This report provides a deep technical review of the commercial and developing acrylonitrile technologies.  The economics of the propylene, propane and glycerol ammoxidation processes have been estimated for acrylonitrile plants located in the United States, Western Europe, South-East Asia and China, where capacity is increasing rapidly.  As about a million tons of new capacity is expected to come on stream between 2014 and 2019, a high-level analysis of the business and strategic considerations as well as the technology availability from the perspective of a company entering or expanding into the acrylonitrile market has been included in this report. This analysis is underpinned by a review of end-use sector consumption as well as regional market dynamics.

Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) are a set of polymers that have the ability to absorb liquids many times their own weight. This report analyzes various technological and commercial aspects of SAP, and provides an overview of the commercial and developing technologies for SAP production. Cost of production estimates have been developed for both solution and suspension process plants located in USGC, Western Europe and China. Commercial applications and global market outlook are also included.

This report reviews the current and future developments in the small-scale gas to liquids technologies that utilize stranded or associated natural gas as feedstock.  Detailed process descriptions and comparative process economics are included

This report provides a deep technical review of commercial and developing technologies for caprolactam production.  In addition to coverage of conventional caprolactam production from cyclohexane and phenol, this report includes coverage of exotic commercial processes including photonitrozation, toluene oxidation, direct peroxide-based ammoximation and vapor-phase rearrangement, as well as coverage of emerging bio-based caprolactam production.  Economics are provided for plants located in the U.S., Western Europe, and China, along with a review of global markets and strategic conditions. 

This report analyzes various technological and commercial aspects of EPDM, the prospects for which are linked to demand in the growing automotive industry, its primary end use sector. The report summarizes the conventional solution, slurry, and gas phase processes that have been implemented. It also describes modern-day advances in EPDM technology, including the introduction of a recently developed, bio-based route to EPDM. In addition, a comparison of the cost of production of EPDM in various regions via these processes is provided.

This report provides a deep technical review of the commercial and developing technologies to produce bisphenol A based liquid and solid epoxy resins, as well as epoxy phenol novolac resins.  Their cost of production has been estimated for plants located in the U.S. and China, where capacity is increasing rapidly. As the industry is currently restructuring, a high-level analysis of the business and strategic considerations from the perspective of a company entering or expanding into the epoxy resin market has been included in this report. This analysis is underpinned by a review of end-use sector consumption as well as global and regional market dynamics.

This report analyzes commercial technologies for making selected silicone precursors and polysiloxanes. Cost of production estimates for silicon metal, methyl chloride, methylchlorosilane and siloxanes have been developed. Commercial applications and regional supply/demand analysis of siloxanes are included. 

This report provides an overview of the process technologies for the production of in-situ TPO, compounded TPO, TPV, polyolefin elastomers, and olefin block copolymers. Cost of production estimates have been developed and compared for the USGC, South East Asia and Middle East. The report examines recent technology trends and market drivers for the main product categories. Market estimations have also been developed for the major global regions.

The chemistry and process technology for sulfuric acid production are reviewed.  Detailed descriptions and process economics are presented for the double absorption contact process and the wet sulfuric acid (WSA) contact process. Global and regional supply/demand balances are also given.

The chemistry, process technologies and production economics for hydrogen peroxide manufacture are presented.  The costs of the Developing Direct Synthesis, Solvay's high yield anthraquinone auto oxidation process and conventional anthraquinone auto oxidation processes are compared, including economic suitability for HPPO application and concentrating to a transportable 70 wt% product.