The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 13, 2024
Uptick in US PP market amid stable inventories and reduced hurricane impact
Covestro to construct new TPU application development center in China
Chasing down marine plastic pollution with The Ocean Cleanup
September 29, 1910: Donald Fletcher Holmes was born. He co-patented the process to manufacture TPU while working at DuPont.
Resin Price Report: Polypropylene prices ease as new month gets underway
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 6, 2024
Italian polymer additives supplier sets up shop in Florida
The Asian PVC market continues downward trend
Naphtha prices surge in US amid increasing crude oil prices
Polyplastics launches LCP grade based on biomass derived materials
September 18, 1789: Johann Eduard Simon who accidentally discovered polystyrene was born.
Resin Price Report: Whatever happened to the predicted record-breaking hurricane season?
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 30, 2024
Asian PC market enters September on a bearish note
LDPE prices slip in US and Asia
Lummus’ ethylene technology to be incorporated in Kazakhstan’s first PE plant
September 10, 1898: Waldo Lonsbury Semon was born. He did not invent PVC but is credited with turning PVC into a commercially viable product in 1926.
Resin Price Report: Spot resin trading bounces back as railroad strike is averted
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 8/23/2024
Lego willing to pay up to 70% more for certified renewable resin
Huntsman launches new line of TPUs for footwear applications
ABS market faces weak demand and price stability challenges
US carbon black prices rise in August
Dreyplas develops new “high-sliding” material to replace PTFE
Resin Price Report: Tight inventories push prices higher
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 16, 2024
Kraiburg develops new line of thermally conductive TPEs
Study suggests that common plastic chemicals can be linked to increased health risks
LyondellBasell to fully acquire German recycling technology company APK AG
Huntsman to launch high performance TPUs for footwear
Kraiburg introduces TPEs for safer and more comfortable helmets
SABIC and Lubrizol develop soft and rigid compatible solutions for a variety of applications
Prices of PE, PP, PVC up; PS, PET flat
Borealis and Infinium plan to produce plastics from captured emissions
NASA uses polyimide to study insulation of electric engines in aerospace
August 30, 1956: Material distributor, M. Holland Company was founded.
August 31, 2000: PolyOne was formed from the consolidation of M.A. Hanna Company and The Geon Company.
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 9, 2024
Nissan working on new cool paint which lowers cabin temps
Company develops new PET tethered bottle cap
Metallica purchases vinyl record manufacturing plant
Aaron Industries adds optical sorting to its operation
Trelleborg to acquire Magee Plastics
Nagase & Co. to distribute TotalEnergies PLA in Japan
ALPLA launches PET bottles with premium glass-like appearance
SABIC to build new compounding plant in China’s Fujian Province
LyondellBasell’s new foaming PP used in interior for new Renault
LG Chemical launches PFAS-free FR PC/ABS
August 22, 2023: Ravago purchases majority stake in distributor M. Holland.
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 26, 2024
Formosa to expand PVC production in Louisiana
Trelleborg Medical Solutions expands its testing capabilities
LyondellBasell launches polyamide-based product line for automotive interiors
TSRC Corp launches SEBS grade with up to 70% vinyl content
Celanese launches foaming polymer for athletic footwear applications
New joint venture, Emirates Biotech formed to make PLA
POGS chooses Novodur ECO ABS for children’s headphones
August 7, 1919: J. Pual Hogan, the inventor of polypropylene at Phillips Petroleum was born.
Resin Price Report: Trading pace eases as lazy days of summer roll in
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 19, 2024
BASF’s high performance PPSU used in baby bottles by Thyseed
Prices of PE, PP, PVC, PET largely firm, flat for PS
July 29, 1941: PET was patented by John Rex Whinfield & James Tennant Dickson
The Plastics Exchange Market Update July 12, 2024
ExxonMobil introduces performance PE grade for shrink film
New adhesive durably bonds PP and PE without surface prep
Techmer PM focused on acquisitions and investment
NPE2024 sets several show records
July 23, 1948: A crude form of ABS was patented by Lawrence E Daley and Robert W Pooley at United States Rubber Company which would later become Uniroyal.
July 23, 1965: Washington Penn Plastics Company founded.
July 28, 1907: Earl Tupper, the inventor of Tupperware was born in Berlin NH.
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