Stratasys launches FR PA grade for railway applications

SABIC launches new LNP grades for EV power modules

Covestro and BYD partner on advanced EV materials

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PetroChina starts Tarim phase II ethylene project in Xinjiang

This Week in History

July 23, 1948: A crude form of ABS was patented by Lawrence E Daley and Robert W Pooley at United States Rubber Company which would later become Uniroyal

July 23, 1965: Washington Penn Plastics Company was founded

Mitsubishi Chemical invests $20.3 million in PA expansion

PureCycle, Motherson develop recycled PP automotive bumper fascia

Resin prices rise as geopolitics reshape supply

Sumitomo spinning off its olefins business

ALBIS to distribute BASF engineering grades in Vietnam

Covestro expands global production with strategic acquisitions

Arkema boosts PVDF capacity in North America

SK Chemicals partners with Omya in Europe to distribute TPEE

Xenia introduces glass fiber reinforced PA for sports footwear applications

Avient develops low loss dielectric PPE grades for 5G/6G enabled radar sensors

Borouge introduces new POE grade for TPO compounds and hot-melt adhesive

July 2026: Flat to down price trajectory for volume resins

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

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Toray to establish new PPS plant in India

Evonik to streamline operations and discontinue polyester business

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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

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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