Market Flash

Switzerland has updated the list of substances notified or registered in the country, with 385 additions in June.

• Switzerland
• Chemical
• Substances

Illinois Basin markets remain split with some producers selling at lower prices as utilities weigh their needs for 2017 and beyond.

• Coal
• Oil
• Price

Turkish refiner Tupras has turned to the high sulfur straight-run fuel oil market over the summer months, an unusual move in a time of record-high fuel oil cracks, underlining the tightness currently facing the European residual segment, traders said.

• Chemical
• Turkey

TAN Sri Lim Wee Chai, the founder of Top Glove Corp Bhd, is convinced that the condom business is a lucrative one to venture into

• Glove
• PE

Pakistan's biggest industry, labour employer and dollar earner, has gone on warpath as production and exports shrink.

• Textile
• Pakistan

Youngstown, Ohio–Youngstown seems like the heart of the rust belt, a former steel town with a strong union presence that saw massive job losses after changing economic conditions forced the closure of manufacturing plants in the 1970s.

• Chemical
• Manufacturing

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading coatings manufacturer, has opened a technology center and plans to invest more in China.

• China
• Paints
• Global

A whole bunch of new polyethylene resin is heading toward North American buyers, but users of polypropylene will have to wait a while longer.

• PE

Buoyed by the results for 2016 announced June 22, German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers are viewing 2017 with optimism.

• German
• European

Quats, a family of chemicals common in soaps and other household products, impair nervous-system development in both rats and mice, a new study warns.

• Quats
• Soap
• Food

An expert committee has recommended one-time infusion of ₹494.81 crore in capital for comprehensive and sustainable revival of the 17 textile mills in the government and cooperative sectors.

• Textile

Twenty-three Chinese textiles companies, many of which provide fabric for big brands and retailers, have saved over 57 million yuan ($8 million) in costs annually

• Textile

A French consumer rights group is urging the European Commission to immediately withdraw 23 cosmetic products which, it claims, contain substances banned under EU law.

• Cosmetics
• Personal Care

China is consulting on a draft national standard for composite food contact materials (FCMs) and articles.

• Food Drink
• China

The most significant endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) to which babies and pregnant women may be exposed are dioxins, PCBs, phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), BHA and BHT, according to Danish state research.

• EPA
• Children's products

The acrylate marketis complicated and confusing in June 2017. Good and bad news both areinfluencing the market.

US-based global medical equipment producer Becton Dickinson (BD) has revealed its progress towards cutting use of materials of concern in its products.

• Medicine

Echa has launched its EU observatory for nanomaterials (EUON), a public website aimed at increasing transparency of information on nanomaterials on the EU market.

• Nanomaterials

The Italian and Dutch fashion industries have joined hands for textile growth, emphasising the growing interaction between their fashion and textile industries.

• Italian
• Dutch
• Textile

The textile exports during July-May (2016-17) were recorded at $11,234.885 million compared to the exports of $11,461.497 million recorded during July-May (2015-16), according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

• Textile
• Export