Weekly Resin Report: Fresh April price increases on the table
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 4/1/22
ExxonMobil introduces new film grade PE’s that promise easier processing and better performance
Polyplastics introduces new POM grades for medical applications
M. Holland launches new product line aimed at medical packaging
Celanese and Mitsubishi complete restructuring of joint venture, Korea Engineering Plastics
ExxonMobil announces PP price increase for May
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: March 25, 2022
Avient launches high temp colorants for medical applications
LyondellBasell declares force majeure on Equistar PP grades made at Lake Charles LA plant
INEOS declares force majeure on PP after power outage at its Carson CA plant
New tradeshow PTXPO wraps up in Rosemont IL
April 6, 1865: BASF (Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik) was founded in Germany
The Plastics Exchange Market Update March 18, 2022
Teknor Apex launches TPE series with up to 35% PCR content
ExxonMobil expects Linear Alpha Olefins plant at Baytown TX to be online mid-2023
Ascend acquires Indian engineered materials maker Formulated Polymers Ltd.
Kraiburg TPE introduces new grades for medical resealing applications
The Plastics Exchange Market Update, March 11, 2022
Polyplastics to construct new POM plant in China
Bulk transport company Quantix to impose surcharge on rail cars due to rail congestion
Solvay to separate into 2 independent companies
DL Chemical completes acquisition of Kraton
Opinion: What happened the last time oil markets went crazy?
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 for Chemistry in 1953
March 26, 1956: Polypropylene was patented by J. Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum
March 27, 1933: Polyethylene was discovered by accident at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Northwich England
Weekly Resin Report: Demand surges, prices rise as war in Ukraine and sanctions take their toll
The Plastics Exchange Market Update March 4, 2022
BASF and Covestro expanding production in India
Lubrizol develops TPU for synthetic leather applications
Kraton Polymers announces April 1 price increase
Kraiburg TPE introduces new grades with 40% recycled content
Polyplastics develops new PP material reinforced with regenerated cellulose fiber
March 14, 1876: Otto Rohm was born in Ohringen Germany. He was a chemist who was instrumental in the development of acrylic, was one of the founders of Rohm & Haas Company and would register the trade name Plexiglass.
Weekly Resin Report: Sellers slow-walk sales in anticipation of more price hikes ahead
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/25/22
Global sanctions on Russia likely to shake up resin trade
The Compound Company acquires Exxelor additive line from Esso
Exhibitors’ NPE2021 fees will be applied to space at NPE2024
Covestro starts up PC compounding lines at new plant in India
Solvay wants to boost its sulfone polymers business in the US
Borouge successfully starts up new PP plant in the UAE
Key US shipping ports continue to see record activity in January
INEOS Aromatics sinks millions into updating Indonesian PTA plant
Indorama ventures reports record 2021 sales
Plastics Technology magazine launches new industry trade show to run in NPE off years
Weekly Resin Report: Supply-chain issues continue to snarl activity
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/18/2022
DSM to increase engineering material capacity in China
International Bottled Water Association wants end to PET import duties
Solvay to increase PSU capacity in US
Explosion at Mitsubishi PET plant in Indonesia injures 6
Explosion at Marathon Louisiana PGP plant injures 5
February 28, 1935: Wallace Carothers at DuPont invents nylon 66
March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop was patented. It was made of HDPE from Phillips Petroleum
Weekly Resin Report: Events in Canada add to supply chain woes
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/11/2022
Star Plastics adds new compounding line
Dow reducing February PE price increases
Celanese to buy DuPont’s engineering materials and elastomers business
Delrin POM not included in the deal but they are also looking to sell that off
February 27, 1856: German chemist Alfred Einhorn was born. He is thought to have accidentally discovered polycarbonate in a laboratory in 1898. He also invented Novacain.
Weekly Resin Report: Processors bet on further price cuts in vain
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/4/2022
INEOS Styrolution starts ABS production at Wingles France facility
BASF expands its PA and PPA offerings in Europe
Bad weather in Texas disrupts production at several resin plants
TotalEnergies aims for mid 2022 startup for ethane cracker and PE plant in Port Arthur TX
February 16, 1901: John Rex Whinfield, who patented PET fiber in 1949 was born.
February 20, 1987: US regulators approve acquisition of Celanese Corporation of America by West German company Hoechst AG.
Weekly Resin Report: Processors eager to make deals, sensing looming price hikes
The Plastics Exchange Market Update 1/28/2022
MIT develops new polymer that is twice as strong as steel
Solvay expanding PVDF capacity at French plant
Arkema increasing PVDF capacity in China
DOMO makes Technyl brand nylon available to global customers
ExxonMobil to increase resin production in 2022
Texas power grid expected to see high demand during extreme cold
TotalEnergies to add logistics surcharge to all of its products
Shell plans to startup its massive chemical complex in PA this year
February 11, 1942: DuPont stops producing nylon stockings and transitions to parachute production for the WWII.
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