Month: December 2019
Weekly News Digest 12/23/2019
Weekly Resin Report: PE prices hold steady, PP slips another cent
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 12/13/2019
More PE and PP capacity coming to North American in 2020
Clariant agrees to sell masterbatch division to PolyOne
MOL Group develops high-clarity PP for blow molded containers
M. Holland restructures resin resale business
Star Thermoplastic makes management changes
Asahi Kasei opens new sales office in Detroit area
Many plastics tariffs unchanged in US-China trade deal
LyondellBasell’s polypropylene processing technology employed in a new plant
China to lift tariffs on some US resins
Weekly News Digest 12/16/2019
Weekly Resin Report: Flurry of trading activity starts the month
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 12/6/2019
Saudi Arabia’s National Petrochemical introduces new PP grades for medical applications
DSM introduces new heat resistant blow molding grade nylon materials
TPC plant explosion’s impact on butadiene pricing still being assessed
INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx to build PS recycling plant in Illinois
Ocean Cleanup is retrieving garbage from the Pacific Ocean garbage patch
Kraiburg TPE launches new grades for appliance applications
BASF introduces new higher flow Polyphenylsulfone grade
INEOS Styrolution offers SMMA grades for food contact applications
Elix Polymers introduces new plating grade ABS
Hexpol TPE rolls out new compounds for wire sheathing
Weekly News Digest 12/9/2019
Weekly Resin Report: Get ready for end of the year deals
The Plastics Exchange market update 11/29/2019
Volume resin prices flat-to-down going into new year
Kraiburg kicks off program to develop renewable based TPE
Cabot develops black color concentrate line based on recycled ingredients
Judge signs off on Formosa fine for pellet pollution in Texas
EU clears the way for Alpek to acquire Lotte chemicals European PET operations
Coventus Polymers opens subsidiary in Mexico
Italian compounder, Sirmax opens TPE plant in Poland
Kraiburg develops TPE for co-extrusion with nylon for corrugated tubes
Opinion: China ethylene capacity set for meteoric expansion
Weekly News Digest 12/2/2019
Weekly Resin Report: Spot resin markets hit historically low price levels
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 11/22/2019
Changes on the way for North American resin prices
Formosa Plastics expected to pay $50 million to settle pellet pollution lawsuit
Eastman working on bio-plastic that is paintable for automotive applications
Explosion rocks TPC butadiene plant in Texas
Evacuation, air monitoring continues around TPC butadiene plant
New compounder opens in Leominster MA
EU clears Domo’s purchase of Solvay PA business
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