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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.

Weekly News Digest: March 27, 2023

Resin Price Report: Price hike sought for PE

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 17 2023

Heartland Polymers begins integrated PP production

Domo breaks ground on nylon compounding plant in China

European distributor, Distrupol celebrates 60 years in business

Nova Chemicals launches FDA compliant food contact recycled HDPE

Partner in resin distributor General Polymers is taking a buyout

CAI develops new infrared light absorbing additive masterbatch for PC

This Week in History

March 27, 1933: Polyethylene was discovered by accident at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Northwich England

Weekly News Digest: March 20, 2023

Resin Price Report: Soaring monomer costs push up polypropylene prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 10, 2023

New compounder, Orion Performance Compounds, opens plant in South Carolina

INEOS pigment plant workers in Ohio go on strike

M Holland to distribute Lavergne post-consumer recycled products

Asahi Kasei merging 2 divisions. New company will be called APNA

Bruggemann develops new stabilizer for aliphatic nylons

Polyplastics targets automotive applications with its cellulose fiber filled PP

Opinion: Polyolefins outlook is for continued slow growth

This Week in History

March 22, 1949: A patent was issued on PET fiber to John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson

March 23, 1881: Hermann Stoudinger, who first characterized macromolecules as polymers, was born. He would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953

March 26, 1956: Polypropylene was patented by Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum

Weekly News Digest: March 13, 2023

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 3/3/2023

NPE 2024 sells record amount of space

Dow launches bimodal polyehylene for micro-irrigation systems

Producers look to increase PP margins in March

Ampacet launches new orange colorant for PBT electrical connectors

Swedish compounder, Polykemi starts up new compounding plant in North Carolina

This Week in History

March 14, 1876: Otto Rohm was born in Ohringen Germany. He was chemist who was instrumental in the development of acrylic. He founded Rohm & Haas and registered the name Plexiglass.

Weekly News Digest: March 6, 2023

Monthly Resin Report: Lingering plant outages disrupt PE, PP supply in February

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 2/24/2023

Covestro launches new PC grade for medical applications

Interesting: Toilet paper sheds PFAS into waste water

BASF to shutter TDI plant in Germany

Covestro picks China for its largest TPU plant

Weekly News Digest: February 27, 2023

Resin Price Report: Spot resin trading has busiest week of the year

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 17, 2023

First quarter looks mostly flat for resin prices

HDPE market growing by 10% annually

Train derailment not expected to affect vinyl chloride market

Toray to open R&D center in Japan

Omya to distribute Trinseo automotive styrenic resins in North America

Foster to become marketing partner for Rohm Cyrolite products for medical applications in North America

Covestro to build TPU plant in China

Teknor Apex launches new halogen free FR glass fiber reinforced PP

SABIC launches new PC copolymers for thin wall medical device applications

Ampacet launches new color line for HDPE containers that mimic the gloss of PET

Delta Tecnic introduces new colorant line aimed at recycled PVC

“Monomaterial” is the new buzzword in packaging

This Week in History

February 27, 1856: German chemist Alfred Einhorn was born. He is thought to have created polycarbonate in a laboratory in 1898. He also invented Novacain.

Frebruary 28, 1935: Wallace Carothers at DuPont invents nylon 66

March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop was patented. It was made from Phillips Petroleum polyethylene