Resin Price Report: Buyers unmoved by increased resin inventory
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: May 12, 2023
Medical device packaging market growing 6.1% yearly
Avient opens its first production line for long fiber reinforced materials in Asia
Weekly News Digest: May 15, 2023
Resin Price Report: PE, PP resin prices each drop a penny
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: May 5, 2023
Halogen-free flame-retardant additive for PE foam introduced
Nexam Chemical earns patent on PET foam additive
All-PP packaging is more than likely to make its mark in the mono-material trend
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 Nathaniel C Wyeth at DuPont.
May 21, 1918: Jacues Edwn Brandenberger patents cellulose film which will be called Cellophane
May 21, 2007: GE announces that it has sold its plastics division to SABIC
Weekly News Digest: May 8, 2023
Resin Price Report: April ends on a down note
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 28, 2023
Domo Chemicals inaugurates new nylon compounding line in India
LNP develops new recycled content FR PBT for electrical parts
IMCD to distribute Evonik’s medical materials in Europe
Teknor Apex develops new color concentrate for UBQ Materials’ biobased thermoplastic
Weekly News Digest May 1, 2023
Weekly News Digest: April 24, 2023
Resin Price Report: Surprisingly light hurricane season anticipated
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 14, 2023
Evonik doubles its capacity for polyether block amide
TotalEnergies and LyondellBasell announce PP increases for May
PP prices may plunge, others are mostly flat
FRX Innovations patents new FR additive for PC and PC alloys
BASF launches new high flow PBT for food packaging and coffee capsules
Researchers find Fungi that can biodegrade plastics like PP
This Week in History
April 25, 1961: Ravago Plastics is founded in Belgium
April 27, 1896: Wallace Carothers who is credited with inventing nylon 66 was born in Berlington Iowa
April 29, 1937: Wallace Carothers committed suicide by ingesting cyanide. He was only 41 years old
Weekly News Digest: April 17, 2023
Resin Price Report: Nickel PE resin increase on the horizon
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 7, 2023
Lego breaks ground on massive new plant in Virginia
Teknor Apex acquires PVC recycler Nu-Pro Polymers
EPA proposal targets chemical, polymer plant emissions
Formerra acquires Total Polymer Solutions based in Dublin
HDPE prices drift lower in Europe
This Week in History
April 21, 1801: E.I. DuPont DeNemours and Company founded in Wilmington Deleware
April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX
Weekly News Digest: April 10, 2023
Resin Price Report: End of month deals revitalize demand
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 31, 2023
Prices of volume resins generally flat or lower
Formerra purchases Irish distributor, Total Polymer Solutions
Swedish compounder Polykemi AB opens sales office in Mexico
Opinion: Automotive plastics will be $43 billion market by 2030
Covestro completes sale of its additive business to Stratasys
DSM completes sale of engineering materials business to Advent and Lanxess
DSM Engineering Materials and Lanxess HPM merge to form a new company called Envalior
Weekly News Digest: April 3, 2023
Monthly Resin Report: Buyers rally to keep PE contracts flat
Resin Price Report: Four PE force majeures
Trinseo pauses production at Bristol PA plant after chemical spill
Kraiburg TPE joins forces with APTA to market TPE in Brazil
Manufacturers trying to increase PE prices for April
TotalEnergies to sell PLA resin in the North America
Heartland Polymers begins integrated production at PDH/PP complex
Gerdau Graphene launches new graphene enhanced PE additive masterbatch
This Week in History
April 6, 1865: BASF was founded in Germany. BASF stands for Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik which translates to Baden Aniline and Soda Factory. Baden was a state within Germany where the company was founded.
Weekly News Digest: March 27, 2023
Resin Price Report: Price hike sought for PE
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 17 2023
Heartland Polymers begins integrated PP production
Domo breaks ground on nylon compounding plant in China
European distributor, Distrupol celebrates 60 years in business
Nova Chemicals launches FDA compliant food contact recycled HDPE
Partner in resin distributor General Polymers is taking a buyout
CAI develops new infrared light absorbing additive masterbatch for PC
This Week in History
March 27, 1933: Polyethylene was discovered by accident at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Northwich England
Weekly News Digest: March 20, 2023
Resin Price Report: Soaring monomer costs push up polypropylene prices
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 10, 2023
New compounder, Orion Performance Compounds, opens plant in South Carolina
INEOS pigment plant workers in Ohio go on strike
M Holland to distribute Lavergne post-consumer recycled products
Asahi Kasei merging 2 divisions. New company will be called APNA
Bruggemann develops new stabilizer for aliphatic nylons
Polyplastics targets automotive applications with its cellulose fiber filled PP
Opinion: Polyolefins outlook is for continued slow growth
This Week in History
March 22, 1949: A patent was issued on PET fiber to John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
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 Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum
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