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Resin Price Report: INEOS declares force-majeure on polypropylene

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 19, 2024

Why Patrick Mahomes’s helmet shattered

PP prices rise sharply in Europe

BASF announces distribution partners for engineering plastics in North America

Tosaf develops PFAS free processing aids for polyolefin extrusion

Covestro develops new high heat PC copolymer for medical applications

SONGWON announces price increase and freight surcharge on stabilizers and coatings

Prices of the five commodity resins largely flat

Star Plastics names new CEO

Covestro realigns polycarbonate distribution

This Week in History

January 29, 1938: Paul Schlack at IG Farben invents nylon 6.

February 1, 2002: ExxonMobil becomes the sole owner of Adanced Elastomer Systems and the Santoprene product line.

February 4, 1941: Roy J Plunkett was granted the patent for “Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers” also known as Teflon.

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 12, 2024

SPE International Polyolefins Conference returns to Galveston

PP spot prices up in Europe

LyondellBasell to acquire 35% of Saudi Arabia based National Petrochemical Industrial Company

DIC develops new plateable PPS grade

US Gulf arctic blast triggers a force majeure and lifts PP and PE prices

Tolsa develops new FR additives that do not contain PTFE

The fantasy and reality of raw material shelf life: Part 2

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 5, 2024

EU Parliament to strengthen plastic pollution laws after plastic pellet spill in Spain

HDPE export prices up in US

This Week in History

January 17, 1977: Monsanto registers the name Santoprene

TPE market expected to reach $19.73 Billion by 2029

Gaston Glock, inventor of the polymer framed firearm dies at 94

This Week in History

January 1, 1960: DuPont introduces Delrin acetal resin to the market.

January 5, 1918: The American Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Company was founded. This company’s name would be changed to Celanese Corporation of America in 1927.

Resin Price Report: PE, PP resin prices expected to rise in Q1 2024

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: December 15, 2023

Samyang develops PFAS free FR polycarbonate

PP prices lower in Europe

SPE announces new president and board of directors

Prices for all volume resins down at the end of 2023

Resin Price Report: Resin trading records best quarter of the year

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: December 8, 2023

Solvay spins off specialty business to Syensqo

Tosaf offering PFAS-free additives

LDPE prices slump in Europe

LyondellBasell acquires minority stake in Source One, a plastic waste sourcing company

GEON acquires Polymax TPE

Ampacet develops additive for coloring dark and black colored plastics

The next 3 NPE shows after 2024 scheduled to be at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando

Monthly Resin Report: Destocking finally runs its course

Resin Price Report: Buyers go meh, as end of year nears

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: December 1, 2023

FDA investigates failure-prone plastic syringes made in China

PP prices down in Europe

The fantasy and reality of raw material shelf life: Part 1

GEON acquires Polymax TPE

This Week in History

December 12, 1846: Eugen Baumann who is credited with inventing PVC was born.

December 15, 1939: Commercial production of nylon 66 begins at DuPont’s plant in Seaford Delaware.

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: November 24, 2023

Plastic pipe market poised for 3% annual growth

1948 Cadillac with first acrylic taillight lens enters SPE hall of fame

PP spot prices tumble in Europe

DuPont settle with State of Ohio over PFAS-related claims

LyondellBasell establishes new distribution hub in the UK

INEOS Styrolution opens new ABS plant in China

Kraiburg introduces new TPEs for smartwatch straps

DOMO’s Jiaxing plant received UL certification for PA66 and PPA

GEON Performance Solutions buys Polymax TPE

This Week in History

December 7, 1909: Leo Baekland patents Bakelite phenolic resin which became the world’s first commercial synthetic plastic material

December 9, 1908: William Edward Hanford was born. He co-patented the process for manufacturing TPU while working at DuPont

Resin Price Report: Weak demand, lower prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: November 17, 2023

The 1st acrylic taillight lens was used on 1948 Cadillac models. Entered into SPE automotive hall of fame

PVC prices higher in Asia

Hexpol acquires TPE compounder, Star Thermoplastics

Prices flat for PE, PVC, up for PP, PS, down for PET

This Week in History

November 28, 1837: John Wesley Hyatt, the inventor of the injection molding machine was born in Starkey NY.

November 30, 2011: INEOS and BASF form joint venture to produce styrenics called Styrolution.