ICIS (subscription) The American Chemistry Council (ACC) estimates that each automobile contains an average of $3,297 (€2,473) worth of chemicals, such as acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene (ABS), nylon, PC and others. Among the companies that provide petrochemical-based ...
Platts Styrolution Europe has raised operating rates at its acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene plant at Antwerp, Belgium to 80-85% capacity in June, a company source said Wednesday. The 250,000 mt/year ABS unit was running at 70-75% capacity in May. The reason ...
ICIS (subscription) DETROIT (ICIS)--Market sources who supply raw materials such as polycarbonate (PC) and acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene (ABS) to auto parts makers are not concerned about carbon fibre moving into mass-market vehicles -- at least not yet, sources said on ...
Business Wire (press release) LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What are the latest events in the acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene copolymer market? What are the key market trends? What legislation and tax changes have recently occurred? What capacity/production changes have taken ...
Platts For PS and polyvinyl chloride , duties are merely reduced from 6.5% to 5.4%. But the Europeans are now not the sole supplier with a competitive edge in terms of geographical proximity, Turkish sources said, after the startup of Egyptian Estyrenics' 200 ...
