural gas liquids (NGLs) in North America. Topics discussed include the prices of natural gas and crude oil were equivalent on a contained-energy basis, oversupply, and the production of NGLs in the U.S.

The article discusses the rebirth of the petrochemical industry sparked by the shale gas revolution as midstream firms spend billions of dollars on gas-processing plants, fractionators and pipelines. It notes that the value of announced capital investment planed by the U.S. chemical industry surpassed 100 billion U.S. dollars with 148 projects propelled by the flood of cost-advantaged natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) currently coming out from shale deposits in the U.S.

The article offers news briefs related to the crackers manufacturing companies in the U.S., and highlights some trends in the U.S. crackers production. Topics discussed include the annual production forecasts by Energy Information Agency; joint venture project between ExxonMobil and Sabic signed in 2016; and an increase in North America's ethane-consumption capacity.

The article looks at the green initiatives of several carpet makers in the U.S. Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), an alliance of waste carpet collectors and carpet makers, has worked to recover carpets for other uses. It discusses how recycling of carpet is being done. Details on the recycling activity at a facility of Shaw Industries Group Inc. in Augusta, Georgia are also mentioned.

The article reports on trends in the global agricultural chemicals market as of June 12, 2006. Rob Bryant of Agranova cited several factors that contributed to the decline in sales of global agricultural chemicals between 1998 and 2003. The re-registration process mandated in both the U.S. and the European Union has been a boon to innovation, given a boost to revenues, and encouraged restructuring, according to a report by Citigroup Research.

The article reports on how innovative raw materials bring performance and differentiation to mature markets in the United States. It discusses the challenges facing specialty raw materials manufacturers in the home and textile care markets. The article also reports on specialty additives suppliers' development of raw materials that add value and differentiation to their customers' finished products. The article highlights trends affecting key industry players.

Discusses technological innovations that continue to drive value growth in United States water treatment. Total water management; Engineered organic molecules and biodegradable biocides; Major producers of water treatment chemicals; Use of more environmentally benign alternatives; Major players in ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis membranes.

Focuses on the impact of the growth of nanotechnology knowledge and investment on the chemical industry in the U.S. Attempts of observers to estimate the value of the nanotechnology opportunity; Projection of sales of projects of nanotechnologies and related products by the National Science Foundation; Emphasis on the ability to control or manipulate on the atomic scale.

Reports that the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) has provided unique opportunities to both pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the United States (U.S.). Factors that led to the increase in the number of orphan drugs in the U.S.; What has led some observers to question whether the ODA should be modified; Countries whith orphan drug legislation.

Focuses on the market potential of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the United States. Health benefits of omega-3 and omega-6 PUFA; Producers of PUFA; Information on essential fatty acids; Processes used by companies to mask the taste of fish oils.

This article presents letters to the editor in response to articles in the July 10, 2006 issue of "Time" Canadian edition. Responses to the cover story on sibling relationships, an article on the crossfire between the U.S. government and stories on classified programs published by the press, and an article about the treatment of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, are included.

Discusses the market condition of photoresist in the United States. Details on the decline on demand for photoresist; Information on its function and application; Forecast on its 1999 market performance; Overall condition of the electronic chemicals market.

This article reports that fourth quarter financial results of American commodity chemical producers have been mixed and the financial outlook for 2019 appear to be weak, with a focus on such businesses as Chemours, Venator, and OxyChem.

The article offers information on challenges to the diversified chemical producers due to decline in the crude oil prices including corporate earnings of the ExxonMobil; discussions on the decline in the net income of the Trinseo; and the information on the increase in adjusted income by the Olin.

The article informs that analysts at IHS Markit has revealed that ethylene market of the U.S. remains oversupplied all year. It is evident that capacity of the U.S. to produce ethylene increased by 1.43 million metric tons/year in 2017, whereas its capacity to consume the same increased by only 1.02 MMt. It is also evident that trade spat between the U.S. and China is also dampening demand of ethylene.

The article reports on chemical investments made by the U.S. related to the shale-gas revolution, noting data from the American Chemistry Council that reveals the investments have exceeded its target. It discusses the progress to the construction phase of some projects, the estimated chemical industry jobs and economic output from the capital spending, and barriers to trade such as tariffs and quotas. Comments from ACC president Cal Dooley are offered.

