Resin Price Report: Supply tightness expected to continue
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 1, 2023
LyondellBasell to shutter PP plant in Italy
SABIC and Sinopec start up joint venture PC plant in China
HDPE prices increase in Europe
ExxonMobil launches new HDPE for mono-material MDO film applications
Resin Price Report: Producers seek five cent increase in PE contracts
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 25, 2023
Tennessee recycling facility destroyed in fire
Trinseo eyeing more plant closures in US and Europe
Polypropylene export prices rise in US
Celanese introduces new PPS grades for battery applications
SABIC launches new PC grades aimed at EV’s , and housings for outdoor battery storage
September 10, 1898: Waldo Lonsbury Semon was born. He did not invent PVC but is credited with turning PVC into a commercially viable product in 1926
Resin Price Report: Spot trading slows after strong August start
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 18, 2023
DuPont sells Delrin business to private equity firm
Sabic PP compound the first to be UL certified for thermal runaway protection of EV batteries
New PE for knee implant system cleared by FDA
Ravago to acquire majority stake in M. Holland
INEOS Styrolution introduces new ASA grade for medical applications
Exxon adds production of HDPE molding grades to Beaumont TX plant
August 30, 1956: Material distributor was founded
August 31, 2000: PolyOne was formed from the consolidation of M.A. Hanna Comany and The Geon Company
Resin Price Report: Bullish market gains momentum
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 11, 2023
Styrolution launces new ASA grade for small medical housings
Ultra-Poly announces first of its kind automotive bumper recycling initiative
LDPE spot prices rise in Europe
INEOS forms joint venture with SINOPEC for petrochemicals project in China
Covestro starts production in its new elastomers plant in Shanghai
Resin Price Report: August comes in with a bullish bang
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 4, 2023
Conventus Polymers establishes subsidiary in Singapore
Mitsui breaks ground on new elastomer plant in Singapore
Avient launches two post-consumer recycled TPE’s aimed at automotive applications
Monthly Resin Report: Talk of green shoots may be premature
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 28, 2023
Mitsui Chemicals breaks ground on polyolefin plant in Singapore
Toray Advanced Composites expands California campus
Polypropylene export prices gain sharply in the US
Trelleborg launches new BioPharmaPro line of medical grade materials
Techmer PM acquires Advanced Color Technologies
August 7, 1919: J. Paul Hogan, the inventor of polypropylene while at Phillips Petroleum was born
Resin Price Report: Prime PE prices flat to a penny lower
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 21, 2023
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Hanwha TotalEnergies completes construction of polyolefin elastomer pilot plant
LLDPE prices drift lower in Europe
Avient expands cross linkable polyethylene production to Europe
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 14, 2023
Toray expands carbon fiber products in North America and Korea
INEOS suspends plans to build cracker in Belgium
Researchers develop new nanoparticle based latex films
SABIC launches new FR PP 30% GF grades for thermoforming and sheet
SABIC introduces PBT based materials with radar absorption properties
PS prices plunge, others appear to be bottoming out
July 28, 1907: Earl Tupper, the founder of Tupperware was born in Berlin NH
July 29, 1941: PET was patented by John Rex Whinfield & James Tennant Dickson
Resin Price Report: Demand stirs after July 4 lull
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 7, 2023
Researchers discover a method of making polymers stronger by tweaking bonds
INEOS to acquire 50% stake in 3 French petrochemical companies currently owned by TotalEnergies
Opinion: Sustainability goals vs Market Realities: The Challenges Faced by Plastic Recyclers
US refining capacity increases for first time since pandemic
July 23, 1948: A crude form of ABS was patented by Lawrence E Daley and Robert W Pooley at United States Rubber Company which would later become Uniroyal
July 23, 1965: Washington Penn Plastics Company founded
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