This week ICIS Chemical Business turns its attention to chemical sites and clusters. We highlight the threats posed by the economic downturn to interconnected sites as well as the advantages they offer. **If you would like to view this email as a web page. Please click below** http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/chemicals/chnew/html/CHNEW_REP_20090818.html **Add us to your safe senders** http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/whitelist/whitelist.html =================================== Welcome to the ICIS Reporter weekly newsletter =================================== This week ICIS Chemical Business turns its attention to chemical sites and clusters. We highlight the threats posed by the economic downturn to interconnected sites as well as the advantages they offer. In the UK, the Wilton chemical site is under pressure after US producer Dow announced plans to close ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol capacity there. =================================== Stories from ICIS Chemical Business =================================== Wilton closures highlight challenges for Europe chemical sites ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238756&nf=true Thailand's Mab Ta Phut investment dogged by uncertainty ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238803&nf=true Chemical firms lower energy use with new technologies ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238790&nf=true Producers capitalise through chemical parks ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238757&nf=true German chemical sites focus on innovation to survive downturn ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238789&nf=true =================================== Advertising Sponsors =================================== NEPIC http://www.nepic.co.uk =================================== ICIS news Editors' picks =================================== US TiO2 producer Tronox has many suitors - sources http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9239084&nf=true US auto suppliers boosted by July sales, clunkers optimism http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238768&nf=true LANXESS Q2 net profit down 69%, share price falls 5.5% http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9239454&nf=true Germany and France emerge from recession - Eurostat http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9239552&nf=true LyondellBasell sees polymer strength; weakness in chems, fuels http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238397&nf=true SABIC, Mitsubishi Rayon in $1bn acrylics joint venture http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238750&nf=true =================================== Most Popular Picks =================================== US chems, plastics shed jobs, but unemployment rate falls http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238376&nf=true China June chemical output grows on demand revival http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238781&nf=true Taiwan petchems unscathed by Typhoon Morakot http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238422&nf=true Europe naphtha exports to Asia may fall in September http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238424&nf=true INSIGHT: Signs of stagflation appear in US chemical markets http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9237767&nf=true Labour group says proposed US chem standards weak http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9238408&nf=true =================================== ICIS Blogs =================================== Excessive Confidence A Risk http://www.icis.com/blogs/asian-chemical-connections/2009/08/excessive-confidence-a-risk.html US and EU dominate global consumption http://www.icis.com/blogs/chemicals-and-the-economy/2009/08/us-and-eu-dominate-global-cons.html The potential of China-US clean-tech partnership http://www.icis.com/blogs/green-chemicals/2009/08/the-potential-of-china-us-clea.html =================================== ICIS podcasts =================================== This week, specialties editor Doris De Guzman reports on the chemical industry's improvement of energy efficiency, and London bureau chief Will Beacham takes a look at the "Domino Effect" that may impact the industry. http://www.icis.com/tv/tv,id_9240642.htm =================================== ICIS conferences =================================== The 2009 China Base Oils Conference 10 September 2009 - 11 September 2009 http://www.icis.com/chinabaseoils2009 The 3rd ICIS Heren Gas Conference 14 September 2009 - 15 September 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/herengasconference The 2nd Chemical Purchasing Summit 17 September 2009 - 18 September 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/chemicalpurchasing09 The 6th ICIS Middle Eastern Base Oils & Lubricants conference 13-14 October 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/mebaseoils09 The 7th ICIS World Oleochemicals Conference 20 October 2009 - 21 October 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/oleochemicals2009 More info >> http://www.icis.com/Events/List.aspx?Type=Conference&Keywords=&StartDate=&EndDate= =================================== Manage Your Account: =================================== This email has been sent to #emailaddr# Unsubscribe from future ICIS Reporter weekly newsletters http://www.rbiforms.co.uk/chnew.html Receive your own copy of this email: http://www.icis.com/StaticPages/emailnewsletters.htm Do not reply to this e-mail as it is unmonitored. 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