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Global EVA Markets: Trade Flows, Capacity and What's Next

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Thursday 10 December at 16:00 - 17:00 GMT

Global VAM and EVA Markets: Growth, Trade Flows and Strategic Pathways in the Polymer Value Chain

China’s rapid ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) capacity expansion has reshaped established global trade patterns and intensified competition across global markets. Growth in photovoltaic (PV) applications may create new opportunities for EVA, but the VAM opportunity extends well beyond a single derivative. Vinyl acetate monomer is a versatile building block for major downstream segments including polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), as well as PVB, EVOH and specialty vinyl acetate copolymers serving adhesives, paints and coatings, paper, textiles, packaging, construction, automotive and other industrial markets. Rising demand alone, however, will not make every VAM or EVA investment commercially viable.

Argus Media and Univation Technologies will bring together deep market intelligence and decades of commercial-scale VAM operating experience to identify where opportunities could emerge across the global VAM and polymer value chains. The webinar session will connect shifts in feedstock economics, pricing and trade and new capacity with downstream demand – and consider how VAMCORE™ Vinyl Acetate Monomer Technology can give producers a platform to evaluate integrated VAM-to-EVA production while also serving broader PVAc, PVOH and speciality-derivative markets.

Register to put your questions to our experts during the live Q&A, or watch the webinar on demand if you are unable to attend live.

 

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What we'll cover

Feedstock supply and regional VAM and polymer economics
Assess how ethylene and other key input dynamics across Asia and the Middle East and other regions may influence VAM and polymer production economics, project competitiveness and investment choices.
VAMCORE™ as a platform for integrated growth
Learn how Univation’s VAMCORE™ Vinyl Acetate Monomer Technology and UNIGILITY™ PE Technology support evaluation of an integrated VAM-to-EVA configuration while retaining flexibility to serve PVAc, PVOH and specialty-derivative markets after internal EVA requirements are met.
China’s changing role in global EVA trade
Explore how China’s rapid capacity expansion and evolving net positions could affect regional trade, pricing and competition across VAM, EVA and connected derivative markets.
The outlook for global polyethylene markets
Hear where prices and market balances could be heading as new capacity comes online, downstream demand evolves and established trade patterns adjust.
Where downstream polymer opportunities could emerge
Identify the regions, applications and routes to market that may be best positioned for growth as supply expands and demand evolves across PVAc, PVOH, EVA and other VAM derivatives.
A more resilient, flexible value chain and informed investment decisions
Consider how upstream VAM integration may influence raw-material security, product quality, operating flexibility and manufacturing economics, and how forecasts for supply, demand and operating rates can inform project evaluation and long-term strategic planning.

Why register

  • Hear directly from market and technology experts
    Gain perspectives from Argus and Univation specialists with deep experience across global polymer markets, commercial VAM production and integrated value chains.
  • Understand a changing competitive landscape
    Build a clearer view of what expanding capacity, shifting trade patterns and regional feedstock positions could mean for your business.
  • Strengthen your market and investment planning
    Use independent pricing insight and forward-looking analysis to inform decisions across immediate market conditions and longer-term polyethylene opportunities.
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Speakers

Terry Glass
Vice President, Polymers, Argus Media

Terry has over 40 years’ experience relating to the plastics industry, working with converters, brand owners, and resin producers. He is currently supporting polymer related growth initiatives, including domestic and export markets, recycling and sustainability initiatives. Before joining Argus, Terry worked at Dow Chemical, Braskem, and Sasol. He holds a Chemistry degree from the University of Houston and 26 patents across a variety of market applications.

Bahareh Sayyar
Engineering Leader, Univation Technologies, LLC

Bahareh Sayyar is a Senior Manager leading New Technologies Licensing within Dow’s Licensing organization, Univation Technologies. In this role, she leads a licensing team responsible for translating advanced technologies into robust, market‑ready licensing solutions, enabling value creation and long‑term partnerships with petrochemical licensees worldwide.

