Methanex Move Bodes Well For Regional Chemicals
Another sign that the North American chemical industry is getting its groove back is news from Methanex that it is restarting a methanol facility in Medicine Hat, Alberta, that has been idle since...
View ArticleChemicals As Seen On TV
Watching cable television you may have noticed the following commercial. It is always neat to see the chemical industry in the popular media. It is neater to impress your friends and family with what...
View ArticleNew Plastic Coming To A Liquor Store Near You
If you ever purchased the big plastic bottles of vodka or whiskey on the bottom shelf of your local liquor store, you may have noticed something. No, not the hangovers that pulsate agony in your...
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Middle East Revolts and Chemicals Part II
Here’s an interesting statistic, traffic through the Suez Canal increased in January 2011 versus the same month in 2010. Some 1,485 vessels passed through the canal in January 2010, versus 1,418 the...
View ArticleDow On TV
Olin isn’t the only company that makes chlorine and ammunition. So does Dow. Dow paintballs OK, the polyethylene glycol filling in paint balls aren’t exactly Winchester rounds. Separately, CBS News did...
View ArticleApologies, Excuses
As you may have noticed, the Chemical Notebook has taken a summer hiatus of practically European extent. Sorry for the lack of posting. I do have excuses. Two floods—including Hurricane Irene–and my...
View ArticleDow CEO Talks Manufacturing On CNN
Dow CEO Andrew N. Liveris appeared on a CNN special Sunday night hosted by Fareed Zakara titled “Restoring the American Dream, Getting Back to Work.” The segment with Liveris can be found here. As...
View ArticlePPG Looks To Secure Titanium Dioxide
At an analyst meeting this week in New York City, PPG Industries chief technology officer Charles F. Kahle II announced that his company was looking to partner with a TiO2 producer. Here’s the context:...
View ArticlePresident Obama Champions Manufacturing In The SOTU
During last night’s State of the Union address, the president spent roughly the first quarter of the speech talking about manufacturing. Does Obama have the right solutions? Time will tell. (It is an...
View ArticleStudy: Shale Offers Hope For Sunoco Pa. Refinery
The advent of natural gas from shale could potentially resurrect an old 175,000 bpd Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa., near Philadelphia, according to a new report issued by the consulting firm IHS....
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