The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 5/3/2024

Arburg gave out cool tool boxes at NPE

The word sustainable was a bit overused at NPE but this pail was pretty cool

LDPE prices lower in Europe

Lotte launches FR PP resins that delay thermal runaway in EV batteries

Kraiburg introduces new TPE for automotive sealing systems and exteriors

That’s a wrap on NPE 2024

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

This Week in History

May 15, 1940: The first nylon stockings were shipped to retail stores.

May 15, 1973: The PET water bottle was patented by Nathaniel C Wyeth at DuPont.

Resin Price Report: Eager buyers stymied by tight supplies

Celanese introduces new Zytel grade aimed at metal replacement

PP prices plummet in Europe

Syensqo to build battery grade PVDF plant in Augusta GA

DOMO opens new nylon plant in China

Kraiburg introduces new TPE for automotive sealing systems and exteriors

Formerra to distribute AFC Ecoplastics compostable materials

Polysource to distribute Delrin products in North America

Resin Price Report: Spot PE flat, PP drops 2 more cents

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 19, 2024

HDPE prices down in Europe

Oboro Labs patents new catalyst for cyclic polymers

Covestro introduces new PC copolymer product line

The effects of time on polymers

This Week in History

April 29, 1937: Wallace Carothers, who is credited with inventing nylon, committed suicide by ingesting cyanide. He was only 41 years old.

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.