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BASF procurement gets deep into R&D.
Jun 18, 2009; ... By Alan Earls Early Procurement Involvement program helps drive R&D efforts. With 97,000 employees and products ranging from plastics and performance polymers to agricultural products and fine chemicals, Germany's BASF is one of the world's largest and most diverse ...
Business Intelligence.
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff 2¢/lb Ti02 price increase from DuPont Source: DuPont Titanium Technologies WHAT IT MEANS: According to DuPont after a "difficult period" titanium dioxide inventories and production rates are stabilizing. With a demand uptick ...
Recession brings rubber prices down, but buyers stay on the sidelines.
Jun 18, 2009 ... By Gordon Graff The huge slump in the automotive and tire markets has cooled off demand for natural and synthetic rubber, causing prices for both to tumble dramatically since last year. While natural rubber prices have rebounded a bit since the start of the year, synthetic ...
Ethanol supply chain continues to morph.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009; ... By David Hannon It only took Agstar Financial Services a bit more than a month to find a buyer for the Michigan ethanol plant it bought from bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun last spring. According to a statement, Chicago-based newcomer Green BioEnergy has agreed to buy the ...
Rochester Electronics finds success in discontinued parts even during downturns.
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff In some ways, the economic downturn is good news for Rochester Electronics of Newburyport, Mass. Rochester is an authorized distributor for many semiconductors that have gone end of life. Rochester signs agreements with the original supplier of the parts and ...
Get ready for REACH and RoHS 2.(Restriction of Hazardous Substances law)
Jun 18, 2009; ... By Jim Carbone Europe's Restriction of Hazardous Substances law was just the beginning of a wave of environmental laws and regulations impacting the electronics supply chain. Electronics buyers may not yet need a degree in environmental law to do their jobs, but it ...
Standard logic prices may rise in third quarter despite downturn.
Jun 18, 2009; ... By James Carbone The global standard logic market will decline by about 19% this year because of the global economic downturn, but buyers should not expect any steep price drops. In fact, modest standard logic price increases are possible in the second half because of low ...
Business Intelligence.
Jun 18, 2009 ... By James Carbone 26% Buyers who say business is up compared to last month Source: www.purchasingdata.com WHAT IT MEANS: Business remains slow although some industry analysts are forecasting the beginning of the recovery in the second half. ...
Growth to return for core silicon chips.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009; ... By James Carbone The global core silicon market appears to have bottomed out and will grow in the third and fourth quarters, according to researcher iSuppli. The core silicon market includes application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), application-specific ...
Expect longer ceramic capacitor leadtimes as demand picks up.
Jun 18, 2009; ... By James Carbone Buyers need to keep a close watch on leadtimes for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) as manufacturers have cut back on production capacity because of weaker demand. If demand picks up in the second half, leadtimes for MLCCs will stretch. In fact, ...
DRAM prices plunge in first quarter.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009; ... By James Carbone First quarter DRAM revenue fell 22.3% from the fourth quarter due to a 25% decline in the contract price for 1Gb DDR2 DRAMs according to researcher DRAMeXchange. Revenue of own-brand DRAM manufacturers fell from $4 billion in the fourth quarter to ...
Prices for transistors, analog chips to stabilize as demand rises.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009; ... By James Carbone Buyers can expect stable prices for transistors and analog semiconductors in the second half as demand picks up, according to researcher iSuppli. Prices had been declining since the fourth quarter of last year. The average worldwide contract price ...
Buyers report some selective commodity price increases (National, recent price trend).(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff <Pre> UP DOWN SAME INDEX Copper & brass40% 27% 33% 56.5 Passive electronics 16% 10% 74% 53.0 Semiconductors14% 15% 71% 49.0 Tooling 22% 27% 51% 47.6 Energy25% 32% 43% 46.4 ...
Posco Gets Price Cut.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff South Korean steel giant Posco has agreed with Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto on a 33% reduction in the price of iron ore fines to $58.20/metric ton and a 44% cut in the price of ...
Natgas Prices Down.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff Natural gas prices may slide deeper this year than estimated originally because of a growing glut of supply. The Henry Hub natural gas spot price is projected to average $4.06 per ...
Zinc Prices Up.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff Adam Rowley of Macquarie Bank says it now appears that the pickup in zinc prices this year from 50Ao in January to May's month-to-date 68Ao has been due to investment purchasing of futures, what he terms "the building of long ...
Titanium Dioxide Prices Up.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff Titanium dioxide producers are pushing price increases, saying demand is creeping back up. Last month, Kronos Worldwide issued a 4¢/lb increase for ...
Some buyers getting more optimistic (Buyers' 30-day buying plans).(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff <Pre> UP DOWN SAME INDEX Organic chemicals 25% 29% 46% 48.2 Passive electronics 23% 29% 48% 46.6 Inorganic chemicals 23% 29% 48% 46.6 Paper 17% 31% 52% 43.2 Energy18% 33% 49% ...
Dow Rolls in Rohm.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff With its acquisition of Rohm & Haas complete, Dow Chemical has reorganized its coatings-related assets into a new business unit called Dow ...
Silicon Shipments Dip.(Brief article)
Jun 18, 2009 ... Staff Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments fell sharply in the first quarter from the fourth quarter of 2008, according to trade association SEMI. Total silicon ...