William Ploch

As record amounts of new ethylene capacity continue to be announced globally, so does the number of planned polyethylene units. Currently, more than 190 individual polyethylene units are being proposed around the world, with an estimated nameplate capacity of more than 138 billion pounds per year, according to Industrial Info's project database. A significant portion of the planned units are »

Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for the Chemical Processing Industry, will present an outlook on the industry's spending trends at the Rice Global E&C Forum on Friday, June 8. The forum event will be held 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. at Grand Hall in the Ley Student Center at Rice University. The »

Industrial Info is keeping busy in June with plenty of trade shows and webinars that will demonstrate its far-reaching research and analysis. Two of the most anticipated webinars--both free to subscribers--are the 2018 Global Power Spending Outlook and 2018 Global Chemical Processing Spending Outlook. 2018 Global Power Spending Outlook Britt Burt, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for the Power »

Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, will speak at Petrochemical Update's Downstream 2018 Conference and Exhibition this week in Galveston, Texas.The conference will take place May 31-June 1. Salemme said he will be speaking on project labor supply imbalances and rising costs in the Gulf Coast region."We have an 'oil-to-gas ratio,' which is »

Volcanic eruptions are tearing apart Hawaii, and the hurricane season is creeping up on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Industrial Info can help you and your business track nature's disruptions--and any plants or other facilities that could be in their forecasted paths--with the Disaster Impact Tracker. The Disaster Impact Tracker provides the latest information on units that are offline due »

Interphex 2018 was a great event for Industrial Info and many leaders in the pharmaceutical market. Industrial Info's own Annette Kreuger was asked to join the "Pharma Live" series in April. The team from Industrial Info Resources agreed that the buzz on the floor this year was one of industry growth and optimism. Kreuger explained how foreign pharmaceutical companies are »

Industrial Info is a sponsor of Petrochemical Update's Northeast Petrochemical Construction 2018 conference and exhibition, to be held June 18-19 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Westin Convention Centre. The conference is where global business leaders come together to address the industry’s most pressing challenges and developments. Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, will participate in »

Industrial Info is launching its 2018 North American Labor Survey, in which contractors and owners give their view of the status of U.S. and Canadian craft labor. Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, said: "This labor survey is a representation of actual owners', contractors' and labor providers' opinions concerning shortages or full employment of skilled »

Industrial Info Resources is pleased to be holding a complimentary Market Outlook & Networking Event on May 2 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Industrial Info’s industry experts will be discussing the latest trends that will impact project spending in North America. Among the market regions to be discussed are the Northeast and New England, where Industrial Info is tracking more »

While there appear to be a number of winners within the domestic energy sector, U.S. refiners look to be to be the standout gainers from the most sweeping rewrite of the U.S. tax code in 30 years, and they may launch a capital-spending spree in 2018. The long-running debate over tax reform finally came to an end December »

Chevron Corporation's (NYSE:CVX) (San Ramon, California) 2018 capital and exploratory program of $18.3 billion is down for the fourth consecutive year, but includes a strong focus on its Permian Basin assets, according to the company. Capital spending for 2017 is expected to be less than $19 billion, the company has said. Capital spending in 2016 was $22.4 »

Industrial Info is tracking North American projects worth more than $20.3 billion that previously were canceled or placed on hold, but have returned to an active status and are scheduled to begin construction during the first half of 2018. The best-known project restart made headlines last month: TransCanada Corporation's (NYSE:TRP) hotly disputed Keystone XL pipeline, which took a »