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Welcome to Eurasian Chemical Market
Eurasian Chemical Market is one of the leading industrial publications in the CIS. The magazine widely covers the most important up-to-date events of the CIS chemical market. This is a monthly publication, which started up in 2005 and is available both in Russian and English languages.
Every issue includes reviews, marketing and analytical articles covering different products and branches of the chemical market.
Polymers

CHINAPLAS 2012 : Back to the Future

Despite the strong impact of economic instability in Europe and America over the China export industry, Asia's No.1 and world's No.2 plastics and rubber exhibition, the 26th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries (known as "CHINAPLAS 2012"), continues to play a leading and advancing role among other exhibitions of its kind. With the enthusiastic support of the global enterprises,...

Market Review for Thermoplastic Polyurethane in CIS

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is the thermoplastic elastomer widely applied in the manufacture of shoe soles, electronics, automobiles and cable products. TPU is known for its outstanding elasticity, transparency, abrasiveness and oil resistance. Such valuable properties make TPU essential in a wide range of applications one of which is the production of cases for electronic devices like iPhone. Review...

Review of World’s Polypropylene Production and Market

Polypropylene (PP) ranks the second most widely spread polymer. The CIS countries account for 36% of the total polypropylene capacity of the Central and Eastern Europe. In 2010, the total polypropylene output in Russia amounted to 628,000 tonnes, up 5.6% as compared to 2009. According to forecasts, in 2015, the manufacture of polypropylene in Russia will reach 1.14m tonnes, which is 1.8 times higher...

Interplastica 2012: Good Perspectives on the Russian Plastics and Rubber Market

Interplastica 2012, the International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, has profited from the economic recovery in the industry and underpinned its leading position in Russia impressively. About 20,000 experts from the industry from throughout Russia and the neighbouring countries came to the exhibition centre SAO Expocentr in Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow from 24–27 January, to find out about...

Upakovka/Upak Italia 2012: Top Class Technology

Increasingly high demand for packaging materials creates incentives for Russian and international producers to invest more in this sphere. For the purpose of getting a complete overview of products and technologies currently available internationally, representatives from the packaging industry attended Upakovka/Upak Italia Trade Fair, taken place in Moscow from 24-27 January 2012. The largest exhibitors...

The Fifth Russian Congress of Plastics Processors

On 14–15 November 2011, the Fifth Russian Congress of Plastics Processors took place in Moscow. More than 250 delegates of the industry and mass media attended the forum organised by the Moscow Government together with the Russian Association of Plastics Processors, Messe Dusseldorf Moscow GmbH, and RCC Group agency. The industry is represented by 6,000 businesses providing over 100,000 people...
Organics

Production and Market for Butanol and Isobutanol in CIS

In CIS, the production of butyl alcohols is established only in Russia, where four manufacturers - Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat JSC, Sibur-Khimprom CJSC, Angarsk Petrochemical Company JSC, and Nevinnomyssky Azot JSC – generate the output sufficient to meet the domestic demand and provide the foreign market for n-butanol and isobutanol. In the total butyl alcohols output in Russia made up 280,500...

Production and Market of Glycerol in the World and the CIS

What an amazing substance! Fractured rocks, puffy rolls, cellophane packaging - glycerol could really manage to serve mankind in a lot of spheres. Moreover, this is not a complete list of glycerol applications. It is one of a few substances used in various areas of our life. All in all, the world production of glycerol for 2009 made up 1.7m tonnes. Our readers are kindly invited to learn in-depth data...

Global and CIS Production of Xylene Isomers

The 2010, world production of xylenes, both pure and mixed isomers, made up around 44m tonnes. The xylene consumption increased by 10.6% from 2009 and fixed approximately on a level with the production. Experts expect the global demand to grow by 4.4% per year from 2011 to 2015 and by 3.2% from 2015 to 2020. The capacity utilisation however is predicted to reduce from 2011 to 2014 but begin an upward...
Inorganics

Modern Promising Fields of Application of Titanium and its Alloys

Titanium alloys are traditionally used in aircraft and spacecraft. Shipbuilding is their second most important application area. However, for the past decade, titanium alloys have been increasingly used both in conventional and in renewable energy generation. In addition, they are becoming more and more useful over a wide range of applications in geophysics and oil & gas production since equipment...

Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid in Russia and the CIS

An uncertainty in a future demand prompts the world sulphur manufacturers seek alternative uses for their output to avoid overproduction. In 2011 there were produced about 83.2m tonnes of sulphur. Experts predict that by 2016 the global sulphur capacity and may come up to 71.4m tonnes. Under the circumstances, Russia is considering new ways of sulphur utilisation. Some of them seem really promising...
Paints and coatings

Production and market of alkyl cellosolves in the CIS countries

Union Carbide registered the trademark “ethyl cellosolve” also named "cellosolve" as far as 1924. The first one was ethyl cellosolve (ethylene glycol monoethyl ether), with the name now generic for glycol ethers. Cellosolves are for the most part are employed as de-icing additives to jet fuels. To date, there are four manufacturers of these products in the CIS countries: Nizhnekamskneftekhim...
Chemistry and business

Russia’s Joining WTO: Protectionism or Fair Trade

Russia’s accession to the WTO will certainly bring both positive and negative effects to the country’s economy. Certainly, the country will get easier access to the foreign markets of chemcial products and to the disputes settlement mechanism of the WTO. However, maintaining a stable position, particularly in the global chemicals market can be tough, as our story shows.

