Author: weeklypellet
News Digest July 3, 2017
Sweden based Polykemi offers new line of PPA materials
Teijin shows prototype polycarbonate windshield
Weekly Resin Report: PP, PE prices firm up
Braskem to build largest polypropylene line in the Americas in Texas
BASF expands nylon ant PBT production in Germany
Czech compounder to open new plant in Georgia
Power outage leads to force majeure on PP & PE at Formosa
News Digest 6/19/2017
Trinseo to acquire Italian TPU and EVA supplier
Solvay conducting studies to see how compatible its PPS resins are with automatic transmission fluid
Weekly Resin Report: No June gloom in spot resin markets
Commodity resin prices drop in May
Ineos investing more than 2 billion dollars in European expansion
Celanese to open acetal plant in Saudi Arabia later this year
Lanxess offering two new flame retardant glass fiber reinforced nylon 6 materials
News Digest 6/12/2017
The Much Maligned Clam Shell Blister Pack
No, not that kind of clam shell. No one has a problem with that. You know what I’m talking about, the clear, impossible to open, nearly sliced your hand off while trying to open it with a butcher knife, packaging that everything from toys to batteries seems to arrive in. This kind:
I’m not going to try to dissuade you from despising this type of packaging. I just want to explain what they are made of and why they are used.
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New Digest 6/5/2017
New Digest 5/30/2017
Borealis to build compounding plant for automotive materials in North Carolina
Clariant and Huntsman to merge
Weekly Resin Report: PE producers shock market with cut in resin prices
ExxonMobil completes installation of two new PE lines at Mont Belvieu TX plant
Bakelite documentary screened at SPE conference
Prices down for PS, PE and PET, up for PA 6/6 and PC
News Digest 5/22/2017
News Digest 5/16/2017
News Digest 5/8/2017
Albis breaks ground on new compounding plant
Weekly Resin Report: PE purchasing may have peaked
New PA12 from Evonik meets stringent fire protection code for rail vehicles
A. Schulman moving ahead with new product and sales strategy after “reset year”
Solid PS & PET bottle resin prices slide in April
Teknor Apex grows nylon business with new Creamid product line (yes Creamid)
NILIT completes sale of nylon division to Celanese
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