Titanium Tetrachloride (TICL4)

Supplying Titanium Tetrachloride TICL4 – with different applications including manufacturing sponge titanium, titanium dioxide, artificial pearls, smoke screens, pigments, fabric mordants, etc. – by the order from an esteemed customer in March 2025.

Cobalt Octoate

To offer a flexible choice and support the diverse needs of our clients, Famico has supplied 14,440 kg of Cobalt Octoate from a widely known brand in February 2025.   Valirex Co 8.5 Toluene is a Cobalt Octoate in Toluene, used as an additive.

Agitators

Ordering two Agitators for the DEAC drum from the well-known manufacturer Dalian Satake.

Eurozone private sector returns to growth in January as inflation heats up

LONDON (ICIS)–Private sector activity in the eurozone returned to a growth footing for the first time in nearly half a year in January, with an expanding service sector counterbalancing stronger but still contractionary manufacturing. Eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) firmed to 50.2 in January compared to 49.6 in December, driven by a reading of […]

Argentina’s chemicals, manufacturing could be collateral victims of liberalization push

SAO PAULO (ICIS)–Argentina’s cabinet drive to shift the economy from staunch protectionism into liberal bastion is increasing fears among chemicals and wider manufacturing players that the country’s beleaguered industrial fabric is yet to suffer further losses in output in coming years. As production costs in Argentina remain higher than in key manufacturing hubs such as […]

US ExxonMobil may build cracker, PE plant in Texas

HOUSTON (ICIS)–ExxonMobil may build an ethane cracker and polyethylene (PE) plant near Corpus Christi, Texas, the company said in an application for a tax break. If ExxonMobil proceeds with the project, it would be built in Calhoun county, which is north of Corpus Christi, the application said. Construction could start in 2025 and finish at […]

Asia-US container rates plunge on Lunar New Year holiday lull

HOUSTON (ICIS)–Rates for shipping containers from east Asia and China to the US plunged this week, as did global average rates amid the typical slowdown around the Lunar New Year (LNY) holiday. Meanwhile, shipowners are out with surcharges on various trade lanes, which could support rates at current levels even with the slowdown in volumes. […]

Policy uncertainty clouds US economic outlook but fundamentals solid

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (ICIS)–There is uncertainty about the extent that stated US policy goals on tariffs will be achieved and their impact on the economy this year and beyond. Yet for now, the US economy remains on solid ground. An extension of the 2017 tax cuts would be positive, as would deregulation and higher defense […]

Diethyl hydroxyl Amin (DEHA)

Supplying Diethyl hydroxyl Amin (DEHA) -a short stopper of polymerization in production of SBR/NBR and poly butadiene polymer- by the order from an esteemed customer.

EU-Mercosur trade agreement welcomed by chemicals producers but loose ends remain

SAO PAULO (ICIS)–EU chemicals trade group welcomed on Friday the “political agreement” between the 27-country bloc and the five-country bloc Mercosur on their free trade deal but, after being 25 years in the making, loose ends for its ratification remain. The agreement, yet to be published in full, must now be ratified by national parliaments […]