Development Problems of Russian Petrochemical Clusters

A unique glance at the formation and the development of business clusters in the Russian Federation is described in our quite thorough analysis. Industrial clusters can be considered as an important component of the competitive economy. In turn, one of the basic elements of the industrial clusters is production, economic, formal, and informal ties between manufacturing companies located in close proximity...
Rubbers and tyres

Production and Global Market for Vinyl-Pyridine Latexes

Vinyl-pyridine latex (VPL) is used for dipping tyre cord fabric and industrial cloth to enhance their adhesion to rubber compounds. Though VPL is produced in relatively small quantities, it is an excellent tyre life extender. The world demand for VPL averages 100,000 tonnes, of which China satisfies 40%. Russia consumes vinyl-pyridine latexes in very small quantities. The country's yearly imports...
Agrochemicals

Fungicides, Seed Disinfectants and Bactericides: Foreign Trade Operations in Russia

We see them on plants or their seeds and on our foodstuff. They propagate on construction materials covering ceilings and walls. They are numerous but all together they make up a formidable army of pests deteriorating everything they appear on. The invasion of various pathogenic fungi and different bacteria forces us to look for effective means to confront them. The aggregate volume of fungicides imported...
Speciality chemicals

Production and market of Natural Graphite in CIS

Graphite's properties are useful over a wide range of industrial applications. This is a good conductor of heat and electricity and a neutron moderator. In 2011, the consumption of the natural graphite in Russia was 25,000 tonnes. It also should be noted, that imports share, amounted to 60-70% at the Russian market in 2007-2010, dropped to 24% in 2011. The output for the same year went up threefold...

Non-Toxic Additives to Protect Plastics from Pests

Our scientist brings in new technology every day but the major factor which should be kept in mind while evolving these technologies is “Our Environment”. How do we tackle all this? The answer is quite simple: use non-toxic products and sustainable technology in every aspect of our lives. Today major industrial sectors like plastics, wire and cable, telecommunication sector, railway sectors...
Special topic

Sino-Pack/China Drink 2012: Largest and Most Significant Packaging Event in China

The 19th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery & Materials (Sino-Pack 2012) and the 16th China International Exhibition on Brewery, Beverage and Liquid Packaging (China Drink 2012) was held in early March, 2012 at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, PR of China. Driven by the market trend, customer needs, the show’s unique advantages and continuing...

Can We Live Without Chemistry?

One of the popular questions in the former Soviet Union was as follows: “so, is there life on Mars?“ Paraphrasing it, we may metaphorically notice that the entire exhibition Khimia-2011 was an answer to the question: “can we live without chemistry?“ On 24-27 October, 2011 the XVI International Exhibition of the Chemical Industry and Science Khimia-2011, devoted to the chemical...
Countries and regions

Chemical industry in Croatia

Croatia, a developed industrial and agrarian country, is located in the South-East of Europe. On 25 June 1991 it declared its independence. Its economic growth is stimulated by up-to-date industrial enterprises and the state support. To date, one of the most growing sectors of Croatia's economy is the chemical industry. The latter increasing at a steady pace is the main subject of our article....
Chemical Equipment

Crystallisation of PET Masterbatches

For several years now, infrared-drum dryers have proven themselves as superior technology in many PET applications. The success story has been justified through clear advantages in comparison to other drying methods and processes. These proven advantages include energy efficiency, short residence time, and flexibility through its ability to handle various material forms and properties. Last but not...
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4th Algae World Europe

22.05.2012 - 23.05.2012, Munich
4th Algae World Europe
CMT is pleased to announce the 4th Algae World Europe to be held on 22-23 May, 2012 in Munich, Germany. The conference will feature an updated and refreshed agenda with in-depth debate on many topics including case studies of large scale production of macro and microalgae, commercialization of microalgae in nutrition, skincare, animal & aquaculture feed, chemicals and pharmaceuticals...

2nd BiobasedChem Asia

22.05.2012 - 23.05.2012, Bangkok
2nd BiobasedChem Asia
CMT is pleased to announce the 2nd BiobasedChem Asia on 22-23 May, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Key Highlights: - Garnering Partnership with Asian Stakeholders - Production, Financing & Downstream Markets - Prospects & Strategies for the Asian Market - Availability Updates of Current and Novel Feedstock - Focus on Downstream Markets' Growth Potential, Projects & Key...
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