Weekly News Digest: June 1, 2026

Clariant gains FDA approval for bio-based PVC additives

Lotte Chemical resumes operations at South Korea Yeosu cracker

Explosion at Petrochemical complex in Hungary during restart of olefin unit

Mitsubishi Chemical considers petrochemicals spin off

Celanese increases prices on engineering grades again

Upward price trajectory for commodity resins continues

This Week in History

June 2, 1942: Donald Fletcher Holmes and William Edward Hanford were granted a patent on the process to manufacture TPU while working at DuPont

June 2, 1947: Earl Tupper patents plastic resealable food storage containers

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