Weekly News Digest: September 7, 2024

Resin Price Report: Price relied on the way

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 7, 2024

Port workers agree to end strike

Patient receives world’s first all plastic ankle implant

ExxonMobil is reshaping its polymers business

Trinseo to stop producing PC at Stade, Germany plant

European POM prices hold steady amid economic headwinds and weak demand

Asian ABS market struggles amid demand-supply imbalance

Ethylene prices flat in Asia

Covestro signs investment agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to purchase all outstanding shares

Mitsui Chemicals to showcase UHMW-PE grades as alternative to PTFE

BASF launches new ether-based TPU grades

The Weekly News Digest: September 30, 2024

Resin Price Report: Resin market abides as storm and port strikes loom

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 9/20/2024

Avient announces plans to expand medical TPE production capacity in China

US and Asian PC prices stable despite oversupply

Global PET prices decline amid weak demand

HDPE market faces downward pressure amid bleak demand and regional disruptions

PP prices down in Europe

SABIC to showcase materials for train interior applications at InnoTrans 2024

Prices flat to down for all volume resins

Weekly News Digest: September 23, 2024

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 13, 2024

Uptick in US PP market amid stable inventories and reduced hurricane impact

Covestro to construct new TPU application development center in China

LLDPE prices lower in Europe

Chasing down marine plastic pollution with The Ocean Cleanup

This Week in History

September 29, 1910: Donald Fletcher Holmes was born. He co-patented the process to manufacture TPU while working at DuPont.

Weekly News Digest: September 16, 2024

Resin Price Report: Polypropylene prices ease as new month gets underway

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: September 6, 2024

Italian polymer additives supplier sets up shop in Florida

The Asian PVC market continues downward trend

Naphtha prices surge in US amid increasing crude oil prices

LLDPE prices plunge in Europe

Polyplastics launches LCP grade based on biomass derived materials

This Week in History

September 18, 1789: Johann Eduard Simon who accidentally discovered polystyrene was born.

Weekly News Digest: September 9, 2024

Resin Price Report: Whatever happened to the predicted record-breaking hurricane season?

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 30, 2024

Asian PC market enters September on a bearish note

LDPE prices slip in US and Asia

LDPE prices up in Europe

Lummus’ ethylene technology to be incorporated in Kazakhstan’s first PE plant

This Week in History

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.

Weekly News Digest: September 2, 2024

Happy Labor Day

Resin Price Report: Spot resin trading bounces back as railroad strike is averted

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: 8/23/2024

Lego willing to pay up to 70% more for certified renewable resin

Huntsman launches new line of TPUs for footwear applications

ABS market faces weak demand and price stability challenges

US carbon black prices rise in August

LDPE prices climb in Europe

Dreyplas develops new “high-sliding” material to replace PTFE

Weekly News Digest: August 26, 2024

Resin Price Report: Tight inventories push prices higher

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 16, 2024

Kraiburg develops new line of thermally conductive TPEs

LLDPE prices up in Europe

Study suggests that common plastic chemicals can be linked to increased health risks

LyondellBasell to fully acquire German recycling technology company APK AG

Huntsman to launch high performance TPUs for footwear

Kraiburg introduces TPEs for safer and more comfortable helmets

SABIC and Lubrizol develop soft and rigid compatible solutions for a variety of applications

Prices of PE, PP, PVC up; PS, PET flat

Borealis and Infinium plan to produce plastics from captured emissions

NASA uses polyimide to study insulation of electric engines in aerospace

This Week in History

August 30, 1956: Material distributor, M. Holland Company was founded.

August 31, 2000: PolyOne was formed from the consolidation of M.A. Hanna Company and The Geon Company.

Weekly News Digest: August 19, 2024

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: August 9, 2024

Nissan working on new cool paint which lowers cabin temps

Company develops new PET tethered bottle cap

Metallica purchases vinyl record manufacturing plant

LLDPE prices up in Europe

Aaron Industries adds optical sorting to its operation

Trelleborg to acquire Magee Plastics

Nagase & Co. to distribute TotalEnergies PLA in Japan

ALPLA launches PET bottles with premium glass-like appearance

SABIC to build new compounding plant in China’s Fujian Province

LyondellBasell’s new foaming PP used in interior for new Renault

LG Chemical launches PFAS-free FR PC/ABS

This Week in History

August 22, 2023: Ravago purchases majority stake in distributor M. Holland.

Weekly News Digest: August 5, 2024

The Plastics Exchange Market Update: July 26, 2024

Formosa to expand PVC production in Louisiana

HDPE prices up in Europe

Trelleborg Medical Solutions expands its testing capabilities

LyondellBasell launches polyamide-based product line for automotive interiors

TSRC Corp launches SEBS grade with up to 70% vinyl content

Celanese launches foaming polymer for athletic footwear applications

New joint venture, Emirates Biotech formed to make PLA

POGS chooses Novodur ECO ABS for children’s headphones

This Week in History

August 7, 1919: J. Pual Hogan, the inventor of polypropylene at Phillips Petroleum was born.