The Fossil-Based BTX Market / Andy Nicholson -- The Downstream Functional Aromatics Market / Andy Nicholson -- Crude Oil to Chemicals: Industry Development and Strategic Implications / Rong J Chang -- BTX from Light Hydrocarbons / Minghui Tan, Li Tan, Guohui Yang, Yisheng Tan -- BTX Aromatics from Naphtha Hydrocarbons / Arno de Klerk -- BTX Aromatics from Heavier Material than Naphtha / Arno de Klerk -- BTX Aromatics from Other Conversion Processes / Arno de Klerk -- Bi- and Tri-nuclear Aromatic Production / Arno de Klerk -- Extraction Separation of Aromatics / Weize Wu -- The Honeywell UOP CCR Platforming™ Process for BTX Production (Case Study) / Bryan Egolf, David Lafyatis, Manuela Serban, Ka Lok, Mark Lapinski -- The Honeywell UOP Parex TM Process: Fifty Years of Growth for the Petrochemical Industry (Case Study) / Patrick C Whitchurch, James A Johnson -- Forty Years of Xylene Isomerization Technology Deployment at ExxonMobil (Case Study) / Michel Molinier, Robert G Tinger, Arnaud Cotte, Jeevan S Abichandani -- ExxonMobil PxMax SM Process: Production of Paraxylene (Case Study) / Michel Molinier, Jeevan S Abichandani -- BP /Amoco Paraxylene Crystallization Technology (Case Study) / Jeffrey A Amelse -- Reactions and Mechanisms of Xylene Isomerization and Related Processes / Jeffrey A Amelse -- Honeywell UOP Tatoray Process: Maximizing Feed Utilization for Aromatics Production (Case Study) / Raymond Shih, Eseoghene Jeroro -- The Honeywell UOP MX Sorbex™ Process: Enabling Growth of PET Resin Applications (Case Study) / James Johnson, Patrick Whitchurch -- Methanol-to-Aromatics Compounds (MTA) Process / Ning Wang, Huiqiu Wang, Hao Xiong, Wenlong Song, Weizhong Qian -- Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide for Aromatics Production / Yuebing Xu, Bing Liu, Feng Jiang, Xiaohao Liu -- Homogeneous F riedel- C rafts Alkylation / Venkata D B C Dasireddy, Gurwinder Singh, Stalin Joseph, Yoshihiro Sugi, Ajayan Vinu -- Heterogeneous Friedel-Crafts Alkylation / Yoichi Nishimura, Venkata D B C Dasireddy, Stalin Joseph, Yoshihiro Sugi, Ajayan Vinu -- Badger Ethylbenzene Technology (Case Study) / Raghavender Bhoomi, Brian Maerz -- Exelus Styrene Monomer (ExSyM) Process (Case Study) / Vamsi M Vadhri, Tom Hickey, Mitrajit Mukherjee -- INEOS Phenol Cumene Chemistry (Case Study) / Ralf Bonmann, Manfred Weber, Markus Weber -- Linear Alkylbenzenes: An Overview of the Commercial HF and Detal™ Process Unit Alkylation Technology (Case Study) / Stephen Sohn, Phuong Do -- Frontiers in Arene Chemistry: Direct Methylation of Benzene with Methane on Metal-Loaded Zeolites / Etsushi Tsuji, Naonobu Katada -- Acylation of Arenes / Chandrakanth R Gadipelly, Gunjan Deshmukh, Suresh Bhargava, Selvakannan Periasamy, Lakshmi Kantam Mannepalli -- Carboxylation Reaction Based on the Direct and Indirect Uses of CO 2 : Sustainable Syntheses of C-CO 2, O-CO 2, and N-CO 2 Bonds / Francesco Nocito, Angela Dibenedetto -- Homogeneously Catalyzed Aromatic Reduction / Tsuyoshi Yamada, Kwihwan Park, Hironao Sajiki -- Heterogeneously Catalyzed Aromatic Reduction / Yoshinari Sawama, Kazuho Ban, Hironao Sajiki -- Partial Hydrogenation of Benzene / Minghua Qiao, Baoning Zong -- Cyclohexane Process: A n Overview of the Axens Technology (Case Study) / Chiara Friggeri, Arnaud Cotte -- The Fibrant Hydranone® and HPO plus Technologies for Cyclohexanone and -Caprolactam Production (Case Study) / Johan T Tinge, Marijke HL Groothaert, Yu-Hwa E Sheu -- Hexamoll® DINCH, A Non-phthalate Plasticizer by BASF (Case Study) / Rainer Papp, Matthias Pfeiffer, Axel Grimm, Diana Brunnenkant, Angelika Langsch, Rainer Otter -- Storage of Hydrogen in Reversible Aromatic Organic Liquids / Phillimon Modisha, Dmitri Bessarabov -- Catalytic Aromatic Oxidations / Madhav Ghanta, Shankha S Acharyya, Raghunath V Chaudhari, Bala Subramaniam -- BP -Amoco Mid-Century Process for Terephthalic Acid Production (Case Study) / William H Gong -- Spray Reactor for