Summary: The issue of ICIS Chemical Business for the week of November 14, 2011, starts with a cover story examining the red tape trap vexing the chemical distribution industry. It is part of this issue’s special supplement to coincide with the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD). This supplement features many articles and interviews with and about the concerns and opinions of the distribution industry, and where it is headed. Also in this issue: ExxonMobil Chemical has big plans in Singapore; despite a grim market for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) currently, producers are making capacity expansions; Asian naphtha price increases are stifled by poor demand; and more.
