Paint & Coating News

News from August 9th: Since 2021, under the new situation of the epidemic, the demand for the application of titanium dioxide in the field of sterilization has increased greatly.

• price increase
• Titanium

China's titanium dioxide output in July 2021 was 299,100 tons, a decrease of 7.11% from the previous month and a decrease of 0.04% year-on-year.

• Titanium Dioxide

Recently, IHS Markit stated that the continued strong demand for acrylates in the European market, coupled with supply shortages due to large supply disruptions and low imports, will keep acrylates spot prices high for the rest of this year.

• Acrylic price
• Europe

In recent years, with the rapid development of China's real estate, automotive and other industries, the demand for coatings in China has continued to grow, and competition among enterprises has been fierce.

• coating industry

According to news, due to the corresponding maintenance plans of Tianjin Bohai Chemical, Lanfan Chemical and Huachang, the major isobutyraldehyde manufacturers in August

• neopentyl glycol

On the first working day of August (2nd), the international oil price fell sharply and stopped the "three consecutive sunshine".

• chemicals price
• Styren
• Diethylene glycol
• Phenol

The raw material bisphenol A market continued to rise in the early trading yesterday, and the domestic PC market showed a mild trial situation.

• bisphenol A
• PC market

As the major isobutyraldehyde manufacturers Tianjin Bohai Chemical, Lanfan Chemical and Huachang all have corresponding maintenance plans in August

• neopentyl glycol
• tight supply

On the evening of July 30, PTA’s main contract 2109 closed at 5580 CNY/ton, and the intraday peak rose to 5658 CNY/ton, setting a new high for the contract this year. It rose by more than 9% during the month and about 40% during the year.

• PTA

Since the beginning of this year, the two ethylene glycol plants of the Chemical Department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

• Shanghai Petrochemical
• ethylene oxide

Yesterday, both raw materials fell sharply, making people unavoidable to worry about the trend of the epoxy market today. Will the market decline drastically because of this?

• Epoxy
• market trend

As July draws to a close, the price of LER, which has been rising vigorously and continuously for nearly a month, has reached its peak and has come to an end.

• Epoxy Resin

Yesterday (28th), Wanhua Chemical issued a price increase letter stating that raw materials such as butyl acrylate, methyl methyl, and isooctyl ester continued to rise due to factors such as the continued volatility of crude oil prices

• raise price
• Nippon
• bisphenol A

On July 26, Mitsubishi Chemical announced that it would increase the price of bisphenol A (BPA) from August 20 by more than 20 yen/kg (about 1176 CNY/ton).

• chemical giants
• Carbonyl

With the arrival of the peak consumption season in the market, many countries around the world have begun to "replenish goods" from overseas.

• Epoxy
• polyurethane
• MDI
• TDI

Recently, people familiar with the matter revealed that the supply of PTA used in polyester resin is now a little tight.

• Polyester price
• PTA supply
• neopentyl glycol

With the arrival of the peak consumption season in the market, many countries around the world have begun to "replenish goods" from overseas.

• Epoxy
• polyurethane
• MDI
• TDI

If the bisphenol A rises again today, the resin factory will trigger the price adjustment mechanism, and it may rise again.

• Epoxy Resin

In the morning, the news that Sinopec Mitsubishi's 180,000-ton/year bisphenol A plant had been shut down due to equipment failures came out.

• Epoxy Resin
• resin market

The dual raw material market continued its upward trend last week, especially bisphenol A, which rose by more than 3,000 CNY/ton in a single week.

• bisphenol A
• Price