Resin buyers face five market shocks in one week

Plastic additives create major recycling knowledge gap

ExxonMobil unveils ionomer free vacuum skin packaging solution

Trinseo enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy

LyondellBasell partners with Interpolimeri for masterbatch distribution in Europe

Resin price volatility forces contract manufacturers to rethink business model

Eastman increases prices for polyester, copolyester and cellulosic polymers

BASF restructures PBT portfolio ahead of EU BPA ban

Envalior PA, PBT and PPS grades to be distributed by ALBIS

SABIC launches two new Noryl grades for photovoltaic microinverters and junction boxes

DOMO and RadiciGroup announce merger

This Week in History

May 21, 1918: Jacques Edwin Brandenberger patents cellulose film which he called Cellophane

May 21, 2007: GE announces that is selling its plastics division to SABIC

Avient shows strong Q1

Crocs shoes recycled into disc golf discs

Resin price increases: Why buyers need to play defense now

Celanese boosts market position with strategic operational improvements

From Hormuz to resin: How the Iran conflict is resetting resin pricing

Eastman Chemical navigates Iran war challenges with strategic pricing

Celanese restructuring to strengthen engineering materials business

Lone Star acquires DOMO Engineered Materials

Evonik opens polyamide research hub in China

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 Nathanial C Wyeth at DuPont

Record labels join forces to launch recycled vinyl albums

INEOS appoints Omya as Europe distributor for PE, PP

INEOS warns Project One could be Europe’s last major petrochemical investment

Mitsui, Idemitsu and Sumitomo gain JFTC approval for Prime Polymer PP and LLDPE integration

LyondellBasell completes sale of European olefins and polyolefins asset

Mitsubishi Chemical Group revises investment plan for EVOH resin

May 2026: Price trajectory for all resins shift sharply upward

Dow sees no end to PE price hikes in the short term

LyondellBasell expands Purell medical grade polymers

Syensqo introduces PA resin for thermostatic valve bodies in sanitary fittings

Kuraray announces price increases for PVB products

Celanese increases prices for engineering grades

Snetor to distribute INEOS olefins in Europe

SK Chemicals launches BPA free and recycled copolyesters

Kuraray increases prices for PVA and polyester fibers

This Week in History

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

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

Teknor Apex forms JV with Indian PVC compounder

Resin Price Report: The suppliers already read the script. Have you?

Syensqo launches advanced stabilizers for translucent PP

Kraiburg develops high recycled content TPE’s for automotive sealing systems

Toray develops high performance polyimide sealing material

ALBIS to distribute Covestro’s PC copolymers

This Week in History

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

April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX

April 25, 1961: Ravago Plastics is founded in Belgium

Resin Price Report: Feedstock costs just reset the plastic resin market

Evonik develops new PTFE free PEEK for slide bearings

Rohm completes ramp-up at Bay City MMA plant

Sumitomo Chemical begins phase one of polyolefin business split

Arclin completes purchase of DuPont aramids business

Mitsubishi to shut Kashina PC plant amid profitability challenges

BASF launches new line of TPU’s for footwear applications

Dow launches XLPE compounds for HVDC insulation systems

This Week in History

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

Healthcare spending drives plastics demand

Iran war fuels uncertainty in resin prices

LyondellBasell moves to contain intense flare at Bayport facility

Rohm increases prices of PMMA and PMMI

Celanese increases prices on engineering grades

Sumika launches new glass fiber reinforced PP

Kuraray increases prices for PVOH, EVOH and polyamide resins

Volume resin prices mostly up, uncertainty looms

Lanxess cutting jobs and reducing hours

Netflix’s ‘The Plastic Detox’ is a hatchet job

Arkema to boost Kynar PVDF production in China

Kraton raises prices worldwide

SABIC launches PCR based PC copolymers for automotive applications

Eastman increases polyester and copolyester prices

Envalior launches impact modified pa6 for rotational molding of tank liners

This Week in History

March 23, 1881: Hermann Stoudinger, who first characterized macromolecules as polymers was born. He would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953

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 Pricing Report: Commodity resin prices climb as Iran war disrupts global markets

Operations at major middle east polymer hub threatened

Plastics supply chain collateral damage in Iran war

Iran war forces numerous force-majeure declarations

LG Chemicals unveils thermal runaway delaying engineering plastic

BASF offers BPS and BPA free PPSU grades for food contact applications

This Week in History

March 22, 1949: A patent was issued on PET fiber to John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson