The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 9-22-23
Bakelite Synthetics to acquire LRBG Chemicals
Limited availability on PP and PE in Malaysia
Covestro breaks ground for its new TPU plant in China
Teknor Apex relaunches the Terraloy brand name for new bio-based materials
Delrin launches new high molecular weight nucleated resin for gears
Resin Price Report: Booming export market hurts domestic supply
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 15, 2023
Polyplastics launches new PPS grade for EV Lithium Ion battery applications
ExxonMobil announces $2 billion expansion of Baytown TX facility
Prices bottom out for volume resins
Amapacet launches new colorants that mimic weathered metals
September 29, 1910: Donald Fletcher Holmes was born. He co-patented the process to manufacture TPU while working at DuPont.
Resin Price Report: Outages along gulf coast roil resin market
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 8, 2023
DuPont develops new Delrin grade with improved fatigue and creep resistance
Covestro reconsiders takeover offer from ADNOC
INEOS and SINOPEC form JV to build ABS plant in China
LEHVOSS Group opens new compounding plant in China
Kraiburg lanches new TPEs for automotive exterior applications
LyondellBasell to close its oldest PP plant amid market challenges
Resin Price Report: Supply tightness expected to continue
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 1, 2023
LyondellBasell to shutter PP plant in Italy
SABIC and Sinopec start up joint venture PC plant in China
HDPE prices increase in Europe
ExxonMobil launches new HDPE for mono-material MDO film applications
Resin Price Report: Producers seek five cent increase in PE contracts
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 25, 2023
Tennessee recycling facility destroyed in fire
Trinseo eyeing more plant closures in US and Europe
Polypropylene export prices rise in US
Celanese introduces new PPS grades for battery applications
SABIC launches new PC grades aimed at EV’s , and housings for outdoor battery storage
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 trading slows after strong August start
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 18, 2023
DuPont sells Delrin business to private equity firm
Sabic PP compound the first to be UL certified for thermal runaway protection of EV batteries
New PE for knee implant system cleared by FDA
Ravago to acquire majority stake in M. Holland
INEOS Styrolution introduces new ASA grade for medical applications
Exxon adds production of HDPE molding grades to Beaumont TX plant
August 30, 1956: Material distributor was founded
August 31, 2000: PolyOne was formed from the consolidation of M.A. Hanna Comany and The Geon Company
Resin Price Report: Bullish market gains momentum
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 11, 2023
Styrolution launces new ASA grade for small medical housings
Ultra-Poly announces first of its kind automotive bumper recycling initiative
LDPE spot prices rise in Europe
INEOS forms joint venture with SINOPEC for petrochemicals project in China
Covestro starts production in its new elastomers plant in Shanghai
Resin Price Report: August comes in with a bullish bang
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 4, 2023
Conventus Polymers establishes subsidiary in Singapore
Mitsui breaks ground on new elastomer plant in Singapore
Avient launches two post-consumer recycled TPE’s aimed at automotive applications
Monthly Resin Report: Talk of green shoots may be premature
The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 28, 2023
Mitsui Chemicals breaks ground on polyolefin plant in Singapore
Toray Advanced Composites expands California campus
Polypropylene export prices gain sharply in the US
Trelleborg launches new BioPharmaPro line of medical grade materials
Techmer PM acquires Advanced Color Technologies
August 7, 1919: J. Paul Hogan, the inventor of polypropylene while at Phillips Petroleum was born
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