• News Release

  Europe’s flexible packaging market will be worth over €16 billion by 2023

  • 23 7月 2019

  Europe's flexible packaging market is predicted to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2% over the next five years to reach over €16 billion in 2023.

• Comment

  SP Chemicals starts up China’s first gas-based ethylene plant

  • 20 8月 2019

  SP Olefins, a subsidiary of SP Chemicals, successfully started up its 650 ktpa steam cracker and was able to produce on-spec olefins.

• Comment

  MEG and polyethylene spot prices jump after Saudi drone attack

  • 17 9月 2019

  Spot prices of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and polyethylene (PE) have spiked in Asia, following news of the drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend. These two commodities are the two main chemical exports of the region.

• News Release

  Global automotive industry to drive industrial textile demand

  • 23 9月 2019

  Airbags are a core and growing part of the industrial textile portfolio. Current global airbag yarn demand sits at 164 ktpa and is expected to reach 237 ktpa by 2025, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Packaging industry’s sustainability drive good news for BOPP film

  • 23 10月 2019

  The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5% per annum over the last five years. The main driver of growth has been the demand for flexible packaging, particularly in China and South East Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘BOPP Film Global Supply Demand Report’.

• Content

  Featured Reports

  • 09 8月 2018

  We're highlighting our most popular reports. Gain instant access to detailed data — by the numbers and with visualisation — to address business challenges and make better, more strategic decisions.

• News Release

  Was 2019 the year of recycled PET?

  • 10 12月 2019

  2019 has been a year of successes within the recycled PET (RPET) industry.

• News Release

  China to dent global polyester growth in 2020

  • 09 1月 2020

  Chinese polyester market growth is expected to sit at just below 3% in 2020, a marked decline from the strong growth seen between 2018 and 2019. This dip in performance is mainly due to slashed growth for bottle-grade PET, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  What does the US-China trade deal mean for refiners - and for the market?

  • 20 1月 2020

  After over a year of trade tensions, the US and China signed a “phase one” trade deal on 16 January. As part of the deal, China has agreed to increase the value of energy imports by US$52.4 billion above 2017 levels over the next two years. What could it mean for the oil market?

• News Release

  2020 could mark start of downcycle for China’s petrochemical industry

  • 15 1月 2020

  In a recently published report, Wood Mackenzie predicts the start of a downcycle in China’s petrochemical industry. A supply overhang has already hit the country’s paraxylene (PX) market, with olefins and polyolefins markets almost certain to face the same.

• Editorial

  European PET market turmoil could see knock-on effects for brand owners

  • 10 6月 2018

  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.

• Editorial

  India’s flexible packaging enjoys continuing growth despite a stuttering economy

  • 23 1月 2018

  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.

• Editorial

  Qatar Petroleum plans new world-scale ethane cracker

  • 14 5月 2018

  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?

• Editorial

  From Russia with love: the olefins chain

  • 19 4月 2018

  What are our petrochemical industry colleagues in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) thinking about?

• Editorial

  Global polyethylene: 6 key things for 2018 (Part 1)

  • 28 2月 2018

  What should the global polyethylene industry brace themselves for in 2018?

• Editorial

  The impact of global events on Latin America’s PET industry

  • 25 1月 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.

• Editorial

  Is the outlook for China’s petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?

  • 09 1月 2018

  We posed 8 questions to Steve Jenkins, Vice President Consulting – Chemicals, Polymers & Fibres about China’s petrochemicals market...

• Editorial

  Propylene Global Supply Demand Analytics Service

  • 04 3月 2018

  As global propylene consumption continues to grow, petrochemical companies will need to invest in novel on-purpose technologies to meet demand.

• Editorial

  DuPont has almost ‘left the building’

  • 31 5月 2017

  The show will soon be over for Dupont and we can say that this respected name once synonymous with polyester film has “left the building”.

• Editorial

  Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres

  • 23 5月 2017

  Understand why Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres. See more.

• Editorial

  Boom times: American ethylene’s reversal of fortunes

  • 26 7月 2017

  Steve Zinger, Senior Vice President Chemicals, assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal entitled The shale gas revolution in just one word: Plastics

• Editorial

  Acquisition challenges facing all large converters

  • 05 10月 2017

  What’s next for the flexible packaging market? Learn more.

• Editorial

  Poland, Italy and Turkey experiencing fastest flexible packaging growth

  • 29 9月 2017

  What is driving flexible packaging growth in Poland, Italy and Turkey? Read more.

• Editorial

  The opportunities and challenges of CTO/MTO development

  • 07 11月 2017

  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.

• Editorial

  What is the impact of recent North American olefins investments on Europe?

  • 05 11月 2017

  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.

• Opinion

  Switching gears on olefins production?

  • 12 10月 2017

  Kelly Cui, our expert in CTO, explains how this emergent technology could transform global olefins and olefins derivatives trade by enabling China to become more self sufficient in ethylene, propylene and butadiene.

• Editorial

  Global ethylene asset map

  • 07 3月 2017

  We have created an exclusive map displaying the location of global ethylene assets. Explore the locations of ethylene production facilities across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Asia Pacific.

• Opinion

  Boom times: American ethylene's reversal of fortunes

  • 27 6月 2017

  Steve Zinger assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal. He evaluates how global ethylene consumption is growing and explores the drivers for this from a low gas price to new and plentiful sources of supply in North America.

• Opinion

  How green is the road ahead for polyester?

  • 05 9月 2016

  Dr Pieterjan Van Uytvanck reviews the outlook for sustainable polyester markets in his recent blog.

• Editorial

  Taking a closer look at Trump's blueprint for US energy

  • 27 1月 2017

  Our analysts take an early look at the expected resolution and implications of key policies spanning oils and refining, gas, and coal.