Is new Middle East resin headed to US?

From: Plastics News | Date: June 30, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Frank Esposito

The approach to all of the new polyolefin capacity set to come on line in the Middle East seems to be: Hurry up and wait.

That was the essence of statements made by industry veterans Chris Hogan and Phil Townsend at TEMPI 08, held June 9-10 in Las Vegas and hosted by Townsend Polymer Services & Information.

While there's no question that the Middle East will be deluged with new resin by Hogan's count, more than 20 billion pou...

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