News Digest 6/4/2018

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Weekly Resin Report: Polyethylene producers fail to implement $.03/lb increase on May contracts

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 5/25/2018

SABIC introduces formable PC sheet for glazing applications

NPE attendance up 1.7%

PP & PET prices up, PS down for May

Lyondellbasel reportedly offered $11.4 Billion for Braskem in February but talks stalled in May

Expert warns of major PET shortages to come in Europe

 

News Digest 5/21/2018

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Weekly Resin Report: Polypropylene prices creep up, with additional gains on the horizon

The Plastics Exchange market update 5/11/2018

Carolina Color receives patent for new colorant technology

Asahi Kasei introduces new line of glass fiber reinforced PP

Struktol is developing additives to control odor and VOC’s in plastic parts

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Ravago to build joint compounding plant in UAE

Total continues olefin expansion with Algerian deal

PE scrap exports down to China, up to Vietnam

 

Weekly News Digest 4/27/2018

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Weekly Resin Report: Polyethylene processors sit on sidelines, expecting lower prices ahead

The Plastics Exchange market update 4/20/2018

A war on plastic could backfire

PC, ABS, nylon prices on the rise, PP, PVC dip

Covestro to offer materials on Alibaba site

ExxonMobil commissioning new ethane cracker in Baytown TX

US April propylene monomer contracts settle with decrease

Total Petrochemicals gains FDA approval for recycled HDPE

 

News Digest 4/16/2018

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Weekly Resin Report: Trade tariff skirmish has chilling effect on spot resin trading

The Plastics Exchange market update 4/6/2018

Polyplastics introduces new line of LCP

BASF starts new polyarylsulfone line in Korea

Coventus Polymers to distribute UJU PSU & PPSU

US resin market subject to Chinese retaliatory tariffs

BASF lifts force-majeure for bio-plastics

Saudi Aramco & Total SA to build petro-chemical complex is Saudi Arabia

DowDuPont to invest $100 million its Sabine River Works plant in Orange Texas

SABIC to open new regional headquarters in Houston

 

News Digest 4/2/2018

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Weekly Resin Report: Commodity prices continue to drop

The Plastics Exchange Market Update March 23, 2018

Kraiburg introduces new TPEs that adhere to EPDM rubber

Ineos Styrolution plans to build new styrene monomer plant on gulf coast

Mitsui to manufacture TPV at Advanced Composites facility in Ohio

Topas Advanced Polymers to be merged into Polyplastics

Investment group with ties to Ravago buys Bamberger Polymers

Solvay to cut 600 jobs in France

 

 

News Digest 3/26/2018

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Weekly Resin Report: Spot PE, PP markets get busy, prices hold steady

The Plastics Exchange market update 3/16/2018

ExxonMobil considering expansion of gulf coast polypropylene capacity

Prices for most commodity resins rose in February

LyondellBasell receives US antitrust clearance for purchase of A Schulman

New joint venture forms to purchase Corpus Christi PET plant