Country & Industry Forecasting

IHS Automotive Senior Analyst for Infotainment and Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Mark Boyadjis will moderate a panel June 6 on "Near Field Communication and the Connected Car" at Telematics Detroit 2013 June 5-6 in Novi, Mich.

According to a new IHS Chemical (NYSE: IHS) global market research report, mounting consumer pressure and legislation such as plastic bag bans and global warming initiatives will increase demand for biodegradable polymers (plastics) in North America, Europe and Asia from 269 thousand metric tons (KMT) in 2012 to nearly 525 KMT in 2017, representing an average annual growth rate of nearly 15 percent during the five-year period 2012-2017.

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IHS, Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, has released EViews 8, an updated, more powerful version of its popular easy-to-learn, user-friendly Windows-based interface that enables quick and efficient development of statistical and forecasting models and simulations.

José Luis Uriegas, chief executive officer of Grupo IDESA, and Susan Esserman, chair of the international department at Steptoe and Johnson LLP, and former deputy U.S. trade representative, will speak Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the World Petrochemical Conference at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston. 

Uriegas will address “Latin America: Opportunities and Challenges in an Emerging Landscape,” and joins an executive panel consisting of Stephen D.

IHS Chemical will host the 2013 IHS World Petrochemical Conference and Workshops March 19 – 21, 2013, at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston. Now in its 28^th year, the conference will focus on the emerging landscape in the global petrochemical industry and the challenges and opportunities that this new path forward, much of which stems from the resurgence in North American oil and gas production, presents for a sustainable future.

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IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with leading Chinese consultancy Sinodata Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. This alliance will leverage the consulting expertise of IHS Chemical and the IHS downstream energy team with the local experience of Sinodata Consulting to deliver world-class business advisory services to clients in the global energy, refining and chemical industries across the Asia Pacific more...

IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, today announced it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with MaxiQuim Ltda to leverage their combined organizational strengths, providing consulting, analytics and information that clients need to address a variety business priorities in South America and around the world. IHS and MaxiQuim will focus on the delivery of energy, petrochemical, specialty chemical and plastics consulting, analytics and related services more...

The revolution in unconventional oil and gas production is fundamentally changing the United States energy outlook, generating significant job creation, economic growth and government revenues, according to a new IHS study.

According to a new IHS Chemical (NYSE: IHS) market study, a significant uptick in global autos demand, particularly in Asian countries such as China and India, is helping drive increased manufacturing demand for ethylene-propylene (EP) elastomers, synthetic rubber materials useful primarily in manufacturing certain automotive parts, single-ply roofing and appliance parts.

Following a slump in demand caused by the recession, benzene, an aromatic chemical building block used primarily for the production of other chemicals, including styrene and cumene, experienced growing demand in 2011, with world demand forecasted to be 42 million metric tons. This outlook  is higher than the previous demand peak of 41 million metric tons in 2007, according to a new, IHS Chemical global market study from IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and more...

Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals reached nearly $16 billion in 2010, with the U.S. and Canada accounting for more than $8 billion or 52 percent, according to a new IHS Chemical global market study from IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis.

Following a sharp global decline following the 2009 recession, developing economies, particularly those in Asia, are driving demand for soda ash, a basic chemical product essential for glass production and other industrial uses according to a new, global market study issued by IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis.