- Polymers
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On January 27-30 there was held «Interplastica 2015», one of the largest Russian exhibitions on polymers in parallel with the trade show “Upakovka/UpakItalia 2015” in the exhibition centre “Expocentre” in Moscow.
About 1000 enterprises from 30 countries presented their innovations in the field of polymer products and services on the total area of 16,000 m2....
- Organics
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Acetic acid is a large-capacity, basic chemical, of which one manufactures a number of important products – vinyl acetate, acetic anhydride, alkyl acetates and some other organic chemicals. The article presents general characteristics of the world’s acetic acid production including breakdown of manufacturing capacity by leading global players. It also highlights in detail the global and...
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Butanediol-1.4 a colorless, viscous and highly inflammable liquid, is one of the most important monomers having fundamental significance for the development a broad range of chemical branches worldwide. Butanediol-1.4 is a large-capacity raw material for the synthesis of some organic intermediates and ready-to-use organic products – tetrahydrofurane, γ-butyrolactone, polybutylene terephthalate,...
- Inorganics
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Over the last two years sulphur production in Russia has been declining after a period of some stability in 2010-2012. Early 2015 does not fill us with optimism, and we may assume that total output in 2015 will decrease as compared to the previous year. This is exclusively due to the state of the gas industry which produces the lion’s share of sulphur in the country. Our article presents the...
- Paints and coatings
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On 3-6 March, the 19th international specialised conference “Interlakokraska-2015” – the principal event in the domestic paints and coatings industry, was held in in the central exhibition centre “Expocentre” in Moscow.
Latest technologies and developments were presented by 206 companies from 24 countries. Some countries including Germany, the Czech Republic and...
- Chemistry and business
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To sell ready products is a final component of a multifunctional production mechanism of Sumykhimprom Public Joint Stock company (Sumy, Ukraine). Monitoring chemical and agrochemical markets, increasing a number of clients, establishing contacts with new business partners and selling products on the basis of mutual benefit – all these aspects are an area of responsibility of a sales department....
- Countries and regions
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To assess the current state of the chemical industry in Turkmenistan is not an easy task. The country’s statistics office provides only general information about the country’s economic growth rates, while absolute figures are unavailable. Nevertheless, on the basis of both a scrupulous analysis of open information and our own data, we are able to draw a full-fledged picture of Turkmen chemical...
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The Indian chemical industry is one of the most significant sectors of the country’s economy. In 2013 India ranked 13 worldwide in terms of chemical export volumes and 9th place in terms of chemical imports.
The state of the Indian chemical industry and related branches were reflected in the exhibition Chemtech World Expo held on 28-31 January 2015 in an exhibition centre in the city of...
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Representatives of the largest Ukrainian chemical enterprises, the Ukrainian Chemists Union, leading R& D institutes began to develop a special strategy aimed at promoting domestic chemical products on the European markets, which was declared at the All-Ukrainian chemical forum held on the basis of Cherkasy Azot PJSC (Cherkasy, Ukraine). The programme entitled “A programme for the modernisation...
- Speciality chemicals
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In April 2015, SIBUR and Gazprom Neft held the 4th interbranch conference “Bitumen and polymer-bitumen binders: topical issues 2015” devoted to some problems of using bitumens and polymer-bitumen binders in road construction. Polymer-bitumen binders are materials on the basis of traditional bitumens with the addition of styrene-butadiene-styrene type polymers and a plasticiser. Polymer-bitumen...