Commodity Resins
Mixed Bag for Prices of Volume Resins
Prices are up for PP, PET and nylon 66; flat-to-down for most others.
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Braskem Celebrates 30th Birthday of Spheripol PP Process
Potential acquisition by LBI would bring the technology back to its original home.
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Disruptive Technologies to Have Significant Impact on Chemical Industry
IHS Markit sees crude oil-to-chemicals and oxidative coupling of methane to olefins as key disruptions to conventional petrochemical production.
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Major PE JV 'Bay-Pol' Breaks Ground
Ethane cracker construction to be followed by large Borstar PE unit in this 50-50 JV of Total and Borealis and Nova Chemicals.
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LyondellBasell in Early Discussions on Braskem Acquisition
Braskem confirms potential acquisition is under consideration in joint statement.
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Topas COC Resins Part of Polyplastics USA
Engineering thermoplastic resins supplier Polyplastics USA, Farmingdale, Mich., has acquired its affiliate Topas Advanced Polymers Inc. (TAP USA; U.S. office previously in Florence, Ky.), adding Topas’s cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) resins to its existing portfolio of acetal, PBT, and PPS engineering polymers.
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IHS Markit Sees Sustainability as Key to Global Plastics’ Future
As global plastics demand expands rapidly, industry transitions from a linear (take-make-dispose) economy to a circular economy (recover-innovate-reuse).
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SABIC & ExxonMobIl Form New PE Venture
A major olefins project, first announced in 2016 and pending completion of the environmental permitting process, has been firmed up by Houston-based SABIC and ExxonMobil Chemical through the formation of a new joint venture.
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Shell Chemicals Launches Shell Polymers PE
Shell Polymers aims to change the way day-to-day ´óÏó´«Ã½ in polyethylene is conducted.
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