Weekly News Digest: May 26, 2025

PepsiCo abandons plastic reduction targets amid industry shift

History: When Nylons Came to Town

ABS market sees glimmers of recovery

Regulatory round-up: The latest PFAS restrictions

Sumitomo Seika to discontinue manufacture of PE, PP powder in Japan

June 2025: Prices for the five commodity resins flat to down

Navigating medical plastics trends in 2025

Weekly News Digest: May 19, 2025

Syensqo expands PPS compounding in Georgia

Kraton closing Ohio site, refocusing operations

Kraton to transition away from polyamides business

Chevron Phillips Chemical to sell Singapore site to Aster Chemicals

Celanese unveils smart material selection search tool

US PP market under pressure

Ascend starts production of high-purity acrylonitrile

ASA prices gain momentum in April

PMMA prices show uneven path

Styrene market faces bearish trend globally

Celanese, Li Auto launch new low-emission material for auto interiors

PP prices slide in Europe

DOMO Chemicals expands compounding in India

LyondellBasell launches LLDPE tie layer grade for film orientation applications

This Week in History

May 21, 1918: Jacques Edwin Brandenberger patents cellulose film which he called Cellophane

May 21, 2007: GE announces that it has sold its plastics division to SABIC

Weekly News Digest: May 5, 2025

This week in plastic resin news

Celanese works on ultra-low emission materials for vehicle interiors

Propylene monomer prices fall in US

Syensqo launches new PPSU grade for medical applications

Global POM market shows divergent trends in China, US and Europe

Ethylene monomer prices fall in US and Europe

China PP market struggles

HDPE prices lower in Europe

EPA announces major actions to address PFAS contamination

LEHVOSS signs PolySource as its authorized distributor in North America

Borealis PE grade enables breakthrough in thin stable MDO films