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
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
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
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
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
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
Americhem launches laser marking solutions
Resin Price Report: The show went on, but resin markets remain unstable
Celanese closes South Korea plan, shifts production to India and China
Rohm Bay City TX plant achieves full scale operation
Sumitomo Chemical restructures polymer business
June 17, 1988: Borg Warner announces sale of chemical division including Cycolac ABS to GE Plastics
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