Weekly News Digest: April 21, 2025

Covestro introduces new polycarbonate made from recycled headlights

LG develops new glass powder additive to boost anti-microbial properties

TPE price stability returns in Europe

Acrylonitrile market faces upward pressure in US

LDPE prices down in Europe

May 2025: Prices for 4 of the 5 commodity resins flat to down

This Week in History

April 21, 1801: E.I. DuPont DeNemours and Company founded in Welmington Delaware

April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX

April 25, 1961: Ravago Plastics in founded in Belgium

April 27, 1896: Wallace Carothers, who is credited with inventing nylon, was born in Burlington Iowa

Weekly News Digest: April 7, 2025

Resin Price Report: Tariff anxiety trumps attractive discounts to stall sales in resin market

Study shows that flexible medical PVC can be safely recycled up to six times

Light up car emblems are creating new applications for acrylic

US hexene prices come under pressure amidst PE market volatility

Asian LLDPE market weakens

Lanxess finalizes sales of urethane systems business to UBE

North American styrene market stable despite shutdowns at LB and Americas Styrenics

BASF unveils new PESU grade for electronics applications

LB partners with Nexeo to expand distribution in Europe

Global PTFE market holds steady

LLDPE prices down in Europe

Mitsubishi to withdraw from PET bottle business