Market Flash

The textile and clothing industry has a long history in Switzerland. In order to remain competitive in the international market, the industry relies on innovations.

• Textiles
• Biomedical
• Sustainable

The UK drug industry is taking the NHS to court over a new price cap on medicines. The drugs price cap is a disaster for patients, but the solution is not taking the NHS to court – it’s tackling the greed of big pharmaceutical companies.

• Pharma

India's sales of new passenger and commercial vehicles fell 9% in June year on year as automakers held off shipments and consumers withheld purchases ahead of the rollout of the nationwide goods and services tax in July.

• India
• Car

China’s butyl glycol (BG) spot import prices may be stable-to-firm in the weeks ahead following months of declines, on the back of firming domestic prices of the material due to an increase in feedstock n-butanol values.

• ButylGlycol

Guardian Glass has introduced a new addition to its eXtra Selective family of solar control glass: Guardian SunGuard SNX 60.

• Solar
• Glass
• SunGuard

“I can’t help feeling that some of the changes are merely cosmetic,” wrote a recent commentator on Emmanuel Macron’s new cohort of parliamentary deputies. What could he possibly mean? That the new En Marche! representatives come with full maquillage?

• Cosmetics

The last five years have seen something of revolution in wall treatment in the country. For one, paints have evolved from their traditional role of just adding colour to a finished wall to become a major décor accessory one can use...

• Coating

Bangladesh should not go for policies that undercut the country's opportunities to benefit from the Chinese One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, said Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Bangladesh

With the upcoming visit to Poland of Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, the Chinese-Polish relations are to make another step towards better cooperation and mutual understanding.

• Textile

The ongoing 24th Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer has over 1,100 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions showcasing their latest fashion designs, international brands, garments, fabrics and accessories.

• Textile

Workers inspect an oil pumping jack, also known as a 'nodding donkey' at a pumping site, operated by Rosneft PJSC, in the Samotlor oilfield near Nizhnevartovsk, Russia, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

• Oil
• OPEC

Materials and equipment innovations have advanced tablet coating from sugar to copolymers and simplified pharma production.

• Pharma
• Tablet
• Coatings

The Telangana state government has imposed a ban on short-life Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and chlorinated plastics in the state.

• Plastics
• Ban

British and Chinese scientists have created a new type of ceramic coating for planes that could be 12 times more effective at dissipating heat than what's currently on the market.

• Ceramic
• Coating

The firm decided not to make products using PVC, instead utilizing innovative polyethylenes and thermoplastic elastomers under its Flexelene brand to produce a family of cleaner tubing products.

• PVC

The butyl acetate market was range-around in H1, 2017. The bottom price of butyl acetate in East China was RMB 5,560/mt, while the peak price was RMB 6,225/mt, which left a gap of RMB 665/mt.

• Dissolvant
• Butyl Acetate
• Coatings

Included in the transaction are also technology, know-how and equipment. The 74 employees who are currently employed in Polialcoli will join Perstorp.

• Polyol
• Perstorp

Like Aadhar card, enjoying street food is unofficially a mandatory need for most Indians.

• Food

In H1, 2017, the aniline market fluctuated greatly. The fluctuation range was between RMB 7,920/mt (average price in North China and Shandong) and RMB 10,125/mt