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Weekly Resin Report: Spot market ends strong month with slight lull in trading

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/31/2018

Lego builds full size Bugatti Chiron that drives

Ineos Styrolution to acquire 2 production sites in China

General Polymers to distribute Trexprene TPV line for Mitsubishi Chemical

PET bottle resin and nylon 66 prices on the rise

Ravago acquires material distributor I. Stern & Co.

BASF to increase nylon 66 by $.38/lb on September 15th

Pricing trajectory is flat to down for most volume resins

 

Weekly Resin Report: Trading is brisk as spot PE prices decrease

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/24/2018

BPC Toll Compounding & Blending adds new twin screw line

Market for biodegradable polymers expected to grow

Conventus Polymers to distribute Kumho Polychem TPVs in North America

Mitsui Chemicals to increase capacity for performance elastomers

Initz Co. says that new line of PPS solves headlamp haze issue

Borealis

PP prices rise $.02/lb in August

IHS says that global MMA shortage is looming

Resin distributors see success amid challenges in 2018

Nexeo adds new distribution point in Illinois

Borealis acquires Austrian recycler Ecoplast

Nexeo Solutions launches new website

Total lifts force majeure on impact PP

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: China’s chilling effect on spot PE prices

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/17/2018

Lyondellbasell completes purchase of A. Schulman

ExxonMobil looking to add more Texas production

Celanese announces price hikes in reaction to US tariffs

PC, PET bottle resin prices move in July

Solvay says low Rhine River levels to impact nylon production

HDPE, LLDPE drive first half gains in US/Canadian resin sales

US implements tariffs on Chinese goods including plastic materials

US polystyrene producers eye September increases

First resin tariffs kick in for US-China trade war

 

Weekly Resin Report: Spot PE prices tumble by as much as $.04/lb

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/10/2018

University of Akron investing in polymer science

India’s Welset sells PVC business to Mitsubishi

The world of plastics in numbers

The story of Tupperware

Polydist UK to distribute SABIC products in the UK

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: PE prices soften

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/3/2018

Americhem adds compounding line at Suzhou China facility

Invista to build Nylon 66 plant in China

US-China tarrifs will begin to hit plastics

Formosa decommissioning PVC plant in Delaware in September

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Mostly lower polyethylene prices boost turnover

The plastics exchange weekly market update: 7/27/2018

Covestro completes sale of sheet goods business to Plaskolite

Braskem launches line of EVA derived from sugarcane

Ascend acquires Netherlands compounder Britannia Techno Polymer

Prices dip for PS

Solvay adding capacity in US

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

Growth in PP driven by engineering developments

Ascend’s nylon 66 plant at 80% capacity after fire

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Despite robust trading activity, PE prices remain steady overall

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/20/2018

Update on Alpek fire

Formosa to close PVC plant in Delaware

June commodity prices calm as only PP and PET up

M. Holland moves into new warehousing center

Saudi Aramco considering investment in SABIC

ExxonMobil starts up new ethane cracker in Baytown TX

Eastman Chemical cuts ethylene production

EnCom Polymers expanding operations in Evansville IN

 

Weekly Resin Report: Polyethylene traders on edge about tariffs

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/13/2018

Fire at Alpek’s PTA plant will affect PET resin supply

Lanxess to invest more than $500 million in US