The national average price of PVC (average ex-factory price of SG5 of carbide method) on January 21 was 6,825 RMB/ton. It is flat compared with last day. And the market was temporarily stable, with an increase at 7.48% compared with the same period last year. On January 21, the PVC commodity index was 86.48, unchanged from yesterday. It is 13.52% lower than the highest point in the cycle at 100.00 (2011-Septmber-5). And it is 48.41% higher than the lowest point at 58.27 on December 20, 2015 (Note: The cycle refers to 2011-Septmber-1 to now). Product aspect, near the Spring Festival, PVC market trend is stable. In recent days, the spot market was light in trading. downstream factories are going on holiday. Their intention to prepare goods before the festival is light as there are not many sporadic replenishments. The traders continue to withdraw from the market. And market transactions tend to stagnate. At present, the social inventory of PVC continues to increase, and the operation ra...

Cloud Chemicals, a contract manufacturing and chemicals’ distribution company primarily catering to the plastic, paints and ink industry, has expanded its horizons and forayed into the manufacture of a range of titanium dioxide and pigments. The manufactured range includes 3 grades of Titanium Dioxide (C 950, C 900 and C 800) and pigments for application in rigid PVC pipes and garden pipes among others. Plans are afoot to manufacture a range of additives. “With a current capacity of 15 tonnes per month, and scalable to 75 tonnes per month, we at Cloud Chemicals are all set to make a mark in this sector too,” Pranav Shah, Director, Cloud Chemicals, said. The technology deployed in the manufacturing process is ‘tumbler blending with high-speed mixer blending’. Register Now to Attend NextGen Chemicals & Petrochemicals Summit 2024, 11-12 July 2024, Mumbai

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals announced that it will increase the price of Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol, Selvol Ultiloc, Selvol Ultalux and Selvol Premiol up to the amounts shown in the table below.      Low Viscosity    Medium Viscosity   High Viscosity $     $300/mt   $300/mt     $440/mt €     250€/mt    250€/mt      370€/mt Sekisui Specialty Chemicals remains committed to meeting customers’ needs with high quality products.  The increase will take effect October 1, 2021, or as contracts and agreements allow. Sekisui Specialty Chemicals’ primary product is Selvol, a line of high-performance polyvinyl alcohol polymers and copolymers used in paper, adhesive, packaging, construction, personal care, and many other specialty formulations.   The company also represents Durastream CPVC compounds a...