Weekly Resin Report: Supply/demand imbalance continues
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 9/18/2020
Tight supplies challenge PE, PP resin markets
Prices up for nearly all major volume resins
Update on Sasol Lake Charles chemical complex recovery from Hurricane Laura
Total and Corbion joint venture to build PLA plant in France
Avient (formerly PolyOne) sees sales recovery in 3rd quarter
PTTGCA lines up ethane supplier for proposed Ohio PE plant
Weekly Resin Report: Stormy weather send PE, PP resin prices to lofty levels
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 9/11/20
ExxonMobil collaborates with Kingfa on new PP grade for automotive applications
PolyPlastics to build cyclic olefin copolymer plant in Germany
Power outages limit return of resin production in Louisiana
ChemChina and Sinochem to merge
Sukano offering a masterbatch (concentrate) that kills viruses on plastic parts
Weekly Resin Report: Spot resin prices soar, as trading set hectic pace
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 9/4/20
Braskem’s largest PP plant to date comes on line in La Porte TX
ExxonMobil develops new foamable PP grade
Alpek to recover $160M from M&G bankruptcy deal in Mexico
Nova Chemicals introduces new PE grades for rotational molding
Star Thermoplastics introduces new TPE grades for over-molding
SABIC’s PEI powder finds use in new high performance composite tapes
Kraton seeks approval for BIAXAM self disinfecting technology
New TPE grades from Teknor Apex meet stringent German drinking water standards
Weekly Resin Report: Hurricane further tightens PP, PE supplies
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 8/28/20
Commodity resin prices up in August, Hurricane impact unclear for September
Prices up for all commodity resins
Ascend acquires Italian firms Poliblend and Esseti Plast
Americhem acquires Danish firm Controlled Polymers
Paul Tayler takes over as CEO at Nexeo
Russian compounder R&P Polyplastic develops nylon with graphene nanutube filler
Styrene monomer leak reported at Sabic plant in Selkirk NY
Conventus Polymer to distribute Evonik PEEK materials in the US and Canada
Microplastics and microbeads: The impact of the proposed EU ban
PolyQuest to increase capacity for its recycled post consumer PET products
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