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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Tom Ambrose, Co-Founder & Partner, Black Bay Partners, and Chris Hogan, MD, KeyBanc Capital Markets join Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics for the investor panel on chemicals day. Key topics include private equity’s robust capital but choppy deal activity due to high interest rates, leading to bifurcated valuations favoring top-tier […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Rajeev Agnihotri, Advisor, Technical Scouting, Innovation, ExxonMobil, and Carol Conomos, Advisor, Mainspring Energy, joined Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager, ADI Analytics for the innovation panel on chemicals day. Key themes during the panel included how the chemical industry is rapidly transforming, driven by AI and generative AI for accelerated material design […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Ricardo Estrada, VP, Plastilene Group and Jan Kalfus, Director, Braskem joined moderator Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager, for polyolefins panel. They explore polyolefins market challenges like low operating rates and overcapacity amidst rising demand for sustainable solutions. The discussion highlights the economic viability of bio-based and recycled polyolefins and the role […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, experts discussed how U.S. feedstocks are transforming chemical manufacturing. Steve Brown, President of Chemstations, and Walter Breidenstein, CEO of GasTechno, joined Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, to explore the U.S. chemical industry’s competitive edge from natural gas liquids. Discussions covered operational optimization, innovative modular technologies, market strategies, and AI’s […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum Shahid Malik, CEO of Renewable Energy at WM; Anthony McMaken, VP Finance at HIF Global; and Pratik Chandhoke, Sr. Technical Manager at Neste discussed scaling SAF, RNG, and e-fuels, emphasizing policy support, feedstock challenges, technological innovation, and cost reduction strategies for a sustainable future.
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Sachin Sakhalkar, SVP, Teknor Apex, and Kristian Gubsch, Co-Founder, Mars Materials joined the engineered materials panel, moderated by Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics. Key themes during the panel included how the chemical industry is driving high-performance polymer innovation for autos, especially EVs, leading to polyamide adoption and a manufacturing shift […]
ADI Forum
At the 2025 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI Analytics, shares his 2025 chemical industry outlook. Key challenges include low margins, overcapacity from China, and U.S. feedstock dynamics. He emphasizes the urgent need for restructuring, innovation, and new business models. U.S. innovation faces challenges, and virgin plastics remain cheaper. These and other issues are […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Dave Marchese, CEO, Caliche Development Partners; Charles McConnell, Executive Director, CCME, University of Houston; and Victor Lara, Manager, Customer Success & Consulting, CMG joined moderator Maria Lopes, Senior Analyst, ADI Analytics for the CCUS & DAC panel. Key topics include accelerating CCUS growth driven by increased permits, state primacy, and […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Martina Sittler, VP, Engineering & Construction, Targa Resources, and Cody Johnson, CEO, SCS Technologies, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics for the midstream & NGLs panel. Key themes during the panel include how North America’s midstream sector faces natural gas infrastructure deficits, negative pricing, and power/permitting hurdles for electrification […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, James Seaba, Program Director, ARPA-E, and Matthew Seabaugh, Founder, HeatPath Solutions, joined moderator Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics for the energy transition infrastructure panel. Key topics include the fragmentation of energy value chains due to diverse clean energy investments. The future of refining infrastructure faces challenges from declining fuel demand, […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, John Metcalf, SVP, Hoerbiger, and Nigel McMullen, COO, Utility Global, join moderator Panuswee Dwivedi, Project Manager, ADI Analytics for the hydrogen panel. Key topics include hydrogen’s expansion into new sectors like mobility, challenged by high costs, policy uncertainty, and inadequate infrastructure for green hydrogen. High-pressure compression and distribution for heavy-duty […]
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At the 2025 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics, presents the energy transition outlook. Key topics include energy transition challenges and bright spots in solar and storage. Low-carbon molecules like SAF and hydrogen face hurdles, while electrification gains traction. Policy, economics, and supply chain overcapacity are critical factors impacting the grid’s declining carbon intensity.
ADI Chemical Market Resources (ADI CMR) offers a strategic analysis of polyolefin elastomers (POEs) and plastomers (POPs)—ethylene-based copolymers made using metallocene catalysts. These reactor-based thermoplastic elastomers differ from conventional blends and are widely used in automotive, adhesives, packaging, solar encapsulants, wire & cable, foams, and films. The report examines global market dynamics, technology developments, cost […]
Part of ADI Analytics’ ongoing coverage of the implications of the Iran conflict across oil & gas, LNG, refined products, and chemicals. The escalation of the Iran conflict has had a disproportionate impact on downstream energy markets. While crude oil prices initially showed relative stability, refined product markets began pricing in stress almost immediately. As […]
