Category: news

Weekly Resin Report: China’s chilling effect on spot PE prices

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/17/2018

Lyondellbasell completes purchase of A. Schulman

ExxonMobil looking to add more Texas production

Celanese announces price hikes in reaction to US tariffs

PC, PET bottle resin prices move in July

Solvay says low Rhine River levels to impact nylon production

HDPE, LLDPE drive first half gains in US/Canadian resin sales

US implements tariffs on Chinese goods including plastic materials

US polystyrene producers eye September increases

First resin tariffs kick in for US-China trade war

 

Weekly Resin Report: Spot PE prices tumble by as much as $.04/lb

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/10/2018

University of Akron investing in polymer science

India’s Welset sells PVC business to Mitsubishi

The world of plastics in numbers

The story of Tupperware

Polydist UK to distribute SABIC products in the UK

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: PE prices soften

The Plastics Exchange market update 8/3/2018

Americhem adds compounding line at Suzhou China facility

Invista to build Nylon 66 plant in China

US-China tarrifs will begin to hit plastics

Formosa decommissioning PVC plant in Delaware in September

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Mostly lower polyethylene prices boost turnover

The plastics exchange weekly market update: 7/27/2018

Covestro completes sale of sheet goods business to Plaskolite

Braskem launches line of EVA derived from sugarcane

Ascend acquires Netherlands compounder Britannia Techno Polymer

Prices dip for PS

Solvay adding capacity in US

Prices flat for PE, PVC, down for PS, up for PP, PET

Growth in PP driven by engineering developments

Ascend’s nylon 66 plant at 80% capacity after fire

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Despite robust trading activity, PE prices remain steady overall

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/20/2018

Update on Alpek fire

Formosa to close PVC plant in Delaware

June commodity prices calm as only PP and PET up

M. Holland moves into new warehousing center

Saudi Aramco considering investment in SABIC

ExxonMobil starts up new ethane cracker in Baytown TX

Eastman Chemical cuts ethylene production

EnCom Polymers expanding operations in Evansville IN

 

Weekly Resin Report: Polyethylene traders on edge about tariffs

The Plastics Exchange market update 7/13/2018

Fire at Alpek’s PTA plant will affect PET resin supply

Lanxess to invest more than $500 million in US

 

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: June ends with a bang, as trading remains lively

The Plastics Exchange market update 6/29/2018

Processors and producers struggle with nylon 66 shortage

DuPont eyes upgrade to Chinese compounding plant

Resins get reprieve from China tariffs (behind paywall)

Ascend provides different perspective on nylon 66 shortage

Feedstock shortage drives up PET prices

 

Weekly Resin Report: Spot polyethylene prices drop by as much as $.02/lb

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 6/22/2018

Carolina Color adds capacity at Ohio facility

Mitsui plans POE/POP plant in North America

June price jumps for PP and PET (behind paywall)

Evonik cutting 1000 jobs (behind paywall)

EU to investigate purchase of Solvay’s nylon business by BASF

US Department of Commerce issues anti-dumping duties on PET from several countries

SABIC introduces new line of Ultem PEI for electronics components

LyondellBasell receives US Antitrust clearance for purchase of A. Schulman

 

 

Weekly Resin Report: Polypropylene prices may have peaked

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 6/15/2018

Albis introduces new Alcom Med brand of materials for medical applications

Prices of 6 volume resins flat to down

Nylon 66 supplies are tight and expected to remain so

 

Weekly Resin Report: Polypropylene market sees one of its best weeks of the year

The Plastics Exchange market update 6/8/2018

LLDPE prices drop, HDPE and LDPE flat

A. Schulman shareholders approve Lyondellbasell purchase

Lyondellbasell confirms talks with Braskem

Braskem introduces new PP line for thermoforming