Commodity Resins
Weatherable Polyolefin Capstocks for WPC Decking
Teknor Apex’s Weatherguard WG-9000 compounds shown to outperform standard capstocks without need for ionomer content.
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Expanded Line of Structural Thermoplastics With New Resin Formulations
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials has expanded its portfolio of KyronMax structural short carbon fiber thermoplastic compounds.
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Eastman to Build World-Scale Plastic-to-Plastic Molecular Recycling Facility
With this significant investment, Eastman will use its methanolysis process to convert more than 250 million lb/yr of polyester-based waste into high-performance copolyesters.
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GPD Companies to Acquire European Materials Distributor Distrupol
Acquisition by affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners to form group of leading global value-added materials distributors.
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Licensee of EconCore's Thermoplastic Honeycomb Technology Gets Two New Automotive Contracts
Mexico’s Fynotej secures two major contracts to supply automotive trunk load floors using Fynocore continuous honeycomb panel technology licensed from EconCore
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First-of-a-Kind Nanotechnology-Based PET Compound Enables Differentiated Foams
SABIC’s new Colorcomp WQ117945 is based on an advanced nanotechnology additive masterbatch that can be adapted to other resins.
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Volume Resin Prices Keep Rising
Constrained supplies, higher feedstock costs, and continued strong demand fuel ongoing price hikes.
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Dover Chemical Issues Price Hike on Organo-Phosphite Additives
Driven by increases in raw material and freight costs, Dover’s price increase includes TNPP used as a process aid in polyolefin packaging.
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20 Good Things to Come Out of 2020—Part 3
Processors and resin makers step up; biobased/renewable PP makes commercial strides; BOPE makes inroads as monolayer contender; and, performance PP for engineering applications & sustainability 'shines'.
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Polyolefin Supplier Repsol and IMSE Provider TactoTek to Develop Optimized PP for Smart Surfaces
Repsol and TectoTek seek to jointly develop new PP-based Injection Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE).
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