Weekly News Digest: December 23, 2024

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 12/13/2024

Global PET prices soften

PP markets diverge in Asia

Evonik announces major restructuring

Hexpol announces production site closures to optimize operations

PP prices drop drift lower in Europe

INEOS Styrolution to sell its ABS and SAN plant in Thailand to Styrenix

SABIC launches new PC copolymer grades that offer superior chemical resistance

Weekly News Digest: December 9, 2024

Resin Price Report: Bountiful PE deals energize trading during Thanksgiving week

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: November 29, 2024

BASF offering new PA66/PPA alloys for metal replacement applications

PS market in the US shows mixed price movements

INEOS selling composites division to KPS Capital Partners

Global LDPE prices slide

Butadiene market feels the strain in China and Germany in November

LDPE prices down in Europe

Clarient showcases complete PFAS free additive portfolio

Omya acquires distributor Distrupol from GDP Companies

SABIC opens new Ultem resin plant in Singapore

This Week in History

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

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

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

Weekly News Digest: December 2, 2024

Global ABS market under pressure from oversupply and tepid demand in November

PVC prices mixed in Asia

Syensqo expands polymer production in US

Kraiburg and Dranckrazy collaborate to improve fishing lure performance using TPE

Star Thermoplastics to become Hexpol TPE Americas

INEOS Styrolution to close ABS production at Addyston OH facility

This Week in History

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