Consumer Products

Lower Prices for Five Volume Commodity Resins

Global demand slowdown and in some cases oversupply are ending the year with a buyers’ market. 

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Automotive

Texas A&M and U.K. Researchers Team up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

Teysha Technologies’ ‘Plug-and-Play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstock.

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Packaging

Danimer Scientific and UrthPact Have Partnered in the Manufacture of Fully Biodegradable Straws

UrthPact expands line of compostable single-use straws with marine degradable options using Danimer’s Nodax PHA.

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Construction

Texas A&M & Teysha Technologies Team Up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

The ‘plug-and-play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstocks.

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Commodity Resins

K 2019 Slideshow: New Resins, New Applications in Materials

Ascend, Borealis, Borouge, Braskem, Dow, ExxonMobil, Nova, SABIC, and Solvay came to Düsseldorf with new applications, including pouches, shrink film, cable ties, flip tops, all-plastic bikes, as well as new materials.

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Injection Molding Keeps Golf Greens Pristine

Tabletop low-pressure machine molds large, difficult mats to defend against divots.

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Automotive

Downward Pricing Pressure for Commodity Resins this Quarter

Slowed demand, sufficient supplies, lower global prices could serve to push down prices of most commodity resins.

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Additives: High-Performance Colorants for Engineering Plastics

Milliken’s new KeyPlast Resist portfolio of bright colorants developed for nylons and other high-heat plastics.

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PET

Prices for Nearly All Volume Resins Down

Flat pricing projected in fourth quarter for volume resins.

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polystyrene

Lower or Flat Prices Ahead

Slowed demand, sufficient supplies, and lower global prices could serve to push down U.S. prices of most commodity resins.

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Blending & Dosing