Techmer PM names Craig Nikrant CEO
Graphene program unlocks next-gen plastic performance
EPA rules for plastics industry slashed
Sumitomo Bakelite to acquire AGC’s polycarbonate business
August 2025: Prices for the 5 commodity resins flat to slightly up
History: Lego’s Engineering Missteps
July 28, 1907: Earl Tupper, the inventor of Tupperware was born in Berlin NH
July 29, 1941: PET was patented by John Rex Whinfield & James Tennant Dickson
SABIC launches first FR PBT for nano-molding
History: The invention of polycarbonate: A tale of two chemists
Covestro debuts flame retardant encapsulation foam for EV batteries
Clariant denies LyondellBasell’s claims that it violated EU competition law
Arkema announces trade name for new line of polyimides
Replacing PFAS, a transition in processing lubricants
New training course tackles plastics material selection
July 23, 1948: A crude form of ABS was patented by Lawrence E Daley and Robert W Pooley at United States Rubber Company which would later become Uniroyal.
July 23, 1965: Washington Penn Plastics Company was founded.
Star Plastics acquires Trivalence Technologies
History: The unbreakable plastic black beauty that communication forever
Rohm America shutters Westwego, LA MMA plant
Dow slashes European operations amid profitability push
Arkema to build new clear PA plant in Singapore
Vynova to cease PVC production at Beek plant in The Netherlands
Braskem to expand PE production in Rio de Janeiro
Nexeo Plastics partners with Azhar Plastics to expand reach in Morocco
Reticular polymers are having a moment
Polymer based heart valve achieves positive outcomes in clinical trial
BASF transfers Styrodur business to BACHL
INEOS secures 2 million Euro grant for Project One in Belgium
SABIC to close ethylene cracker in northeast England
Malaysia imposes anti-dumping duties on PET from China and Indonesia
LyondellBasell’s polyolefin technologies to be licensed by SHCCIG Yulin Chemical
Mitsubishi Chemical to relocate PMMA manufacturing subsidiary
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