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

This Week in History

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

This Week in History

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

This Week in History

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

This Week in History

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

This Week in History

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

PFAS free processing aids are advancing

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

This Week in History

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

This Week in History

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

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

Resin Price Report: Buyers face closing window on pricing leverage

Expanded PTFE is a modern medical material with a long legacy

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