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Resin Price Report: Ample availability brings down prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: May 26, 2023

Avient adds first Asia Pacific production line for long fiber composites

Opinion: The Plastics Industry is undergoing a global shift

Uyghur forced labor act puts PVC importers in precarious position

Toray and Mitsui develop VOC free mono-material film grade for packaging

Polymer Resources increases capacity at Rochester NY facility

Nexam Chemical develops additive to enhance properties of recycled PET

Resin Price Report: Resin prices continue to slide

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: May 19, 2023

Shell to pay $10 million air pollution fine

Americhem completes expansion of compounding plant in Denmark

Solvay launches PEEK for monolayer motor magnet wire insulation

Polypropylene prices decline in Europe

Idemitsu, KUMHO and Sumitomo to create supply chain for bio-SSBR

Covestro launches TPU series for paint protection film

PolyPlastics to launch six grades of its new Sarpek polyether ketone material

Ampacet launches new colorants for blow molded PET

This Week in History

June 2, 1947: Earl Tupper patents plastic resealable containers

Resin Price Report: Buyers unmoved by increased resin inventory

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: May 12, 2023

Medical device packaging market growing 6.1% yearly

Avient opens its first production line for long fiber reinforced materials in Asia

PP prices may plunge, others are mostly flat

Resin Price Report: PE, PP resin prices each drop a penny

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: May 5, 2023

Halogen-free flame-retardant additive for PE foam introduced

Nexam Chemical earns patent on PET foam additive

All-PP packaging is more than likely to make its mark in the mono-material trend

This Week in History

May 15, 1940: The first nylon stockings were shipped to retail stores

May 15, 1973: The PET water bottle was patented by Nathaniel C Wyeth at DuPont.

May 21, 1918: Jacues Edwn Brandenberger patents cellulose film which will be called Cellophane

May 21, 2007: GE announces that it has sold its plastics division to SABIC

Resin Price Report: April ends on a down note

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 28, 2023

Domo Chemicals inaugurates new nylon compounding line in India

LNP develops new recycled content FR PBT for electrical parts

PP spot prices drop in Europe

IMCD to distribute Evonik’s medical materials in Europe

Teknor Apex develops new color concentrate for UBQ Materials’ biobased thermoplastic

Resin Price Report: Spot PP prices drop another couple of cents

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 21, 2023

Proposal to ban fluoropolymers has European industry on edge

LyondellBasell rolls PP increase from April to May

HDPE prices drop in Europe

Resin Price Report: Surprisingly light hurricane season anticipated

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 14, 2023

Evonik doubles its capacity for polyether block amide

TotalEnergies and LyondellBasell announce PP increases for May

PP prices may plunge, others are mostly flat

FRX Innovations patents new FR additive for PC and PC alloys

BASF launches new high flow PBT for food packaging and coffee capsules

Researchers find Fungi that can biodegrade plastics like PP

This Week in History

April 25, 1961: Ravago Plastics is founded in Belgium

April 27, 1896: Wallace Carothers who is credited with inventing nylon 66 was born in Berlington Iowa

April 29, 1937: Wallace Carothers committed suicide by ingesting cyanide. He was only 41 years old

Resin Price Report: Nickel PE resin increase on the horizon

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: April 7, 2023

Lego breaks ground on massive new plant in Virginia

Teknor Apex acquires PVC recycler Nu-Pro Polymers

EPA proposal targets chemical, polymer plant emissions

Formerra acquires Total Polymer Solutions based in Dublin

HDPE prices drift lower in Europe

This Week in History

April 21, 1801: E.I. DuPont DeNemours and Company founded in Wilmington Deleware

April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX

Resin Price Report: End of month deals revitalize demand

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 31, 2023

Prices of volume resins generally flat or lower

Formerra purchases Irish distributor, Total Polymer Solutions

Swedish compounder Polykemi AB opens sales office in Mexico

Opinion: Automotive plastics will be $43 billion market by 2030

Covestro completes sale of its additive business to Stratasys

DSM completes sale of engineering materials business to Advent and Lanxess

DSM Engineering Materials and Lanxess HPM merge to form a new company called Envalior

LyondellBasell seeking PP price increase for April

Nova Chemicals appoint new President and CEO

Monthly Resin Report: Buyers rally to keep PE contracts flat

Resin Price Report: Four PE force majeures

Trinseo pauses production at Bristol PA plant after chemical spill

Kraiburg TPE joins forces with APTA to market TPE in Brazil

Manufacturers trying to increase PE prices for April

TotalEnergies to sell PLA resin in the North America

Heartland Polymers begins integrated production at PDH/PP complex

Gerdau Graphene launches new graphene enhanced PE additive masterbatch

This Week in History

April 6, 1865: BASF was founded in Germany. BASF stands for Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik which translates to Baden Aniline and Soda Factory. Baden was a state within Germany where the company was founded.