C&PE 613 Chemical Engineering - Design Project: Business Resources

This guide integrates engineering and business resources for various aspects of the chemical engineering industry. It includes markets, pricing, chemical properties and reaction, and patent information resources.

CHEMICAL PRICING & SUPPLIERS

 

Chemical Pricing & Suppliers

 

 

Historical Prices

Try searching for "spot prices" or "contract prices" and name of chemical.

 

 

Adjusting Historical Prices

Use the Producer Price Index (PPI) to estimate current bulk chemical prices by adjusting historical prices.

Updated price = Historical price X [(Cost index at newer date) / (Cost index at older date)]

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TRADE PUBLICATIONS

 

Chemical Industry Trade Publications

INDUSTRY MARKET ANALYSIS

 

Industry Market Analysis

GENERAL BUSINESS DATABASES

 

General Business Databases

Provide broad business and industry information including peer reviewed journals, books, news articles, industry reports and more.

For more information about NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes, consult the Business and Industry section of the US Census Bureau page at www.census.gov