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The European Union's (EU) proposal to introduce a 90% collection target for PET beverage bottles by 2029 is unlikely to be met without significant investment in infrastructure and waste management collection, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals.
The U.S. petrochemicals industry is experiencing an investment renaissance, Steve Zinger, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Senior Vice President, said during his appearance at AFPM's 2019 International Petrochemical Conference.
Amazon’s decision to move towards lightweight flexible plastic mailers over its traditional cardboard boxes will likely set a trend for the rest of the industry, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals’ recent ‘Q1 2019 Flexible Packaging Global Market Overview’.
Following Ascend Performance Materials' decision to declare a force majeure on hexamethylene diamine (HMD), Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Head of Thermoplastics, Quentin de Carvalho, commented:
Commenting on the news that Chevron Phillips Chemical will cease paraxylene production in the U.S at the end of this year, Gordon Haire, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Research Director, said:
Commenting on UK Chancellor Philip Hammond's Budget announcement of a new tax on the manufacture and import of plastic packaging that contains less than 30% recycled plastic, Wood Mackenzie Head of PET, Philip Marshall, said:
The total volume of PET bottles collected in West Europe during 2017 was near 2 Mt, compared to an estimated 3.2 Mt of bottles placed in the market, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals' latest report on the RPET market in West Europe.
Higher base chemicals demand and feedstock security for heavy naphtha are driving the development of a new wave of mega-integrated refinery and chemical sites in China. Private Chinese chemical producers, including Hengli and Rong Sheng, are back-integrating their chemical plants with refineries by building mega-integrated facilities. Wood Mackenzie expects these projects to come on stream in the next 12 to 24 months.
Commenting on the announcement that the US will impose a 25% tariff on $16 billion worth of Chinese goods, including chemicals, Ashish Chitalia, Wood Mackenzie Principal Analyst, said:
According to PCI Wood Mackenzie's latest review of the European marketplace, 'Flexible Packaging European Supply Demand Report', Poland continued to be the fastest growing major flexible packaging market in Europe in 2017, increasing by over 5% during the year.
Commenting on the announcement that INEOS has approved a €2.7 billion capital project to build both a world scale ethane cracker and a PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Northern Europe, Patrick Kirby, PCI Wood Mackenzie Principal Analyst, said:
Commenting on the UK Government's plans to introduce a plastic bottle deposit scheme, Helen McGeough, PCI Wood Mackenzie, Senior Consultant, commented:
India is poised to double its oil product demand growth (190 kb/d) in 2018 after a sluggish 2017, when demand grew by only 93 kb/d. Last year, demand growth was at its slowest in the past three years.
Follwoing the EU's pledge to make all plastic packaging recyclable by 2030, Helen McGeough, PCI Wood Mackenzie Senior Consultant, commented
How will the goals of reduce, reuse and recycle impact the plastics industry and its supply chain? Get our latest analysis of the impact of sustainability initiatives.
European BOPET film prices have risen nearly 17% over the last 12 months, levels not seen since late 2011. Will prices rise even further in 2019? Get our latest BOPET film analysis.
The impact of major demand drivers, customer preferences, protectionism and regulatory changes are shifting the priorities of players in the polyolefins markets.
Will 2019 be another tumultuous year for the North American polyester industry? Dr. Michael Bermish looks at what the six key issues will be in 2019.
The European PET market is currently in a state of turmoil, which has principally been caused by a lack of PTA feedstock and reduced imports.
Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently announced it has invited a group of leading international companies with extensive experience in the petrochemical industry to submit proposals for partnering with QP in the development and operation of a new world-scale petrochemicals complex at Ras Laffan Industrial City. If completed, how will it fit into Qatar’s existing ethylene asset portfolio?
It may come as a surprise to learn that 56% of PET bottles used in the UK each year are recovered for recycling. That figure is projected to rise to 59% by 2021, but could increase significantly with the introduction of the UK government’s proposed deposit return scheme. Elsewhere in Europe, similar schemes have achieved ~90% recovery rate.
What are our petrochemical industry colleagues in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) thinking about?
Dynamic asset benchmarking for polyethylene unit
As global propylene consumption continues to grow, petrochemical companies will need to invest in novel on-purpose technologies to meet demand.
What should the global polyethylene industry brace themselves for in 2018?
Maritza Ramirez recently presented at the LAPET Meeting in Mexico city. In her presentation, “Are Changes in Global Supply and Demand Helping or Hindering the Latin American PET Industry?”, Maritza, Senior PET Consultant for Wood Mackenzie Chemicals, explained that PET events in China or Europe can have immediate effects in Latin America.
Our latest study of the Indian flexible packaging market place ‘Flexible Packaging Supply Demand Study – India’ shows that despite the current uncertainty in the Indian economy, demand for flexible packaging continues to grow at a pace, reaching an estimated $5.6 billion in 2017. India now has the fourth largest flexible packaging market, representing around 6% of the global market, behind the US, China and Japan.
We posed 8 questions to Steve Jenkins, Vice President Consulting – Chemicals, Polymers & Fibres about China’s petrochemicals market...
Kelly Cui, Olefins Senior Consultant, provides a high-level overview of China’s CTO/MTO development opportunities and challenges to assess the sustainability of this emerging olefin force.
The lower crude oil pricing environment that has been in place for almost the last three years has influenced the olefin cost curve around the World. The deviation between advantaged and disadvantaged regions has narrowed, levelling the playing field much more.
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