Braskem initiates financial mediation with creditors

Arkema expands PVDF production to meet battery demand

Oil price decline may gradually ease material prices

Resin market shifts favor buyers amid inventory surge

Borouge introduces new POE grade that offers low density and high flow

SIBUR launches new bimodal HDPE for beverage cap production

BASF introduces new carbon fiber reinforced PA for self-contained breathing apparatus

Borouge introduces new PP grade for PP pipe fittings

This Week in History

June 29, 2021: Celanese announces that it will purchase the Santoprene TPV product line from ExxonMobil

INEOS Styrolution closes Illinois PS plant amid market pressures

Modern Dispersions joins Hydrograph as certified graphene compounding partner

Resin Price Report: Why smart resin buyers are saying no right now

Toray to establish new PPS plant in India

Evonik to streamline operations and discontinue polyester business

Resin Pricing Strategy: Separate cost stories from supplier negotiations

Container market tightens as carriers impose new surcharges

Sumika develops new ultra-low fogging recycled PP for headlight housings

While everyone is watching feedstock, the nylon supply base is quietly shrinking

The Microplastics myth: What 2000 studies actually reveal

Covestro launches new TPU innovation center in China

Teknor Apex launches new line of recycled PP for automotive interiors

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.