ICIS Europe Chemical Update

Paul Hodges EPCA 2018

International eChem chairman, Paul Hodges, highlights the trade war, US polymer start-ups and Brexit as key challenges for Europe's petrochemical sector in 2018.

Azelis CEO says sale to EQT will close by November

Azelis CEO Joachim Muller says sale of the company to EQT will take place by November. Interview by Will Beacham

2018 full of surprises for PET players, what does 2019 hold?

Caroline Murray talks to Francesco Zanchi, CEO of Global Service International (GSI), about the events that surprised the PET market in 2018 and what impact they might have on 2019 strategies. Zanchi announces the opening of the Chinese Zhengzhou Exchange (http://english.czce.com.cn/) to foreign traders of PTA futures
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ICIS Europe chemical update podcast: Examining the changing PET business over the years.

Senior Editor Caroline Murray talks to Richard Enright, Owner of E Klein & Co. about how the PET business has changed over the years at the Global Service International (GSI) PET Day in Artimino, Italy.

Venator to close Finnish TiO2 plant by 2021

Venator announced recently that it will close its titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant in Pori, Finland by 2021 following damage sustained in a fire in 2017.
Markets Editor Nick Cleeve interviews Senior Editor Heidi Finch on the impact this closure will have on the European TiO2 market.

ICIS Europe Fertilizer update: urea 31 August 2018

Fertilizer managing editor Julia Meehan speaks to senior urea editor Deepika Thapliyal on the global urea market and why prices have shot up over the last month.

ICIS Chemical Update Podcast: Europe PC and BPA demand places upwards pressure on prices for Q3

Markets Reporter Eashani Chavda interviews Morgan Condon, Editor of the European polycarbonate (PC) and bisphenol A (BPA) reports on recent price movements driven by healthy demand in these markets and what to expect for the remainder of the quarter.

ICIS Chemical Update Podcast: Europe methylene chloride market tightness to ease during Q3

Markets reporter Morgan Condon interviews Eashani Chavda, editor of the European methylene chloride report on recent tightness in the market and expectations for the remainder of Q3.

Global TDI markets face oversupply

ICIS isocyanates editors Pavle Popovic, Zachary Moore, Matthew Chong and Izham Ahmad discuss the controversial outlook for global TDI markets with Will Beacham.

Europe TiO2 changing price sentiment for Q3 after run of price hikes

Editor Nick Cleeve interviews Senior Editor Heidi Finch on the key talking points in the European titanium dioxide (TiO2) market in the second quarter and early indications of a stable to softer price sentiment for the third quarter on improved supply.
This marks a clear change in direction, following two years of successive and sizeable price rises.