Commodity Resins

resin pricing

Prices of All Five Commodity Plastics On the Way Up

Despite earlier anticipated rollover in prices for most of the volume commodity resins, prices were generally on the way up for all going into the third month of first quarter.  

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Commodity Resins

INEOS Styrolution Announces New Authorized Distribution Network

The company’s strategic shift in its distribution network for the U.S. and Canada goes into effect April 1, 2024.

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Automotive Awards Highlight ‘Firsts,’ Emerging Technologies

Annual SPE event recognizes sustainability as a major theme.

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polyolefins

Total Energies Converts Feedstocks From Plastic Waste Into New Polymer at LaPorte Plant

Pyrolysis product from New Hope Energy was used to create monomer at BASF-Total Energies facility in Port Arthur, then polymerized to PP at Laporte

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Additives

Avient Adds Phoenix Location to its ColorWorks Design & Technology Centers

The addition of ColorWorks Phoenix as the fifth such site will allow better collaborations with customers in the western part of the U.S.

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Commodity Resins

Prices of the Five Commodity Resins Largely Flat

While price initiatives for PE and PVC were underway, resin prices had rollover potential for first two months of 2024, perhaps with the exception of PET.

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sustainability

At NPE2024, Follow These Megatrends in Materials and Additives

Offerings range from recycled, biobased, biodegradable  and monomaterial structures that enhance recyclability to additives that are more efficient, sustainable and safer to use.  

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Automotive

SPE 2023 Automotive Awards Highlight ‘Firsts’ and Emerging Technologies

Nods given to several ‘firsts’ as well as rapidly emerging technologies with sustainability nearly always a major theme.

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Commodity Resins

Expanded Sustainable Portfolio of PVC Resins

INEOS Inovyn’s two new products are Neovyn, with a 37% lower carbon footprint and Recovyn, made from 100% recycled carbon feedstock.

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Commodity Resins

Prices for All Volume Resins Head Down at End of 2023

Flat-to-downward trajectory for at least this month.

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