Month: December 2023

Weekly News Digest: December 18, 2023

Resin Price Report: Resin trading records best quarter of the year

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: December 8, 2023

Solvay spins off specialty business to Syensqo

Tosaf offering PFAS-free additives

LDPE prices slump in Europe

LyondellBasell acquires minority stake in Source One, a plastic waste sourcing company

GEON acquires Polymax TPE

Ampacet develops additive for coloring dark and black colored plastics

The next 3 NPE shows after 2024 scheduled to be at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando

Weekly News Digest: December 11, 2023

Monthly Resin Report: Destocking finally runs its course

Resin Price Report: Buyers go meh, as end of year nears

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: December 1, 2023

FDA investigates failure-prone plastic syringes made in China

PP prices down in Europe

The fantasy and reality of raw material shelf life: Part 1

GEON acquires Polymax TPE

This Week in History

December 12, 1846: Eugen Baumann who is credited with inventing PVC was born.

December 15, 1939: Commercial production of nylon 66 begins at DuPont’s plant in Seaford Delaware.

Weekly New Digest: December 4, 2023

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: November 24, 2023

Plastic pipe market poised for 3% annual growth

1948 Cadillac with first acrylic taillight lens enters SPE hall of fame

PP spot prices tumble in Europe

DuPont settle with State of Ohio over PFAS-related claims

LyondellBasell establishes new distribution hub in the UK

INEOS Styrolution opens new ABS plant in China

Kraiburg introduces new TPEs for smartwatch straps

DOMO’s Jiaxing plant received UL certification for PA66 and PPA

GEON Performance Solutions buys Polymax TPE

This Week in History

December 7, 1909: Leo Baekland patents Bakelite phenolic resin which became the world’s first commercial synthetic plastic material

December 9, 1908: William Edward Hanford was born. He co-patented the process for manufacturing TPU while working at DuPont