
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
This Week in History
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