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News Digest 11/20/2017
Ineos Styrolution partners with Pyrowave in polystyrene recycling project
Italian firm opens carpet recycling facility in Arizona
PolyPlastics offers low VOC grades of acetal for automotive interior applications
Weekly Resin Report: PE supplies improve as storm related premiums erode
Teknor Apex introduces new roto-molding grades
M Holland acquires T&T Marketing
Lanxess eyes record year with 35% increase in earnings
Where is Zytel now? Back in Wilmington
News Digest 11/13/2017
Weekly Resin Report: Prices continue to slide as business returns to normal
Ascend to increase nylon 66 production
M. Holland committed to growth in Latin America
Asahi Kasei to open compounding plant in Mexico in 2020
Techmer PM to open compounding plant in Mexico
Firm to upward pricing still dominates commodity resins, but…
DowDuPont boosts production of Zytel HTN compounds in Belgium
Chevron Phillips celebrates startup of US Gulf Coast PE plant
ELIX Polymers partners with T&P Plastic for ABS distribution in the Balkans
Braskem’s US PP operating rate slides to 92% in third quarter
Glass Transition Temperature and You
Glass transition temperature is an often discussed but poorly understood property of plastic materials. I want to clear up some of the mystery of glass transition temperature and help you understand how it can be used in picking the right material for an application.
I know what you’re thinking. What does ironing have to do with glass transition temperature? Read on and find out.
News Digest 11/6/2017
Foster Corp introduces new line of SMMA for medical applications
Weekly Resin Report: Commodity-grade PE resins experience price erosion
M&G puts unfinished PET plant in Corpus Christi Texas on the market
Braskem denies rumor that LyondellBasell has made offer to purchase it
Trinseo reports third quarter results
A Schulman reports fiscal fourth quarter results
News Digest 10/30/2017
Sales flat for A. Schulman but returns to profitability
ARC Resin opens new larger distribution center
LyondellBasell considers PP expansion in US
ExxonMobil adds new Santoprene grades
Recycling company’s warehouse burns in WV
Clariant and Huntsman merger called off
Production begins at new Solvay plant in Mexico
Weekly Resin Report: Will new petrochemical plants and reactors coming online bring price relief?
Solvay launches highly heat stabilized grades of nylon
Upwards movement for commodity resin prices
Weekly News Digest 10/23/2017
Kraiburg introduces new line of Thermolast TPEs that bond with EPDM rubber
Radici introduces new material based on PPS
Weekly Resin Report: Harvey-driven premiums peel off as spot markets begin slow return to normalcy
Solvay introduces new UV stabilizers
ExxonMobil celebrates Santoprene’s 40th birthday
Elastron to open US compounding facility (behind paywall)
ExxonMobil brings PE production online at new Mont Belvieu plant
KW Plastics receives approval to use recycled HDPE for food contact
Ascend introduces new PA66 for electrical components
News Digest 10/16/2017
Solvay introduces new UV stabilizers for TPOs
PE supply chain still tight from Hurricane Harvey
Medical implants drive demand for UHMWPE
BASF develops new semi-transparent nylon
Aurora Plastics acquires S&E Specialty Polymers
Weekly Resin Report: Rise in spot PE prices since August could reach a dime
New Digest 10/9/2017
Niche Polymers expands operations
Flat glass fiber developed for reinforcement of thermoplastics
Albis to acquire carbon fiber composite recycler
M Holland to acquire marketing group
Weekly Resin Report: PE, PP prices ease across the board
Compounder, Shanghai PRET Composites sees explosive growth
Toxic flame retardants are still being used despite alternatives
Agilyx, Ineos Styrolution plan to develop chemical based polystyrene recycling
Evonik developing new method for making methyl methacrylate
A. Schulman may be looking for a buyer
Who is ELIX Polymers?
ELIX Polymers is making a big effort in the US marketplace with a flurry of trade show appearances of press releases. If you pay attention to plastics industry news, you have now doubt heard of them. But just who is this newcomer?
