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

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