Kisuma Chemicals unveils new PP additives
Brilliant Group launches new glow in the dark concentrates
Alpek to shut down North Carolina PET plant
HDPE prices hold steady in Asia, stay weak in Europe
US ethane policy shocks China’s PE industry
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Weekly News Digest: June 2, 2025
PP market adjusts as tariff suspension spurs pricing shifts across Asia and Latin America
BASF set to assume full ownership of Alsachimie in France, strengthening its position in nylon
Borealis and Borouge to expand XLPE capacity
Star Plastics offers PC/ABS FR compounds as a cost effective alternative to ABS FR
Kraiburg introduces new TPE grades for wearable medical devices
This Week in History
June 2, 1942: Donald Fletcher Holmes and William Edward Hanford were granted a patent on the process to manufacture TPU while working at DuPont.
June 2, 1947: Earl Tupper patents plastic resealable containers
Weekly News Digest: May 26, 2025
PepsiCo abandons plastic reduction targets amid industry shift
History: When Nylons Came to Town
ABS market sees glimmers of recovery
Regulatory round-up: The latest PFAS restrictions
Sumitomo Seika to discontinue manufacture of PE, PP powder in Japan
June 2025: Prices for the five commodity resins flat to down
Weekly News Digest: May 19, 2025
Syensqo expands PPS compounding in Georgia
Kraton closing Ohio site, refocusing operations
Kraton to transition away from polyamides business
Chevron Phillips Chemical to sell Singapore site to Aster Chemicals
Celanese unveils smart material selection search tool
Ascend starts production of high-purity acrylonitrile
ASA prices gain momentum in April
Styrene market faces bearish trend globally
Celanese, Li Auto launch new low-emission material for auto interiors
DOMO Chemicals expands compounding in India
LyondellBasell launches LLDPE tie layer grade for film orientation applications
This Week in History
May 21, 1918: Jacques Edwin Brandenberger patents cellulose film which he called Cellophane
May 21, 2007: GE announces that it has sold its plastics division to SABIC
Weekly News Digest: May 5, 2025
This week in plastic resin news
Celanese works on ultra-low emission materials for vehicle interiors
Propylene monomer prices fall in US
Syensqo launches new PPSU grade for medical applications
Global POM market shows divergent trends in China, US and Europe
Ethylene monomer prices fall in US and Europe
EPA announces major actions to address PFAS contamination
LEHVOSS signs PolySource as its authorized distributor in North America
Borealis PE grade enables breakthrough in thin stable MDO films
Weekly News Digest: April 28, 2025
Ascend Performance Materials files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
This Week in History
April 29, 1937: Wallace Carothers, who is credited with inventing nylon, committed suicide by ingesting cyanide. He was only 41 years old.
Weekly News Digest: April 21, 2025
Covestro introduces new polycarbonate made from recycled headlights
LG develops new glass powder additive to boost anti-microbial properties
TPE price stability returns in Europe
Acrylonitrile market faces upward pressure in US
May 2025: Prices for 4 of the 5 commodity resins flat to down
This Week in History
April 21, 1801: E.I. DuPont DeNemours and Company founded in Welmington Delaware
April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX
April 25, 1961: Ravago Plastics in founded in Belgium
April 27, 1896: Wallace Carothers, who is credited with inventing nylon, was born in Burlington Iowa
Weekly News Digest: April 14, 2025
Weekly News Digest: April 7, 2025
Resin Price Report: Tariff anxiety trumps attractive discounts to stall sales in resin market
Study shows that flexible medical PVC can be safely recycled up to six times
Light up car emblems are creating new applications for acrylic
US hexene prices come under pressure amidst PE market volatility
Lanxess finalizes sales of urethane systems business to UBE
North American styrene market stable despite shutdowns at LB and Americas Styrenics
BASF unveils new PESU grade for electronics applications
LB partners with Nexeo to expand distribution in Europe
Weekly News Digest: March 31, 2025
US proplylene price declines in March despite downstream polypropylene price surge
Styrene market in Netherlands gest affected by LB and Covestro plant closure
Canada defines PFAS as toxic under CEPA in its latest report
RadiciGroup opens new facility in Brazil
April 2025: Mixed bag for prices of volume resins
This Week in History
April 6, 1865: BASF (Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik) founded in Germany
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