The article discusses a report by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) on the potential of Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. chemical exports to reduce shipments to China. It discusses the loss estimated by the ACC in U.S. chemical and plastics exports to China, based on the baseline case and the worse case. Comments from ACC's Emily Sanchez on the impact of retaliatory tariffs on the competitiveness of chemical manufacturers in the U.S. are offered.

The article reports on the tight supply of propylene despite of the low rates of polypropylene in the U.S. It highlights the increase price of polymer-grade propylene (PGP) due to the downtime at propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants and unplanned refinery outages. It also cites the decline annual output of polypropylene in the market.

The article informs that U.S. commodity and diversified chemical producers continued to cite rising feedstock costs and higher selling prices in the latest batch of second-quarter earnings reports and mentions that LyondellBasell attributed a 34 percent year-on-year (YOY) increase in net income.

The article focuses on the trade worries raised by speakers Gary Adams of CMAI, Mark Lashier of CPChem, and Michael Nagle of INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA over the U.S. tariffs at the International Petrochemical Conference 2018 of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).

The article reports on force majeure declared by several U.S. chemical companies including AdvanSix reducing production of caprolactam and nylon-6, LyondellBasell shutting down polyethylene production, and Dow Chemical on polyurethane feedstock methylene di-para-phenylene isocyanate (MDI).

The article offers information on the financial performance of several U.S. chemical companies in the third quarter of 2017. It mentions various chemical firms featuring their sales, net income, and merger activities including DowDupont, Westlake, and Chemours. Also mentioned are the impact of hurricanes that struck the country on the performance of the firms.

The article offers the insight of chief executive officer Bob Patel on the favorable impact of the U.S. political outlook on the chemical industry. Patel discusses the chemical industry trend of the country, the pragmatic approach to trade, and the hope for the resolution of a proposed border adjustment tax and corporate tax cuts.

The article reports that M&G Chemicals has been warned by local authorities to shut down its Apple Grove operations in West Virginia as a result of financial crises.

The article discusses the economic aspects of Hurricane Harvey and Irma on the petroleum industry of the U.S. and focuses on the estimation of the Occidental Petroleum.

The article discusses the findings of Hurricane Harvey Update survey of Information Handling Services (IHS) Markit Ltd., which showed the decline in the volume of U.S. olefins, aromatics and derivative capacity as part of the impacts of Hurricane Harvey to ethylene production plants in the U.S.

The article focuses on the impact Hurricane Harvey to the natural gas industry in the U.S. Gulf Coast area. It highlights the shortage of natural gas liquid products in the area after hurricane devastated Texas and Louisiana forcing gas processing plant to shut its operations down due to power outage and minor damages. It also noted the companies who declared temporary shutdowns including Targa Resources, ONEOK and Kinetica.

The article discusses the impact of Hurricane Harvey to the industries in the chemical industry. Topics discussed include the issue of plant outages after the hurricane flooded the Gulf Coast which led to plant shutdowns affecting the production chemical business operators, and notes the chemical industry sector affected by the outage including propylene, propane and resins manufacturing sectors.

The article discusses a report conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the American Chemistry Council, warning that the surge of production capacity in the U.S. will test already strained transportation infrastructure.

The article reports on the financial performance of commodity producers in the U.S. for the fourth quarter of 2016, with both Westlake Chemical Corp. and Trinseo SA beating estimates.

The article reports on chemical industry data provider IHS Chemical's claim that a heavy factory turnaround schedule will help keep the U.S. prices of ethylene and propylene firm until April 2014. It notes that the IHS expects U.S. natural gas prices to remain strong even during warmer conditions, given that storage inventories will have to be rebuilt after an extremely cold season. It also reports that the shift to light cracker feeds has complicated the sourcing of aromatics and olefins.

The article discusses the state of the global petrochemical industry in 2013 in light of slow economic growth. The author first explains a lack of demand for petrochemical production in Europe, with focus given to ethylene and propylene, and goes on to discuss low ethylene production costs in the U.S. Demand growth in the ethylene market of Asia is also detailed.

The article offers information on the rising cost of acrylate prices relative to propylene and increasing demand. Information on contracts for the month of March for acrylic acid in Europe, Northwest Europe and U.S. are mentioned. Increase of ester prices, Methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate are included. Priced spot materials from Asia, China and South-east Asia and Russia are mentioned. BASF, Arkema and Dow are considered producers of acrylic acid and acrylate esters in Europe and U.S.

The article focuses on U.S. dropouts giant ADAM which shut down biophysics firm Tellers on January 12, 2012. It informs how its partner in joint venture Metabolic was taken aback by decision including how it forced share price of U.S. based industrial biotech company down by 57% next day. It discusses how metabolix is scrambling to salvage its position, reconfigure its strategy, and recover its momentum. It discusses those factors which forced ADM to shut down its bioplastics firm.

The article focuses on acetone shortages and discusses how production outages have influenced European acetone market which has become so tight that buyers are more concerned with availability than price. It informs that supply of acetone in U.S. has been snug as a result of low demand for co-product phenol and resulting lower operating rates.

The article offers information on the environmental, health, safety and security management system, Responsible Distribution (RD), initiated by the U.S. based National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) 20 years ago. It is said that RD has changed how chemical distribution in the U.S. is done for the better. Chris Jahn, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of NACD, says that RD continues to set the standard for chemical distributors in the U.S., Canada and Brazil.

The article offers information on the impact of propylene values, in the recovery of acetone prices in the U.S. It offers information on the producers of acetone in Europe including, Borealis Polymers, Ineos Phenol Inc. and Polimeri Europa SpA. It mentions that the acetone contract is negotiated several methyl methacrylate (MMA) producing companies including, Georgia Gulf Corp., DMEOS Phenol and Shell Chemical Co.

The article offers information on the growth of National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) based in U.S. The membership of the organization has increased along with its services. The factors considered responsible for the growth of NACD include, its commitment towards advocacy, the program titled Responsible Distribution, and membership values.

The article offers information on the increased prices of acetic acid in China. Shutdowns of several major chemical plants in the country have caused reduction in the supply of acetic acid in the market, thereby increasing its costs. The impact of rising acetic acid's prices in China on U.S. and Europe has also been discussed in the article.

The article reports on the president of Davenport International Associates, Ian Davenport, who states the perception of the suppliers of acrylates in the U.S. market is creating an incentive for another player in the market. He states the prices of acrylates has risen steadily due to increased demand and tight supply. He states the suppliers including U.S.-based Dow Chemical Co. contract terms are giving incentives to the consumers to help an importer enter the U.S. acrylates market.

The article offers information on the impact of the increasing prices of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) in Europe and Asia on the U.S. market. The price rise of VAM is being influenced by the rising prices of acetic acid and ethylene. The declaration of force majeure (FM) by the company Celanese on U.S. VAM put an adverse effect on VAM consumers in U.S.

The article reports on a rise in the Chinese prices for feedstock for flexible polyurethane (PU) foams, toluene diisocyanate (TDI). It is stated that since January 2009, the average monthly contract price in Europe has languished near or below 2,200 euro/tonne. According to some market participants, demand has been healthy and the U.S. market has been quiet.

The article offers information on the increase in the prices of acrylates across the globe. The factors including outages, rising feedstock costs and growing demand are accountable for the price rise during the first half of 2010. Recently, on August 10, 2010, U.S.-based Dow Chemical Co. announced 15 cent/lb (331 dollar/tonne) increases for glacial acrylic acid (GAA), butyl acrylate (BA), ethyl-A, methyl acrylate (MA), 2-ethyl-hexyl acrylate (2-EHA) and several methacrylates in the U.S.

The article provides information on the prices of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) in the markets of Asia, Europe, and U.S. It states oversupply and low demand for polyurethane (PU) foam has driven the prices of TDI to fall in Asia. It also states the stabilization in the domestic TDI prices at Argentina to be due to lowering of its prices to compete with the offers from China.

The article offers news briefs related to the chemical industry in the U.S. In the chemical show of the company InformexUSA that was held in California, discussed several ways to attain sustainability of chemical manufacturers. DSM NV has governed the chemical sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Segetis Inc. is working to develop versatile monomer platform and levulinic ketals from cellulosic biomass and hydroxyl compounds.

The article explores the renewable energy sector as an attractive market for the chemical industry in the U.S. It notes that interests in biofuels and wind power has increased due to the fear of climate change that relies on chemistry. It mentions the mandate by the government that higher quantities of ethanol will be blended with gasoline to encourage capital spending.

The article reports on the financial performance of the oil industry in the U.S. as of November 2016 despite the year-over-year (YOY) decline and mentions the performance of ExxonMobil, Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem), and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy).