Weekly News Digest: July 31, 2023

Resin Price Report: Prime PE prices flat to a penny lower

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 21, 2023

I think I saw this on Seinfeld

Hanwha TotalEnergies completes construction of polyolefin elastomer pilot plant

LLDPE prices drift lower in Europe

Avient expands cross linkable polyethylene production to Europe

Graphene enhanced stretch film billed as “world first”

Weekly News Digest: July 24, 2023

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 14, 2023

Toray expands carbon fiber products in North America and Korea

INEOS suspends plans to build cracker in Belgium

PP prices down in Europe

Researchers develop new nanoparticle based latex films

SABIC launches new FR PP 30% GF grades for thermoforming and sheet

SABIC introduces PBT based materials with radar absorption properties

PS prices plunge, others appear to be bottoming out

This Week in History

July 28, 1907: Earl Tupper, the founder of Tupperware was born in Berlin NH

July 29, 1941: PET was patented by John Rex Whinfield & James Tennant Dickson

Weekly News Digest: July 17, 2023

Resin Price Report: Demand stirs after July 4 lull

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 7, 2023

PVC prices drop in Europe

Researchers discover a method of making polymers stronger by tweaking bonds

INEOS to acquire 50% stake in 3 French petrochemical companies currently owned by TotalEnergies

Opinion: Sustainability goals vs Market Realities: The Challenges Faced by Plastic Recyclers

US refining capacity increases for first time since pandemic

This Week in History

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 founded

Weekly News Digest: July 10, 2023

Resin Price Report: No fireworks ahead of July 4 Weekend

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: June 30, 2023

Monthly Resin Report: Bearish economy weighs on plastics demand

New Zealand bans all single use plastic bags

Delta Tecnic offers new colors for TPU cable applications

PP prices down in Europe

South Korea to remove import tariffs on Naphtha to support local petrochemical industry

Borealis to acquire Rialti, an Italian PP compounder and recycler

Lubrizol expanding in India

BASF to reorganize European distribution of it’s POM

Grupa Azoty Group begins PP production at new plant in Poland

Dow launches XLPE compound for cable systems

Weekly News Digest: July 3, 2023

Resin Price Report: Processors push in vain, for more spot discounts

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: June 23, 2023

LyondellBasell to close compounding plant in Ohio

Polyplastics adds POM to medical grade polymers portfolio

LDPE prices journey southward in Europe

SABIC launches it’s new material finder website

Arkema acquires majority stake in PI Advanced Materials

EPA proposes new rules for chemicals made from plastic waste derived feedstock

Avient and BASF collaborate to offer colored variants of BASF’s PAES polymers

Aramco and TotalEnergies begin expansion of petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia

BASF begins construction of new PE plant in China