Weekly News Digest: October 27, 2025

Ford Expedition wins top SPE award

Dow beats loss expectations

NNA Polymers to build Polyacrylamide plant in Texas

Polyplastics to split and transfer engineering plastics business to Daicel

LYB launches PP impact copolymer for high performance applications

Syensqo launches low-density HPPA for consumer electronics industry

Mitsubishi researching new antithrombogenic TPE for medical device use

Prices for PE, PP, PS and PVC flat to down, PET an outlier

This Week in History

October 27, 1938: DuPont officially unveils a new product called “Nylon” to the public

October 30, 1956: Robert Neal MacDonald at DuPont is granted a patent for acetal homopolymer

November 1, 1984: The model year 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier becomes the first vehicle to have front and rear bumper fascias made from TPO. The material was Himont ETA3041

November 1, 2023: DuPont sells its Delrin brand acetal business to private equity firm TJC

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