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Section 1 Introduction page 23 Section 2 Executive summary page 25 Section 3 World summary Chapter 1 Economic overview page 29 Chapter 2 Market overview page 32 Chapter 3 World butadiene supply/demand balance page 35 Section 4 North America Chapter 1 Regional summary page 37 Supply and demand balance page 39 Butadiene trade North America page 40 Chapter 2 Canada page 41 Supply and demand tables page 43 Capacity tables page 44 2015 company balance page 44 Chapter 3 Mexico page 45 Supply/demand tables page 48 Capacity tables page 49 2015 company balance page 50 Chapter 4 United States page 51 Supply and demand balance page 56 Capacity tables page 57 2015 company balance page 61 Section 5 South America Chapter 1 Regional summary page 65 Supply and demand balance page 67 Butadiene trade South America page 68 Chapter 2 Argentina page 69 Supply and demand tables page 71 Capacity tables page 72 2015 company balance page 73 Chapter 3 Brazil page 74 Supply/demand tables page 77 Capacity tables page 78 2015 company balance page 80 Chapter 4 Chile page 81 Supply and demand balance page 82 Capacity tables page 83 2015 company balance page 83 Chapter 5 Colombia page 84 Supply and demand balance page 85 Capacity tables page 86 2015 company balance page 86 Chapter 6 Venezuela page 87 Supply and demand balance page 88 Capacity tables page 89 2015 company balance page 89 Section 6 Western Europe Chapter 1 Regional summary page 91 Supply and demand balance page 95 Butadiene trade western Europe page 96 Copyright 2015 Argus Media Group Page 3
Chapter 2 Austria page 97 Supply and demand tables page 99 Capacity tables page 100 2015 company balance page 100 Chapter 3 Belgium page 101 Supply/demand tables page 103 Capacity tables page 104 2015 company balance page 105 Chapter 4 Finland page 106 Supply and demand balance page 108 Capacity tables page 109 2015 company balance page 109 Chapter 5 France page 110 Supply and demand balance page 112 Capacity tables page 113 2015 company balance page 115 Chapter 6 Germany page 116 Supply and demand balance page 119 Capacity tables page 120 2015 company balance page 123 Chapter 7 Italy page 124 Supply and demand balance page 126 Capacity tables page 127 2015 company balance page 128 Chapter 8 Netherlands, The page 129 Supply and demand balance page 131 Capacity tables page 132 2015 company balance page 134 Chapter 9 Norway page 135 Supply and demand balance page 136 Capacity tables page 137 2015 company balance page 137 Chapter 10 Portugal page 138 Supply and demand balance page 140 Capacity tables page 141 2015 company balance page 141 Chapter 11 Spain page 142 Supply and demand balance page 144 Capacity tables page 145 2015 company balance page 146 Chapter 12 Sweden page 147 Supply and demand balance page 149 Capacity tables page 150 2015 company balance page 150 Chapter 13 United Kingdom page 151 Supply and demand balance page 154 Capacity tables page 155 2015 company balance page 157 Copyright 2015 Argus Media Group Page 4
Section 7 Eastern Europe Chapter 1 Regional summary page 159 Supply and demand balance page 161 Butadiene trade eastern Europe page 162 Chapter 2 Armenia page 163 Supply and demand tables page 164 Chapter 3 Bulgaria page 165 Supply/demand tables page 166 Capacity tables page 167 2015 company balance page 167 Chapter 4 CIS (not including Armenia) page 168 Supply and demand balance page 172 Capacity tables page 173 2015 company balance page 174 Chapter 5 Croatia page 176 Supply and demand balance page 177 Chapter 6 Czech Republic page 178 Supply and demand balance page 180 Capacity tables page 181 2015 company balance page 181 Chapter 7 Hungary page 182 Supply and demand balance page 183 Capacity tables page 184 2015 company balance page 184 Chapter 8 Poland page 185 Supply and demand balance page 187 Capacity tables page 188 2015 company balance page 189 Chapter 9 Romania page 190 Supply and demand balance page 191 Capacity tables page 192 2015 company balance page 192 Chapter 10 Serbia page 193 Supply and demand balance page 195 Capacity tables page 196 2015 company balance page 196 Chapter 11 Slovakia page 197 Supply and demand balance page 198 Capacity tables page 199 2015 company balance page 199 Section 8 Africa and Middle East Chapter 1 Regional summary page 201 Supply and demand balance page 204 Butadiene trade Africa and Middle East page 205 Chapter 2 Abu Dhabi (UAE) page 206 Supply and demand tables page 207 Chapter 3 Algeria page 208 Supply/demand tables page 209 Capacity tables page 210 2015 company balance page 210 Copyright 2015 Argus Media Group Page 5
