News Digest 12/18/2017
News Digest 12/11/2017
News Digest 12/4/2017
SABIC develops ultra-high melt strength polypropylene
Solvay develops carbon fiber filled PEEK for medical applications
Weekly Resin Report: The market remains bearish as processors await lower prices
Clariant shareholders demand that the company reassess its strategy after failure of merger
Prices on the rise for PP, Nylon and recycled pet
Deltech introduces new grades of polystyrene
LyondellBasell invests in Dutch recycler
With the exception of PP, commodity resins prices flat to down
News Digest 11/27/2017
Lanxess to open new compounding facility in China
Weekly Resin Report: Processors limit purchases and work down inventories as prices remain elevated
Most commodity resin prices rise in October
Braskem-Idesa joint venture PE plant in Mexico ramps up to over 80% capacity
Chase now distributing materials from 3 sites in mexico
Chevron restarting major PE unit production in Houston
Dow restarts major PP and PE units in Houston
Lanxess raising prices for nylon and PBT
Ampacet invests in new capacity in Europe
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News Digest 11/20/2017
Ineos Styrolution partners with Pyrowave in polystyrene recycling project
Italian firm opens carpet recycling facility in Arizona
PolyPlastics offers low VOC grades of acetal for automotive interior applications
Weekly Resin Report: PE supplies improve as storm related premiums erode
Teknor Apex introduces new roto-molding grades
M Holland acquires T&T Marketing
Lanxess eyes record year with 35% increase in earnings
Where is Zytel now? Back in Wilmington
News Digest 11/13/2017
Weekly Resin Report: Prices continue to slide as business returns to normal
Ascend to increase nylon 66 production
M. Holland committed to growth in Latin America
Asahi Kasei to open compounding plant in Mexico in 2020
Techmer PM to open compounding plant in Mexico
Firm to upward pricing still dominates commodity resins, but…
DowDuPont boosts production of Zytel HTN compounds in Belgium
Chevron Phillips celebrates startup of US Gulf Coast PE plant
ELIX Polymers partners with T&P Plastic for ABS distribution in the Balkans
Braskem’s US PP operating rate slides to 92% in third quarter
Glass Transition Temperature and You
Glass transition temperature is an often discussed but poorly understood property of plastic materials. I want to clear up some of the mystery of glass transition temperature and help you understand how it can be used in picking the right material for an application.
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News Digest 11/6/2017
Foster Corp introduces new line of SMMA for medical applications
Weekly Resin Report: Commodity-grade PE resins experience price erosion
M&G puts unfinished PET plant in Corpus Christi Texas on the market
Braskem denies rumor that LyondellBasell has made offer to purchase it
Trinseo reports third quarter results
A Schulman reports fiscal fourth quarter results
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