Market Flash

In terms of value, global automotive refinish coatings market was estimated at $7,850.0 million in 2016, and is expected to register a CAGR of 5.3% from 2016 to 2021.

• Automotive
• Coatings

Pakistan’s oil and food import bill rose nearly 26 per cent year-on-year to $11.6 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year owing to an increase in global prices of crude and grains.

• Pakistan
• LNG

February contracts for US polypropylene (PP) settled 6 cents/lb ($132/tonne) lower, tracking a similar decline in monomer costs for the month.

• PP

US February contract prices for styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) were assessed 3.5 cents/lb ($77/tonne) higher on Wednesday.

• SBR

US February oxo-alcohols free-market contract prices were assessed higher on Thursday by 7-9 cents/lb ($154-198/tonne) on some supply constraints and pressure from January feedstock propylene.

• Oxo Alcohols

Polyethylene (PE) spot activity in Europe has slowed down as participants wait for the March ethylene contract to settle, and also because the trend for next month seems unclear, sources said on Thursday.

• PE

Imports of polyethylene (PE) into Belarus dropped by 4.8% year on year in 2017, as per the National Bureau of Statistics of Belarus.

• PE
• Imports

The EU should keep and recycle its “valuable plastic” within a “single circular economy”, according to the European Commission’s vice president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness.

• Plastics

A $20 million manufacturing project taking shape in Berkeley County is expected to start producing a compound that's vital to South Carolina's fast-growing tire industry.

• Chemical

Pharmaceutical Drugs Market Global Briefing 2018 provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global pharmaceutical drugs sector.

• Pharmaceutical

Trade body PlasticsEurope has opposed Echa's recent decision, identifying BPA as a substance of very high concern due to its endocrine disrupting effects on the environment.

• Plastics

China’s highest planning body, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced on January 5 that it is looking at further measures to reduce plastic waste pollution.

• Plastics

The growing beauty products market has been increasing the demand for value-enriched cosmetics.

• cosmetics

A group of 25 NGOs has published an open letter calling on US cleaning products company Prestige Brands to eliminate what campaigners claim are toxic chemicals and disclose all ingredients in its Summer's Eve feminine hygiene products.

• personal care

GlaxoSmithKline said its Aquafresh toothpaste "does not require a nanomaterial declaration (nano titanium dioxide) on the label" accordi...

• Cosmetics

Karl Mayer is specifically targeting producers of home textiles and stylish, functional clothing by exhibiting products for the warp kni...

• Karl Mayer
• Machinery

The bundle’s Fiery DFE features dedicated textile functionality to deliver accurate colour, fine details, high saturation, and smooth gr...

• EFI
• Printing
• Digital

Food additives are substance added to food to enhance its taste, quality, appearance, and preserve the food from bacterial effects.

• Food Additives

Rapid expansion of processed and packaged food industry will continue to foster the demand for food additives.

• Food

Another innovative denim firm exhibiting at Intertextile Shanghai, and another blending old and new, is US Denim Mills.

• Textile
• Shanghai
• Intertextile