Healthcare spending drives plastics demand
Iran war fuels uncertainty in resin prices
LyondellBasell moves to contain intense flare at Bayport facility
Rohm increases prices of PMMA and PMMI
Celanese increases prices on engineering grades
Sumika launches new glass fiber reinforced PP
Kuraray increases prices for PVOH, EVOH and polyamide resins
Lanxess cutting jobs and reducing hours
Netflix’s ‘The Plastic Detox’ is a hatchet job
Arkema to boost Kynar PVDF production in China
Kraton raises prices worldwide
SABIC launches PCR based PC copolymers for automotive applications
Eastman increases polyester and copolyester prices
Envalior launches impact modified pa6 for rotational molding of tank liners
March 23, 1881: Hermann Stoudinger, who first characterized macromolecules as polymers was born. He would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953
March 26, 1956: Polypropylene was patented by J Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum
March 27, 1933: Polyethylene was discovered by accident at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Northwich England
Resin Pricing Report: Commodity resin prices climb as Iran war disrupts global markets
Operations at major middle east polymer hub threatened
Plastics supply chain collateral damage in Iran war
Iran war forces numerous force-majeure declarations
LG Chemicals unveils thermal runaway delaying engineering plastic
BASF offers BPS and BPA free PPSU grades for food contact applications
March 22, 1949: A patent was issued on PET fiber to John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
Americhem launches PFAS free material for aircraft interiors
Shintech to expand Iberville Parish LA plant
Iran war will disrupt material supply chains
Why “antistatic material” is a misleading term that engineers should stop using
Former Celanese exec tapped to lead Formerra
BASF to start production of FR TPU at Shanghai plant
Polyplastics Evonik announces price increases for PEEK and PA
ALBIS, Sukhesh Group form JV in India for engineering plastics distribution
Premix opens new compounding plant in Dallas NC
March 14, 1876: Otto Rohm was born in Ohringen Germany. He was a chemist who was instrumental in the development of acrylic. He would later found Rohm & Haas and register the name Plexiglass
Lubrizol unveils LED reactor technology for CPVC manufacturing
PFAS debate sparks national security concerns
Polyplastics develops new long glass fiber PP grades with PCR content
Nova Chemicals adds 2 new grades to its recycled PE portfolio
Xenia launches impact modified PA11 and PA12 grades
March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop, made from Phillips Petroleum polyethylene, was patented.
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