Terephthalic Acid Production (Case Study) / Madhav Ghanta, Xiaobin Zuo, Raghunath V Chaudhari, Bala Subramaniam -- Oxidation of o -Xylene and Naphthalene to Phthalic Anhydride / Nico A de Munck, Oliver Richter, Hans-Jürgen Eberle, Gerhard Mestl -- Oxidation of o -Xylene and Naphthalene to Phthalic Anhydride - Catalyst Development (Case Study) / Oliver Richter, Hans-Jürgen Eberle, Nico A Munck, Robert Marx, Thomas Turek, Gerhard Mestl -- Oxidation of Metaxylene to Isophthalic Acid and Its Application / Xiang-li Long, Zhi-hao Wang -- Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenation to Styrene / Hong-Xia Fan, Antony Rajendran, Wen-Ying Li* -- Badger's Styrene Monomer Production Technology (Case Study) / J Alex Bishop, Peter Vallieres -- INEOS Phenol - Phenol and Acetone Chemistry (Case Study) / Manfred Weber, Ralf Bonmann, Markus Weber -- The MEXEO Bisphenol A (BPA) Technology (Case Study) / Maciej Kiedik, Arkadiusz Chruściel, Wiesław Hreczuch -- Direct Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol on Solid-State Catalyst / Cheng Wang, Jinwen Zhang, Wentao Zheng, Yuanhang Ren, Bin Yue, Heyong He -- Aromatic Oxidation Technologies at Eni/Versalis (Case Study) / Carlo Perego, Vittorio Milanesi, Roberto Buzzoni, Marco Ricci, Daniele Bianchi -- The NORAM Process for the Production of Nitrobenzene (Case Study) / Steven Buchi, Alfred Guenkel, Rob Pistner -- The J osef M eissner Processes for the Manufacture of Nitroaromatics: On the Way to Sustainability (Case Study) / Jürgen Pöhlmann, Heinrich Hermann, Stefan Fankel -- Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Anilines / Ruijie Gao, Chong Peng, Ji-Jun Zou -- Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) and Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) / Helge Braun -- The Production of Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) and Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) at W anhua Chemical Group (Case Study) / Fang Wen, Miao Hu, Yongfeng Li, Hongmin Zhang, Shiyuan Wan, Zhijun Fang, Qishan Huang, Weiqi Hua -- Alkylbenzene Sulfonation Technologies at Desmet Ballestra (Case Study) / Ilio Sebastiani, Antonino Milicia, Icilio Adami -- Sulfonated Aromatic Polymers and Copolymers for Membrane Engineering / Piyachai Khomein, Gao Liu -- Green Sulfonation / Ming Wang, Xuefeng Jiang -- Fluoroarenes / Takashi Okazoe, Yuichiro Ishibashi -- Chloroaromatics: Advances in Synthesis and Applications / Vitor SC Andrade, Marcio CS Mattos -- Bromo- and Iodoaromatics / Tsugio Kitamura -- Aromatic Halogenation at WeylChem Group (Case S

Study / Andrea Missio, Michael Badine -- BTX from Lignin / William H Gong -- Bio-based Aromatics from Carbohydrates / Gangavaram V M Sharma, Kajjam Ravindranath, Kondreddi R Reddy, Kota S Rao -- Bio-Based Aromatics from Lipids and Fatty Acids / Wayne Seames, Evguenii Kozliak, Alena Kubátová, Brian Tande -- Biobased Paraxylene / William H Gong, Robert Rozmiarek -- Biobased Terephthalic Acid / William H Gong -- Naturally Occurring Phenolic Sources for Industrial Applications / Marion Thébault, Antonio Pizzi, Franco Policardi -- Chemical Recycle of PET / Peter D Metelski -- Depolymerization of PET Polymers at Ioniqa Technologies (Case Study) / Marianne Gravendeel, Michiel Groot, Lonneke Slenders, Becky Stevens, Maarten Stolk, Joost Wolters, Alexander Wolters, Fabian Wouters -- Chemical Recycling of Mixed Plastic Waste for the Production of Aromatics and Olefins as Monomers for Circular Polyolefins and Polycarbonate. SABIC TRUCIRCLE™ (Case Study) / Lara Galan-Sanchez, Christoph Dittrich, Anthoni Zijl, Tom Housmans, Maria Soliman, Frank Kuijpers -- Chemical Recycling of Polystyrene: From Post-Consumer Polystyrene Waste to High-Quality Polystyrene Products (Case Study) / Norbert Niessner, Bianca Wilhelmus, Michiel Verswyvel, Tristan Kolb, Andreas Schedl, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Philipp Schäfer, Laura Hollerbach, Karoline Raulf -- Index -- Company Index