Weekly Resin Report: Prime resin still playing hard to get

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 4/16/2021

BASF issues price increases for caprolactam, Nylon 6 and Nylon 6/66 copolymer

Arkema’s new PA 11 plant in Singapore to open 1st half of 2022

Weekly Resin Report: Price gap between contract and spot resin markets

The Plastics Exchange Market Update April 9, 2021

PP prices down, other commodity prices up in a turbulent March (behind paywall)

European plastic industry faces extreme raw material shortages and price increases

Raw material shortages pose threat to European production

Domo Chemicals develops new nylon 66 for laser welding applications

Avient launches new specialty toners for polycarbonate

SABIC launches recycled ocean bound plastic material

Teknor Apex launches FR nylon with high strength and superior surface finish

This Week in History

April 21, 1801: E.I Dupont DeNemours and Company was founded in Wilmington Delaware

April 22, 1987: GE Plastics trademarks Noryl GTX

April 25, 1961: Ravago is founded in Belgium

Weekly Resin Report: Supply/Demand equilibrium remains work in progress

The Plastics Exchange Market Update April 2, 2021

Commodity resin prices rise, but PP falls

Kuraray resumes production at Texas plants (behind paywall)

Hunt for resin continues, even as supplies improve (behind paywall)

Resin and scrap broker, Shaw Bros Co. files chapter 11 (behind paywall)

Americhem expands PA compounding plant (behind paywall)

Celanese adding capacity for resin and compounds (behind paywall)

RadiciGroup invests in new production capacity

Lanxess co-developing a transmission oil pan molded from PA6

BASF introduces new PPA for thin walled electrical connectors

RIP Hyman Shuman, founder of Shuman Plastics

Weekly Resin Report: Spot resin demand sets feverish pace, despite high prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update March 26, 2021

Polypropylene resin pricing roller coaster continues (behind paywall)

Avient expands portfolio of recycled content TPE

AGC develops antimicrobial and antiviral material for film applications

Skepticism mounts over utility of biodegradable plastics

Radici sets $40 Million expansion in global polymers (behind paywall)

Braskem Idesa’s Mexico PE complex operating at 70% capacity (behind paywall)

A world of shipping woes taxes supply lines (behind paywall)

SABIC to launch new material made from recovered ocean plastic

This Week in History

April 6, 1865: BASF (Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik) founded in Germany

Weekly Resin Report: More than 5 billion pounds of resin production lost

The Plastics Exchange Market Update, March 19, 2021

A March toward higher prices for commodity resins (behind paywall)

BASF issues price increases on additives and nylon 6

Maritime traffic jam grows in Suez Canal

Suez canal blockage is delaying $400 million an hour in goods

Skepticism mounts over utility of biodegradable plastics

BASF expands Ultrason PPSU product line

Lucent execs sentenced to federal prison for fraud role (behind paywall)

Sadara Chemical Company shuts down cracker in Jubail Saudi Arabia due to compressor issue

European distributor, K.D. Fedderson to carry Celanese medical grades

DOMO Chemicals names Bamberger Polymers as North American distributor

Weekly Resin Report: Supply slowly ramps back up

The Plastics Exchange Market Update March 12, 2021

Covestro introduces new low-friction PC grades

Resin plants restarting, but supplies remain tight (Behind pay wall)

This Week in History

March 26, 1956: Polypropylene was patented by J. Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum

March 27, 1933: Polyethylene was discovered by accident at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Northwich England.

Weekly Resin Report: Soaring resin costs stun buyers

The Plastics Exchange Market Update March 5, 2021

Processors hunt for resin as shortages continue

Texas freeze heats up resin prices

Analyst: We’ve never seen anything like this PP demand crunch

PP and other volume resin prices jump

Current recycled polymer price competitiveness fueling switch away from virgin material

PET recycler, Carbonlite files Chapter 11

Dow to build TPU plant in China

DuPont acquires Laird Performance Materials

Shell targeting 2022 for start up of Pennsylvania PE plant

Evonik adds new transparent polyamide for optics industry

Weekly Resin Report: Supply shortages and soaring prices

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/26/2021

PP prices take record leap

Recycler planning to collect and recycle automotive bumper facias

Resin market recovery could linger through first half of 2021

Kraiburg introduces new TPE grades with very low durometers

BASF introduces new carbon fiber reinforced PPA grades

Avient introduces new non-blooming TPE grades

Weekly Resin Report: Winter storms severely disrupt PE, PP production

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/19/2021

Texas winter storm shuts down resin production

Resin makers taking stock after Texas storm and power outage

Cold snap, tight supplies send commodity resin prices up in February

Polyplastics adds new high flow acetal grade

New Canadian PP resin plant might be for sale

This Week in History

March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop, made from Phillips Petroleum polyethylene, was patented

Weekly Resin Report: February could set record for largest PP price increase in single month

The Plastics Exchange Market Update 2/12/2021

Gulf coast weather event shuts down resin manufacturing

Celanese declares force-majeure on several products

Prices still rising for volume resins

Expect resin prices to continue to rise, but not quite as steeply

Sumika Polymer Compounds expands into Poland

Lanxess to acquire Emerald Kalama Chemicals

This Week in History

February 28, 1935: Wallace Carothers at DuPont invents Nylon 66