Analysis and forecast of supply and demand in the global polyolefins market.

The chemistry, process technologies and production economics for hydrogen peroxide manufacture are presented. The costs of the Emerging Direct Synthesis, Solvay’s new “Mega” Scale technology & conventional anthraquinone auto oxidation processes are compared, including economic suitability for HPPO application and concentrating to a transportable 70 wt% product.

Regional round-up of industry developments, regional pricing analysis and capacity expansions are provided for the first quarter 2009. A commentary on surviving the downturn-impact on polyolefins products is provided.

Definition of the techno-economic models used in the Quarterly Business Analysis reports in 2009