Resin Price Report: PE price increase now uncertain

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 23, 2024

LDPE prices soar in Europe

Compounder Lehvoss to have booth at NPE

Kraiburg launches range of recycled content TPEs for automotive applications

Prices of all five commodity plastics on the way up

Modern Dispersions expands masterbatch production in Georgia

Asahi Kasei Plastics welcomes new President and COO

This Week in History

March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop which was made from Phillips Petroleum polyethylene was invented.

Resin Price Report: Emboldened sellers push for nickel increase on PE

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 19, 2024

HDPE prices surge in Europe.

Mitsubishi develops foaming PBT resin with ultra-low specific gravity

Kraiburg TPE launches new recycled content TPE grades for automotive applications

Chase Plastics to distribute Envalier (DSM Lanxess merger) materials

This Week in History

February 27, 1856: German chemist Alfred Einhorn was born. He is believed to have created polycarbonate in a laboratory in 1989. He also invented Novacain.

February 28, 1935: DuPont chemist Wallace Carothers invents nylon 66.

Resin Price Report: Buyers reluctantly adjust to escalating prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 9, 2024

Trinseo’s stock tumbles to record low

PP prices surge in Europe

INEOS Styrolution announces new authorized distributors in North America

DOMO Chemical develops high-purity PA aimed at hydrogen fuel cells

This Week in History

February 20, 1987: US regulators approve acquisition of Celanese Corporation of America by West German company Hoechst AG.

February 25, 1928: Shi Wen Long, the founder of Chi Mei Corporation, which is the world’s largest producer of ABS, was born in Tainan Taiwan.

Resin Price Report: February brings out the bulls

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: February 2, 2024

Let’s raise a red solo cup to Toby Keith

PP prices up in Europe

SABIC extends portfolio of non-PTFE lubricated materials

ALBIS to distribute Rohm’s PMMA and PMMI in Turkey and North Africa

Ascend introduces new polymers for medical applications

This Week in History

February 16, 1901: John Rex Whinfield, who patented PET fiber in 1949, was born.

Resin Price Report: PE holds steady, PP pricing softens

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 31, 2024

Peak Performance Compounding develops new compounds to replace PTFE

PP prices up in Europe

IMCD to distribute Rohm medical grades in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Arkema expands its elastomers production capacity by 40%

Toray develops PE film with tensile strength comparable to stainless steel

INEOS Styrolution introduces new MBS grade for electronics component packaging

Covestro develops new high heat polycarbonate for medical applications

INEOS Styrolution announces new authorized distribution network for the US and Canada

Bamberger AMCO Polymers to distribute BASF materials

This Week in History

February 11, 1942: DuPont ceases manufacturing nylon stockings and transitions to parachute production for WWII

Resin Price Report: INEOS declares force-majeure on polypropylene

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 19, 2024

Why Patrick Mahomes’s helmet shattered

PP prices rise sharply in Europe

BASF announces distribution partners for engineering plastics in North America

Tosaf develops PFAS free processing aids for polyolefin extrusion

Covestro develops new high heat PC copolymer for medical applications

SONGWON announces price increase and freight surcharge on stabilizers and coatings

Prices of the five commodity resins largely flat

Star Plastics names new CEO

Covestro realigns polycarbonate distribution

This Week in History

January 29, 1938: Paul Schlack at IG Farben invents nylon 6.

February 1, 2002: ExxonMobil becomes the sole owner of Adanced Elastomer Systems and the Santoprene product line.

February 4, 1941: Roy J Plunkett was granted the patent for “Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers” also known as Teflon.

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 12, 2024

SPE International Polyolefins Conference returns to Galveston

PP spot prices up in Europe

LyondellBasell to acquire 35% of Saudi Arabia based National Petrochemical Industrial Company

DIC develops new plateable PPS grade

US Gulf arctic blast triggers a force majeure and lifts PP and PE prices

Tolsa develops new FR additives that do not contain PTFE

The fantasy and reality of raw material shelf life: Part 2

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: January 5, 2024

EU Parliament to strengthen plastic pollution laws after plastic pellet spill in Spain

HDPE export prices up in US

This Week in History

January 17, 1977: Monsanto registers the name Santoprene

TPE market expected to reach $19.73 Billion by 2029

Gaston Glock, inventor of the polymer framed firearm dies at 94

This Week in History

January 1, 1960: DuPont introduces Delrin acetal resin to the market.

January 5, 1918: The American Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Company was founded. This company’s name would be changed to Celanese Corporation of America in 1927.