Article: Vitamin B3 pricing firms up on robust demand. (Markets: pharmaceuticals & fine chemicals).

THE MARKET FOR nicotinates (vitamin B3) is improving as stronger demand and a more balanced market help to firm up product prices. The industry is benefiting in particular from steady demand for nicotinates in poultry fanning, with Asia and Latin America proving to be the most dynamic markets. Across the board, companies are reporting high operating rates, leading to a tight supply situation, particularly in the US. Producers are responding to the supply crunch by investing in capacity expansions or upgrades. By 2005, the industry should be poised to meet demand projections.

Prices on all grades of nicotinates (niacin/niacinamide) appear to be strengthening. ...

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