Chapter 4 Egypt page 211 Supply and demand balance page 212 Capacity tables page 213 2015 company balance page 213 Chapter 5 Iran page 214 Supply and demand balance page 218 Capacity tables page 219 2015 company balance page 220 Chapter 6 Kuwait page 221 Supply and demand balance page 222 Chapter 7 Libya page 223 Supply and demand balance page 224 Capacity tables page 225 2015 company balance page 225 Chapter 8 Qatar page 226 Supply and demand balance page 228 Chapter 9 Saudi Arabia page 229 Supply and demand balance page 233 Capacity tables page 234 2015 company balance page 235 Chapter 10 South Africa page 236 Supply and demand balance page 238 Capacity tables page 239 2015 company balance page 240 Chapter 11 Turkey page 241 Supply and demand balance page 242 Capacity tables page 243 2015 company balance page 243 Section 9 East Asia Chapter 1 Regional summary page 245 Supply and demand balance page 247 Butadiene trade East Asia page 248 Chapter 2 Australia page 249 Supply and demand tables page 251 Capacity tables page 252 2015 company balance page 252 Chapter 3 China page 253 Supply/demand tables page 258 Capacity tables page 259 2015 company balance page 265 Chapter 4 Japan page 269 Supply and demand balance page 274 Capacity tables page 275 2015 company balance page 278 Chapter 5 South Korea page 280 Supply and demand balance page 283 Capacity tables page 284 2015 company balance page 287 Chapter 6 Taiwan page 288 Supply and demand balance page 291 Capacity tables page 292 2015 company balance page 294 Copyright 2015 Argus Media Group Page 6
Section 10 Southeast Asia Chapter 1 Regional summary page 295 Supply and demand balance page 298 Butadiene trade Southeast Asia page 299 Chapter 2 India page 300 Supply and demand tables page 304 Capacity tables page 305 2015 company balance page 306 Chapter 3 Indonesia page 308 Supply/demand tables page 310 Capacity tables page 311 2015 company balance page 312 Chapter 4 Malaysia page 313 Supply and demand balance page 315 Capacity tables page 316 2015 company balance page 317 Chapter 5 Philippines page 318 Supply and demand balance page 319 Chapter 6 Singapore page 320 Supply and demand balance page 323 Capacity tables page 324 2015 company balance page 325 Chapter 7 Thailand page 326 Supply and demand balance page 330 Capacity tables page 331 2015 company balance page 333 Section 11 Worldwide capacity tables Chapter 1 Acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber page 335 Chapter 2 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene page 338 Chapter 3 Adiponitrile page 342 Chapter 4 Butadiene hydrogenation page 343 Chapter 5 Butadiene page 346 Chapter 6 Crude C4 hydrogenation page 354 Chapter 7 Ethylene page 356 Chapter 8 Methylmethacrylate-BD-styrene-copolymers page 371 Chapter 9 Other - butadiene page 373 Chapter 10 Other elastomeric polymers page 374 Chapter 11 Polybutadiene rubber page 376 Chapter 12 Polychloroprene rubber page 380 Chapter 13 Styrene-butadiene latex page 381 Chapter 14 Styrene-butadiene rubber emulsion page 386 Chapter 15 Styrene-butadiene rubber solution page 390 Chapter 16 Thermoplastic elastomers page 393 Section 12 Facility locations by company name page 397 Appendices Appendix A 1, 3-Butadiene chemistry page 423 Appendix B Steam cracker feedstocks and yields page 424 Appendix C Butadiene derivative consumption factors page 425 Appendix D Argus DeWitt acronyms page 426 Appendix E Argus DeWitt definitions page 427 Appendix F Argus DeWitt Butadiene services page 428 Appendix G Argus DeWitt Butadiene experts page 429 Copyright 2015 Argus Media Group Page 7
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