Previously, Bahareh held leadership roles within Dow’s R&D organization, where she led process technology development and advanced circulating fluidized‑bed (CFB) platforms. Throughout her tenure in Dow R&D, she drove cross‑functional collaboration to accelerate technology development and enable sustainable innovation growth.

Prior to joining Dow, Bahareh held technical and project leadership roles at NOVA Chemicals and WorleyParsons, contributing to advanced polymer technology development and large‑scale capital projects. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University, an M.S. from the University of Toronto, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Bahareh has authored 12 peer‑reviewed publications and holds 8 patent applications.

Okiki Olufokunbi
VAMCORE™ Technology Manager, The Dow Chemical Company

Okiki Olufokunbi has about a total of 25 years of Industrial Engineering experience in Process Engineering, Manufacturing and Production Engineering , as well as Process Technology Expertise. Most of these have been in the Monomers Methacrylate chain, Sulfuric acid, Speciality Monomers and about 15 years in the Vinyl Acetate space.

Chris Sutherland
Senior Marketing Manager, Univation Technologies, LLC

Chris Sutherland is Senior Marketing Manager at Univation Technologies, leading market development and commercial strategy for its licensed Advanced Chemical Technologies. Over a 35+ year career, Chris has held roles spanning manufacturing, licensing project management, and product and asset management, with more recent experience in tactical and strategic marketing for the commercialization and licensing of leading chemical process technologies. Chris’s experience spans LP Oxo™ Technology for oxo alcohols, METEOR™ Technology for ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol (EO/EG), and marketing leadership of the global launch of Univation’s new VAMCORE™ Technology platform for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) production.

FAQs

The webinar explores how rapid EVA expansion is reshaping global trade and influencing the outlook for polymer value chains. Speakers will connect current pricing and market developments with future capacity decisions and longer-term polyethylene market balances.

The webinar takes place on 10 December 2026 at 10:00am CST. Register using the form on this page and you will receive joining instructions by email.

The webinar is relevant to producers, traders, distributors, converters, investors and other professionals involved in EVA, VAM, polyethylene or wider polymer value chains. It will be particularly useful for those working in strategy, procurement, commercial planning, market analysis or investment.

Market and technology experts from Argus and Univation will share perspectives on global polymer markets, commercial VAM production and integrated VAM-to-EVA value chains.

Yes, the webinar is free to attend, but registration is required.

Yes. Everyone who registers will receive access to the webinar recording, even if they are unable to attend the live session. Live attendees will also have the opportunity to put their questions to the speakers during the Q&A.

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About Argus Media

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Headquartered in London with 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

Our industry-recognised Chemicals experts provide in-depth pricing data, news and analysis on the markets that matter most to you including aromatics, methanol, olefins, polymer and oleochemical markets.

About Univation Technologies, LLC

For over 55 years, Univation Technologies has been a global leader in licensed process and catalyst technologies—licensing advanced manufacturing processes, supplying high‑performance catalysts, and supporting producers in over 30 countries around the world. Univation offers two flagship polyethylene manufacturing platforms: the UNIPOL™ Gas Phase PE Process for HDPE, LLDPE, and metallocene PE production supported by a complete portfolio of conventional and advanced catalysts; and the UNIGILITY™ Tubular High‑Pressure PE Process for producing LDPE homopolymers and EVA copolymers.

In petrochemicals, Univation markets Advanced Chemical technologies including METEOR™ EO/EG Technology for ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol production supported by a portfolio of advanced catalysts; and LP Oxo™ Technology, the global standard for oxo alcohol production.

Expanding into digital innovation, Univation and C3 AI have recently launched the AI Reliability Suite, an AI-driven predictive‑maintenance solution for steam cracker furnaces focused on enhancing operational efficiency, reducing maintenance costs, and improving asset availability. Across all its licensed platforms, Univation provides comprehensive technical support and services from project initiation through successful long‑term operations across the life-of-the-plant.