The View: Producing Partner Profile
Quote of the Day “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well”. John D. Rockefeller Jr. Prop 65 Update: A No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for Diisononyl phthalate (DINP) will be established effective April 1, 2016. California’s OEHHA announced last week that the NSRL for DINP will be set at 146 […]
The View: Product Update For Plasticizers and Polymer Additives
Quote of the Day “Always deliver more than expected.” Larry Page, co-founder of Google Product Updates: Plasticizers and Polymer Additives Written by Tom Guadagno, Product Manager of Polymer Additives DPHP Perstorp, together with The Chemical Company (TCC), are cooperating in the bulk distribution of Emoltene™ 100 (DPHP) to the American market. Perstorp recently doubled their […]
The New View From Jamestown: Oil & Petrochemical Pricing
Quote of the Day “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” Benjamin Franklin Industry Update Written by Tom Ultsch, Vice President of TCC Midwest Market After bouncing from lows in August below $40, crude oil pricing has declined by 50% since the fourth quarter of 2014. The […]
Shale Oil & Gas
Overview Shale oil and gas production and prices have dominated the news as they both profoundly affect the global economy and life, as we know it on this planet. Congress is poised to vote for approval of the long awaited XL pipeline that will bring Canadian crude to southern refineries. Plastics and other industries […]
Chemical Industry News – September
Scotland Votes ‘No’ to Independence—Good News for the Chemical Industry Early Friday morning, Sept. 19, the announcement was made denying Scotland a majority vote for independence. The ‘No’ vote was good news for the chemical industry because business can continue without the interruption of a changing government. Establishing laws and policies concerning everything from taxes […]
