Materials
Falling Resin Tabs May Rebound
The downtrend in prices for commodity thermoplastics continued through last month due to lower feedstock prices and poor domestic and export demand.
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Commodity Prices Fall; More Dips Coming?
Falling prices for the four main commodity thermoplastics was the trend by mid-July.
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Commodity & Engineering Resin Prices Heading Lower
Entering the third quarter, prices of the four commodity thermoplastics are expected to be flat or lower. The outlook is similar for “commodity” engineering resins—ABS, PC, and nylon 6 and 66. Reasons include lower feedstock costs, slowed demand, improved supply, and low exports.
Read MoreBASF & Ineos to Combine Styrenics Businesses
WEB EXCLUSIVE: BASF SE in Germany and Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd. in the U.K. are proceeding toward combining their styrenics 大象传媒es and production facilities into a joint venture later this year.
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New in the U.S. & Growing Fast
One wouldn’t expect a Colombian packaging giant to come to Virginia for a cup of coffee, but that’s sort of what happened.
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Prices May Have Peaked--For Now
Prices of commodity resins were on the way up last month, driven by higher feedstock costs and restricted supplies of feedstocks and resins.
Read MoreGiant New PET Plant Coming
M&G Group of Italy (U.S. office in Houston), which claims to be the largest producer of PET packaging resins in the Americas, announced last month that it will build a 2.2-billion-lb/yr PET plant on the U.S.
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New PVC Resins Are 'Better Problem Solvers' for Plastisols
It’s relatively rare that a new PVC resin grabs the headlines, but here’s one that could be big news for plastisol formulators and processors.
Read MoreStyron to Become Trinseo
Styron LLC, Berwin, Pa., the company formed last June from the former Styron Div. of Dow Chemical Co., has decided to change its name.
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