Category: news

Weekly Resin Report: Spot resin trading roars to like in August

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/9/2019

Ineos Styrolution breaks ground on ASA plant in Bayport TX

Kraiburg shows new food grade TPE’s

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: PE pricing power currently in hands of buyers

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/2/2019

RTP acquires Zeotherm TPV 

Clariant warns customers about patent infringement by Chinese competitors

PolyOne introduces new chemical foaming agents

Lanxess develops new black pigment with improved UV performance

Huntsman exits ethylene business in deal with Indorama

Global bio-plastics market set to grow 18.8%

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Prices for most polyethylene grades yield to decade-level lows

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/26/2019

Prices of polyolefins, PET softer; PE, PVC up for short term

Wacker shows new silicone additive for TPU that lowers hardness while boosting elasticity

DuPont & ExxonMobil collaborate on new Santoprene grades

Evonik spins off PMMA and MMA business to private equity firm. New company will be called Röhm

Irish court delays construction of RTP compounding plant

New company plans to build PE plant in Canada

Graphmatech launches new conductive nylon/graphene composite material

Explosion and fire and ExxonMobil Baytown TX PP plant

 

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Sharp discounts materialize in spot PE, PP markets

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/19/2019

Braskem ends plan to build PE plant in West Virginia

Global trade conflicts weigh down on BASF earnings

Lyondellbasell to cut 68 jobs at former A. Schulman plant in MA

Clariant and SABIC joint venture talks stall

Nylon 66 and PC supply improving, ABS supply tightening

 

Weekly Resin Report: Tropical storm stirs processors into action

The Plastics Exchange market update: 7/15/2019

Polymer Resources expands custom color capabilities

Material insights: Resin pricing makes some surprising moves

Belgian compounder Benvic Europe expands with recent acquisitions

Lyondellbasell JV to add PP capacity in Thailand

SI Group sells off additives business

Radici sees sales sag, margins holding firm in first 1/2 of 2019

BASF introduces new grades of PBT for extrusion and thermoforming

 

Weekly Resin Report: Upstream PP inventories at their lowest point in 15 years

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/5/2019

Polyscope develops new SMA/PMMA alloy for medical applications

Perstorp develops new non-phthalate plasticizer for PVC

Chevron Phillips, Qater Petroleum develop new gulf-coast PE plant

DuPont and ExxonMobil develop new TPVs for automotive door seals

 

Weekly Resin Report: Trading picks up marginally, as prices continue to soften

The Plastics Exchange market update 6/21/2019

North American PE, PP prices down in June, PVC on the rise

BASF to cut 6000 jobs

PMC to build new PP plant in Thialand

Polyplastics introduces new grades of POM for automotive fuel systems

Chevron Phillips & Qatar Petroleum to build new ethane cracker in Qatar

 

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Slowest trading week of the year emboldens processors seeking price relief

The Plastics Exchange market update 6/14/2019

Chase Plastics breaks ground on expansion of South Bend IN distribution center

Lyondellbasell & Neste joint venture begins producing bio-based PP and LDPE

Chevron Phillips rumored to be exploring acquisition of Nova Chemicals

 

Weekly Resin Report: Spot PE, PP prices slide

The Plastics Exchange market update 6/7/2019

PET bottle resin prices start summer with a slump

Why bio-degradable plastics don’t make any sense

Covestro expands TPU production in Taiwan

Exxonmobil, SABIC to move forward with Texas joint venture

Exxonmobil expands Vistamaxx propylene elastomer capacity at Baytown Texas plant

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Activity slows amid escalating trade wars and weakening oil prices

The Plastics Exchange market update 5/31/2019

North American PP resin prices move up in May

Can we remove BPA from California prop 65?

DuPont shows new bio-based and post consumer recycled materials at Chinaplas

Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals boosting PP compounding capacity

Avantium moving forward on bio-based plastics plant

Slower growth will affect US plastics market

Lyondellbasell drops Braskem acquisition bid

Sumika buying Turkish compounder, Emas

Vinmar acquires Mexican distributor Alpheus

Ineos announces investment in Saudi Arabia