Month: August 2023

Resin Price Report: Spot trading slows after strong August start

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 18, 2023

DuPont sells Delrin business to private equity firm

Sabic PP compound the first to be UL certified for thermal runaway protection of EV batteries

New PE for knee implant system cleared by FDA

Ravago to acquire majority stake in M. Holland

HDPE prices surge in Europe

INEOS Styrolution introduces new ASA grade for medical applications

Exxon adds production of HDPE molding grades to Beaumont TX plant

This Week in History

August 30, 1956: Material distributor was founded

August 31, 2000: PolyOne was formed from the consolidation of M.A. Hanna Comany and The Geon Company

Resin Price Report: Bullish market gains momentum

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 11, 2023

Styrolution launces new ASA grade for small medical housings

Ultra-Poly announces first of its kind automotive bumper recycling initiative

LDPE spot prices rise in Europe

INEOS forms joint venture with SINOPEC for petrochemicals project in China

Covestro starts production in its new elastomers plant in Shanghai

Resin Price Report: August comes in with a bullish bang

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 4, 2023

PVC prices down in Europe

Conventus Polymers establishes subsidiary in Singapore

Mitsui breaks ground on new elastomer plant in Singapore

Avient launches two post-consumer recycled TPE’s aimed at automotive applications

Monthly Resin Report: Talk of green shoots may be premature

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 28, 2023

Mitsui Chemicals breaks ground on polyolefin plant in Singapore

Toray Advanced Composites expands California campus

Polypropylene export prices gain sharply in the US

Trelleborg launches new BioPharmaPro line of medical grade materials

Techmer PM acquires Advanced Color Technologies

This Week in History

August 7, 1919: J. Paul Hogan, the inventor of polypropylene while at Phillips Petroleum was born