Europe vs America: Diverging Paths for Plastics in 2026
How raw material prices, manufacturing trends, global politics, and regional policy will impact the same industry differently on both sides of the pond.
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Christmas Shopping vs. Chemical Procurement
How shopping for Christmas presents and sourcing industrial feedstocks and chemicals is actually the same challenge.
Is this the End of PFAS Production and Trade? – Maybe Not
Why industrial chemical traders should expect a reshaped, not a vanishing “forever chemicals” market.
Is this the End of PFAS Production and Trade? - Maybe
As the cost–benefit equation shifts, can there still be value in producing and trading “forever chemicals”?
EU Cobalt Plan Raises Raw Material Supply-Chain Risk
Will new safety limits on cobalt processing further undermine Europe’s chemical industry?
EU-Australia Deal to Reshape Raw Material Supply
What impact will the new EU-Australian deal have on the chemical industry?
A Greener Way to Source Rare Earth Elements: Bio-Mining
How rare earths can now be extracted with viruses.
How Sustainability is Rewriting Chemical Trading
From regulation to revenue: the business case for sustainable trading.
How to Profit from Chemical Product Sustainability
Practical ways for chemical traders to turn eco-friendly into a deal maker.
A World of Chemicals in One Place
Discover how digital chemical platforms are transforming the sourcing of industrial chemicals and feedstocks.
STPP Market Moves and Price Pressures
How adaptability, not scale, is determining success in sodium tripolyphosphate trading.
The Day the Chemical Industry Map Was Redrawn
From backwater importer to petrochemical behemoth: how China’s chemical industry now rules global chemical trade.
Industrial Chemicals
The Four Forces Shaking Europe’s Chemical Industry
A look into the decline of Europe’s chemical industry advantage.
Industrial Chemicals
The Chemical Industry’s Clouded Pathway to Net Zero
Princeton-led study reveals how the chemical industry is underinvesting in its approach to achieving decarbonisation.
Industrial Chemicals
Agentic AI: A Chemical Industry Revolution Already Underway
In a world where everything is changing faster than ever, the biggest change is already happening.
Plastics industry
Europe’s Plastics Recycling Industry Faces Crisis
How is the European recycled plastic market impacting chemical manufacturing and industrial feedstock trading?
Plastics industry
Self-Healing, Antimicrobial Plastics from Plants
3D printed polymer feedstocks can now be greener, cleaner, and self-repairing.
Industrial Chemicals
How China’s Oil to Coal Switch is Reshaping Chemical Prices
China’s coal shift: the global chemical market’s winners and losers.
Chemical Trade
Are Online Chemical Trading Platforms Really Any Good?
Have online marketplaces for industrial chemicals already peaked?
Industrial Chemicals
How the SPOTCHEMI Platform Works
What an industrial chemical trading platform can do.