Resin Price Report: Soft prices about to get softer

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 12, 2024

NYCOA to launch plasticizer free long chain polyamide portfolio

Whatever happened to metallocene-catalyzed PP?

LLDPE prices down in Europe

Trinseo introduces new FR PC grades that do not contain PFAS additives

Toray develops spherical PA 4 fine particle that biodegrades in the sea

Fundamentals of polyethylene: Part 6

Entec and Channel Prime Alliance to distribute Delrin acetal

This Week in History

April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX

April 27, 1896: Wallace Carothers who is credited with inventing nylon was born in Burlington Iowa

Resin Price Report: PP resin contracts could see double-digit discount

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 5, 2024

Polyplastics to show new PEK material at NPE2024

Second NPE2024 keynote speaker announced

Study finds that almost 2 million US manufacturing jobs may go unfilled

LDPE prices up in Europe

EPA releases interim guidance on destruction and disposal of PFAS

Kuraray to invest in a new EVOH plant in Singapore

Prices for PE, PS, PVC, PET trending flat, PP to drop

Fundamentals of Polyethylene Part 5

This Week in History

April 21, 1801: E.I DuPont DeNemours and Company founded in Wilmington Delaware

Resin Price Report: PE prices hold steady, PP drops another 2 cents

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 29, 2024

LDPE prices down in Europe

Dow introduces polyolefin elastomer based leather alternative

Lotte develops translucent PP compounds for automotive applications

Polyethylene fundamentals part 4

Resin Price Report: Buyers hit pause as close of first quarter nears

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 22, 2024

Covestro opens new PC copolymer plant in Belgium

Peak Performance Compounding adds new small twin screw compounding lines

Avient introduces new Gravi-Tech density modified grades for packaging applications

This Week in History

April 6, 1865: BASF (Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik) founded in Germany

Resin Price Report: PE, PP prices retreat as buyers mount resistance

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 15, 2024

HDPE prices rise in Europe

Snetor to distribute Ascend products in Latin America

Trinseo considering exiting the virgin PC business

Avient introduces new TPEs for textile fabric laminations

The fundamentals of polyethylene part 3

This Week in History

March 26, 1956: Polypropylene was patented by J. Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum

March 27, 1933: Polyethylene was discovered by accident at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Northwich England

Resin price report: Pending increase sends buyers rushing to spot market for deals

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 8, 2024

Prices up for all volume resins

Tolsa develops new additives to replace PTFE in FR materials

PP prices march higher in Europe

SABIC introduces new weatherable PC copolymer for automotive exterior parts

The fundamentals of polyethylene part 2

SI Group gets FDA approval for PET additives

PolySource to distribute Asaclean purging compounds

This Week in History

March 22, 1949: John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson were issued a patent on PET fiber.

March 23, 1881: Hermann Stoudinger, who first characterized macromolecules as polymers, was born. He would win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1853

Resin Price Report: PP prices shoot up

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 1, 2024

NYCOA offering new long chain polyamide products

Internal audit of Chemours results on several senior execs being placed on leave

HDPE prices in Europe mixed

ARLANXEO to build new hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber plant in China

Composting additive for PLA added to FDA inventory of food contact substances

The fundamentals of polyethylene part 1: The Basics

This Week in History

March 14, 1876: Otto Rohm was born in Ohringen Germany. He was a chemist who was instrumental in the development of acrylic. He would later found Rohm & Haas and register the trade name Plexiglass.

Resin Price Report: PE price increase now uncertain

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 23, 2024

LDPE prices soar in Europe

Compounder Lehvoss to have booth at NPE

Kraiburg launches range of recycled content TPEs for automotive applications

Prices of all five commodity plastics on the way up

Modern Dispersions expands masterbatch production in Georgia

Asahi Kasei Plastics welcomes new President and COO

This Week in History

March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop which was made from Phillips Petroleum polyethylene was invented.

Resin Price Report: Emboldened sellers push for nickel increase on PE

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 19, 2024

HDPE prices surge in Europe.

Mitsubishi develops foaming PBT resin with ultra-low specific gravity

Kraiburg TPE launches new recycled content TPE grades for automotive applications

Chase Plastics to distribute Envalier (DSM Lanxess merger) materials

This Week in History

February 27, 1856: German chemist Alfred Einhorn was born. He is believed to have created polycarbonate in a laboratory in 1989. He also invented Novacain.

February 28, 1935: DuPont chemist Wallace Carothers invents nylon 66.

Resin Price Report: Buyers reluctantly adjust to escalating prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 9, 2024

Trinseo’s stock tumbles to record low

PP prices surge in Europe

INEOS Styrolution announces new authorized distributors in North America

DOMO Chemical develops high-purity PA aimed at hydrogen fuel cells

This Week in History

February 20, 1987: US regulators approve acquisition of Celanese Corporation of America by West German company Hoechst AG.

February 25, 1928: Shi Wen Long, the founder of Chi Mei Corporation, which is the world’s largest producer of ABS, was born in Tainan Taiwan.