Month: December 2025

Ineos to invest in its Grangemouth PE and PP facility in the UK

New PFAS free PC from SABIC suited for thin-wall medical applications

Westlake announces plant closures amid profitability push

Polyplastics develops new LCP grades for electronics applications

Toray develops antistatic ABS resin

Borealis and Borouge launch new recycled polyolefin brand

Prices of volume resins mostly down entering 2026

Pret Advanced Materials to upgrade its Johnsonville SC plant

Formerra expands portfolio with Techmer PM partnership

Toray develops new antistatic ABS for electronics applications

HEXPOL low VOC TPE meets stringent Porsche emission specification

Trinseo raises PS, ABS and SAN pricing in Europe

This Week in History

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

New Positives of Plastic website debut’s

SPE Polyolefins conference scheduled for February

Asahi Kasei and Teijin Limited to merge

Researchers develop plastics that self-destruct after use

TotalEnergies Corbion names Vichem as PLA distributor in Vietnam

LyondellBasell installs seven-layer cast film line at Cincinnati technical center

This Week in History

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

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

ELIX Polymers receives automotive approvals for anti-squeak grades of ABS and PC/ABS

Company develops new biodegradable glitter

Struktol develops odor control additive for recycled materials

Cargill processing aid offers alternative to fluoropolymers

This Week in History

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