Maack Business Services (MBS) of Switzerland is organizing during April 26 - 29 its 12th world congress Dubai Plast Pro 2009, annually attended by more than 300 experts. This...
The global financial crisis and economic downturn have slowed growth in China, curbing projected 2009 ethylene demand growth rates in China to half of recent levels, says Li Xihong, president of Sinopec’s economics and development research institute....
The current economic crisis is likely to weed out opportunistic producers, according to panelists at the Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Industry Association (GPCA) Forum in Dubai...
Discussions around GPCA make clear that demand remains rotten, and customers paralyzed, with no bottom to the market turmoil yet in sight. Extensive capacity shutdowns and horrible...
Chemical makers are being challenged by many external factors, “more so than anytime I can recall,” Mohamed H. Al-Mady, chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) and CEO of Sabic told attendees of the third annual GPCA Forum in Dubai....
The global chemical industry has a “central and expanding” role to play in meeting the world’s long-term energy challenges of surging demand, constrained supplies, and added stress on the environment, says Ben van Beurden, executive v.p. at Shell Chemicals....
The global financial meltdown has taken a toll on chemical valuations and profitability, according to an industry analyst. “The last couple of months have been rough,”...
In the quest for alternative energy supplies, the outlook for ethanol in Brazil is excellent, says Jose Carlos Grubisich, CEO of ETH Bioenergia (Sao Paolo). Speaking to Chemical Week...
Chemical industry executives will be facing uncertainty for the next few quarters, says Andrea Borruso, petrochemicals advisor at SRI Consulting (SRIC; Zurich). Dilemmas include...
More than than 900 chemical industry executives are gathering at the brand-new Atlantis, The Palm Hotel Dubai for the Third Annual GPCA Forum. At the opening cocktail reception...
Deepti Ramesh, Chemical Week's Asia-Pacific Editor interviews CEOs attending last week's GPCA Forum in Dubai....
