Some breweries begin selling beer in 5 gallon pails
Recycled plastics markets face pricing pressure, policy delays
BASF in talks to acquire Evonik Industries
October 2026: A mostly flat to down trajectory for volume resins
NexPoint Materials launches a standalone engineering thermoplastics company
BASF announces $.15/lb price hike for caprolactam and nylon in North America
Westlake to shut Cologne PVC plant
Celanese raises UHMW-PE and POM prices amid supply disruptions
Elix Polymers launches new low gloss PC/ABS for automotive interior applications
Bay Plastics expands remote pelletizer repair service
Anton Paar is holding a free polymer characterization workshop
Polystyrene safety report addresses decades of scientific evidence
Borouge delivers first materials from new XLPE plant in UAE
Indorama launches new PET for cosmetics and personal care bottles
DuPont, Chemours settle North Carolina PFAS claims for $455M
September 18, 1789: Johann Eduard Simon who accidentally discovered polystyrene was born.
Syensqo doubles compounding capacity in India’s growing market
Clariant launches PFAS free processing aid for polyolefin films
September 10, 1898: Waldo Lonsbury Semon was born. He did not invent PVC but is credited with turning PVC into a commercially viable product in 1926.
Rubbermaid Brilliance integrates recycled content with Tritan renew
Summer surge sends recycled resin prices into freefall
September 2026: Commodity resin prices general trending flat to down
Olin-Huntsman merger wins strong shareholder approval
Researchers develop polymer that turns to gas at 90 C
Teknor Apex introduces TekVentures which will invest in new technologies
Rohm’s PMMA meets new EU requirements for recycled content quotas for vehicles
August 31, 2000: PolyOne was formed from the consolidation of M.A. Hanna Company and the Geon Company
Clariant opens two R&D labs in China
SABIC launches new Ultem grade for smartphone frames
Kraiburg TPE shows biocompatible grades for medical devices
August 30, 1956: Material distributor, M. Holland Company founded
ExxonMobil launches new PE resin for rotational molding
Celanese reports strong Q2 results
Syensqo reports strong Q2 growth
Automotive demand drives Japan’s recycled compounds growth
August 22, 2023: Ravago purchases a majority stake in distributor M Holland
Specialty polymers market surges toward $64 billion
Westlake posts strong Q2 earnings rebound
SABIC engineering plastics business is now called NexPoint
PE producers throw curveball with August price hikes
Eastman posts strong Q2 growth
HEXPOL expands thermoplastics business with Vipa Group acquisition
China’s Sinopec commissions new PVA plant
Rohm colored PMMA to replace painted panels for automotive applications
Resin Price Report: Markets shift as benzene prices surge
Sweden to ban PFAS is certain consumer products in 2028
TotalEnergies Corbion increases prices on PLA
ALBIS to distribute Covestro PC and PC blends in Brazil
August 2026: Commodity resin prices drop
August 7, 1919: J. Paul Hogan was born. He invented polypropylene while at Phillips Petroleum
Daicel launches four post-consumer recycled POM grades
New PPS grades from SABIC target high voltage power module applications
July 28, 1907: Earl Tupper, the inventor of Tupperware was born in Berlin NH
July 29, 1941: PET was patented by John Rex Whinfield & James Tennant Dickson
