Weekly News Digest: May 18, 2026

Resin buyers face five market shocks in one week

Plastic additives create major recycling knowledge gap

ExxonMobil unveils ionomer free vacuum skin packaging solution

Trinseo enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy

LyondellBasell partners with Interpolimeri for masterbatch distribution in Europe

Resin price volatility forces contract manufacturers to rethink business model

Eastman increases prices for polyester, copolyester and cellulosic polymers

BASF restructures PBT portfolio ahead of EU BPA ban

Envalior PA, PBT and PPS grades to be distributed by ALBIS

SABIC launches two new Noryl grades for photovoltaic microinverters and junction boxes

DOMO and RadiciGroup announce merger

This Week in History

May 21, 1918: Jacques Edwin Brandenberger patents cellulose film which he called Cellophane

May 21, 2007: GE announces that is selling its plastics division to SABIC

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