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Researchers describe the water resistance improvement of paperboard by coating formulations based on nanoscale pigments.

• coating research

Recently, due to the sudden drop in temperature in southern China, the demand for electricity has increased greatly as well as the shortage of coal supply and other reasons leading to the tight supply of electricity

• Electricity Consumption
• china chemical production

At about 23:00 Beijing time on December 13, 2020, a container ship "OCEANA" with a capacity of 1740 Teu collided with the container ship "Xinqisheng 69".

• cargo accident
• shipping accident

As a representative of high technology, nanotechnology has become a research and development hotspot in the cosmetics industry after it has emerged in the fields of electronics and materials.

• nano cosmetics
• nanotechnology

In 2019, the global coatings industry market scale further expanded, reaching 172.8 billion U.S. dollars, and its application areas have also been further extended. China's coating industry has also experienced a period of steady growth in 2019.

• industrial coating
• water based coating
• Powder Coating

Recently, major events have occurred frequently in the chemical industry. Not only are the dangerous transportation rectification prohibited, manufacturers in some regions have also fallen into a situation of restricting electricity use and restricting pr

• PVC
• N-butanol
• PTA

In recent years, with the increase in consumer demand for skin care, the facial essence market has grown rapidly, showing trends such as increasing technological content, upgrading of efficacy, and product form innovation.

• facial serum
• personal care

Recently, the French company Ingredia launched two new functional milk protein products, Promilk Yogfluid and Promilk B Max. These two proteins can provide more healthy solutions for indulgent, convenient and creamy dairy snacks.

• functional milk protein
• food ingredients

According to a report from Rio de Janeiro/Singapore on December 12 by EnergyWorld.com, according to trade sources, Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices rose to the highest level since September 2018 this week due to strong heating demand

• Asian LNG
• liquefied natural gas

In 2020, PTA futures prices fell to record lows. Looking forward to 2021, it is expected that the contradiction between PTA supply and demand will further intensify, and the industry will enter an era of low processing fees

• PTA price
• PTA supply

According to data from Precedence Research, by 2027, the global powder coatings market is expected to exceed US$20.1 billion. The global powder coatings market size in 2019 was USD 12.02 billion, and it is estimated that the compound annual growth rate

• Powder Coating
• Asia-Pacific region

As China's largest export destination country for APIs, India accounts for 17% of China's total API exports. According to reports, 70% of the APIs needed by India come from China

• API export
• India supply

In 2020, hot spots will appear frequently under the epidemic, and the domestic PP market has experienced ups and downs. The price bottomed at the end of March and reached its peak at the end of November.

• PP market
• polypropylene

This year, my country's epichlorohydrin production capacity has been greatly expanded, and the overall new production capacity is mainly glycerin, which has a certain impact on the market.

• Epoxy resin
• Bisphenol A
• xylene

With the increasing maturity of consumers’ health awareness, as a member of the big health industry, the global probiotic market has developed rapidly in recent years.

• Probiotic food
• food&beverage

According to Zhejiang News Client, “The global growth rate of demand for the glass fiber industry next year is expected to be 5%-6%, and China is expected to continue to maintain a growth rate of more than 10%.”

• glass fiber demand
• intelligent manufacturing production

The Asian styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) market may be supported by bullish sentiment, but the falling cost of the raw material butadiene (BD) may curb demand.

• Asian styrene butadiene

The growth rate of global methanol demand is expected to be lower than GDP growth for the first time. Mike Nash, vice president of IHS Markit, recently stated at the 38th World Methanol Conference that global methanol demand is expected to grow

• methanol demand
• crude oil price

On December 11, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery published its 2021 global best-selling drug TOP10 forecast (as shown below). The cumulative sales revenue of these 10 drugs in 2021 will reach 109.75 billion U.S. dollars.

• best-selling drugs

Scientific research has confirmed that the occurrence of various diseases such as aging and cancer are related to the production of excessive free radicals in the body.

• Antioxidant food
• thioneine
• Ergothioine