Category: news

Weekly News Digest: July 6, 2026

Covestro expands global production with strategic acquisitions

Arkema boosts PVDF capacity in North America

SK Chemicals partners with Omya in Europe to distribute TPEE

Xenia introduces glass fiber reinforced PA for sports footwear applications

Avient develops low loss dielectric PPE grades for 5G/6G enabled radar sensors

Borouge introduces new POE grade for TPO compounds and hot-melt adhesive

July 2026: Flat to down price trajectory for volume resins

Weekly News Digest: June 29, 2026

Braskem initiates financial mediation with creditors

Arkema expands PVDF production to meet battery demand

Oil price decline may gradually ease material prices

Resin market shifts favor buyers amid inventory surge

Borouge introduces new POE grade that offers low density and high flow

SIBUR launches new bimodal HDPE for beverage cap production

BASF introduces new carbon fiber reinforced PA for self-contained breathing apparatus

Borouge introduces new PP grade for PP pipe fittings

This Week in History

June 29, 2021: Celanese announces that it will purchase the Santoprene TPV product line from ExxonMobil

Weekly News Digest: June 15, 2026

Americhem launches laser marking solutions

Resin Price Report: The show went on, but resin markets remain unstable

Celanese closes South Korea plan, shifts production to India and China

Rohm Bay City TX plant achieves full scale operation

Sumitomo Chemical restructures polymer business

This Week in History

June 17, 1988: Borg Warner announces sale of chemical division including Cycolac ABS to GE Plastics

Weekly News Digest: June 1, 2026

Clariant gains FDA approval for bio-based PVC additives

Lotte Chemical resumes operations at South Korea Yeosu cracker

Explosion at Petrochemical complex in Hungary during restart of olefin unit

Mitsubishi Chemical considers petrochemicals spin off

Celanese increases prices on engineering grades again

Upward price trajectory for commodity resins continues

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 food storage containers

Weekly News Digest: May 18, 2026

Resin buyers face five market shocks in one week

Plastic additives create major recycling knowledge gap

ExxonMobil unveils ionomer free vacuum skin packaging solution

Trinseo enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy

LyondellBasell partners with Interpolimeri for masterbatch distribution in Europe

Resin price volatility forces contract manufacturers to rethink business model

Eastman increases prices for polyester, copolyester and cellulosic polymers

BASF restructures PBT portfolio ahead of EU BPA ban

Envalior PA, PBT and PPS grades to be distributed by ALBIS

SABIC launches two new Noryl grades for photovoltaic microinverters and junction boxes

DOMO and RadiciGroup announce merger

This Week in History

May 21, 1918: Jacques Edwin Brandenberger patents cellulose film which he called Cellophane

May 21, 2007: GE announces that is selling its plastics division to SABIC

Weekly News Digest: May 11, 2026

Avient shows strong Q1

Crocs shoes recycled into disc golf discs

Resin price increases: Why buyers need to play defense now

Celanese boosts market position with strategic operational improvements

From Hormuz to resin: How the Iran conflict is resetting resin pricing

Eastman Chemical navigates Iran war challenges with strategic pricing

Celanese restructuring to strengthen engineering materials business

Lone Star acquires DOMO Engineered Materials

Evonik opens polyamide research hub in China

This Week in History

May 15, 1940: The first nylon stockings were shipped to retail stores

May 15, 1973: The PET water bottle was patented by Nathanial C Wyeth at DuPont