Rohm modifies PMMA prices in response to tariffs
Polyamide markets navigate uncertainty due to tariff threats
Weekly News Digest: April 7, 2025
Resin Price Report: Tariff anxiety trumps attractive discounts to stall sales in resin market
Study shows that flexible medical PVC can be safely recycled up to six times
Light up car emblems are creating new applications for acrylic
US hexene prices come under pressure amidst PE market volatility
Lanxess finalizes sales of urethane systems business to UBE
North American styrene market stable despite shutdowns at LB and Americas Styrenics
BASF unveils new PESU grade for electronics applications
LB partners with Nexeo to expand distribution in Europe
Weekly News Digest: March 31, 2025
US proplylene price declines in March despite downstream polypropylene price surge
Styrene market in Netherlands gest affected by LB and Covestro plant closure
Canada defines PFAS as toxic under CEPA in its latest report
RadiciGroup opens new facility in Brazil
April 2025: Mixed bag for prices of volume resins
This Week in History
April 6, 1865: BASF (Badishe Anilin Und Soda Fabrik) founded in Germany
Weekly News Digest: March 24, 2025
LDPE prices decline in US, rise in Europe
China’s polyamide slump contrasts with US market stability
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 ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Northwich England.
Weekly News Digest: March 17, 2025
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Global TPE market slows amid weak automotive demand
BPA prices rise after LG Chem’s force majeure
PP prices trend lower in Europe
LEGO introduces tires made from recycled fishing nets and motor oil
Kraiburg introduces new TPE with exceptional light transmissibility
SK develops new copolymer for breathable membranes
This Week in History
March 22, 1949: A patent was issued on PET fiber to John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson.
March 23, 1881: Hermann Stoudinger, who first characterized macromolecules as polymers was born. He would win the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1953.
Weekly News Digest: March 10, 2025
Adnoc-OMV-Nova Chemicals merger will create 4th largest polyolefin producer in the world
LLDPE market remains stable in Asia and US amid inventory pressure and weak demand
Global HDPE market is stable despite market challenges
PBT market stable in US and Europe but volatile in China
LLDPE prices drift lower in Europe
Kraiburg TPE partners with Vinmar Group to distribute its products in North America
LyondellBasell launches PP grade for rigid packaging
This Week in History
March 14, 1876: Otto Rohm was born in Ohringen Germany. He was a chemist who was instrumental in the development of acrylic. He would later form Rohm & Haas and register the trade name Plexiglass.
Weekly News Digest: March 3, 2025
Black plastic phobia: The zombie lie that just won’t die
Chevron eyes Phillips 66’s CP Chem stake amid activist pressure, strategic shift
BP announces renewed focus on traditional oil and gas
US acrylonitrile market outlook: Rising prices and tight supplies
Europe’s PLA market sees mid-February spike, to gain stability by month end
Lone Star Funds to acquire Radici Group’s high performance polymers business
Covestro introduces anti-counterfeiting polymer substrate for currency printing
Lubrizol launches TPU production line at its Shanghai site
Sumitomo Chemical expands LCP business by acquiring Syensqo’s assets
March 2025 resin pricing: Commodity resin prices firm up
This Week in History
March 5, 1963: The Hula Hoop, made from Phillips Petroleum polyethylene, was patented.
Weekly News Digest: February 24, 2025
Resin Price Report: Domestic and export sales remain robust, despite rising prices
Pritzker Private Capital to acquire majority stake in Americhem
HDPE prices up in US, steady in Europe
This Week in History
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
February 27, 1856: German chemist Alfred Einhorn was born. He is thought to have created polycarbonate in a laboratory in 1898. He also invented Novocain.
February 28, 1935: Wallace Carothers at DuPont invents nylon 66.
Weekly News Digest: February 17, 2025
Resin Price Report: Up, Up and Away
Polyplastics launches PP/cellulose fiber composite
SABIC launches new Noryl grade aimed at paintable EV service flaps
This Week in History
February 17, 2022: DuPont announces that it will sell the majority of its materials business including Zytel nylon to Celanese.
February 20, 1987: US regulators approve acquisition of Celanese Corporation of America by West German company Hoechst AG.
Weekly News Digest: February 10, 2025
Techmer PM acquires Colors for Plastics
HDPE prices stable despite force majeures in multiple regions
POM prices stable yet soft in January
Polymer showdown: PC/ABS vs PC/PBT
This Week in History
February 11, 1942: DuPont ceases manufacturing nylon stockings and transitions to parachute production for WWII.
February 16, 1901: John Rex Whinfield, who patented PET fiber in 1949 was born.
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