Commodity Resins

Commodity Resins

ExxonMobil Expands Production at Baytown, Texas

Enhancement will boost production of Vistamaxx and Exact-branded polymer modifiers, as well as launch Elevexx-branded linear alpha olefins.  

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Prices Bottom Out for Volume Resins?

Flat-to-down trajectory underway for fourth quarter for commodity resins.  

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sustainability

Commodity, Engineering Compounds Include Recycled Content

M. Holland Company announced its Mfinity brand of commodity and engineering resins with recycled content up to 100%.

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Commodity Resins

Prices of PE, PP, PS, PVC Drop

Generally, a bottoming-out appears to be the projected pricing trajectory.

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polyolefins

Exxon Adds Production of HDPE Molding Grades to Texas

HDPEs for pales and crates to be produced in Beaumont as well as Canada.  

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Biopolymers

Joint Venture in Thailand Will Produce Polyethylene From Ethanol

Bio-based PE project announced by Braskem and SGCG.

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sustainability

Neste Announces Agreement to Produce Bottles Using Renewable & Recycled Material

Neste’s RE, incorporating recycled and renewable material, will be used in making PET bottles.

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polyolefins

New HDPE Grade for Mono-Material Machine Direction Oriented Films

Exxon introduced HD7165L for MDO film applications designed for recyclability.

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Dairy Product Company to Release All-PE Film Pouch in China

Dow announced that Mengniu is developing a recyclable yogurt pouch using its INNATE TF-BOPE resin.

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resin pricing

PS Prices Plunge, Others Appear to Be Bottoming Out

PS prices to see significant drop, with some potential for a modest downward path for others. 

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Plastics Size Reduction