polyolefins
April 2025: Mixed Bag for Prices of Volume Resins
The end of the first quarter marked higher prices for polyolefins and relatively flat pricing for nearly all other resins.
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Polyfuze Polymer Fusion Labeling for Extruded Products
Polymer Fusion technology enables permanent labeling of polyolefins.
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Prices of Volume Resins Drop by Year-End
Entering 2025, prices of major commodity and volume resins are generally in a ‘buyer’s market.’
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ExxonMobil Develops High-Performance, 95% PE Recyclable Thermoformed Packaging
The packaging solution involved a collaboration with equipment suppliers Hosokawa Alpine and Multivac Group.
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Prices Drop for All Five Commodity Resins
While PE price reductions were not as apparent, they too were following the year-end price trajectory of PP, PS, PVC and PET.
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Braskem Selected to Negotiate Federal Funding Award to Expand UHMWPE
By driving innovation for Braskem’s ‘Utec’ UHMWPE, the project would strengthen the lithium-ion battery value chain in the U.S.
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ExxonMobil Launches New Materials Portfolio Brand
The Signature Polymers brand, which includes all polyolefins, is focused on delivering best-in-class service and partnership.
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Prices Flat-to-Down for All Volume Resins
This month’s resin pricing report includes PT’s quarterly check-in on select engineering resins, including nylon 6 and 66.
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Industrial Research Project to Advance Mechanical Recycling of Flexible Polyethylene
The RWTH Aachen University’s Plastics Institute will coordinate an industrial project titled Loopcycling.
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Glass Fiber-Reinforced PP With PCR For Automotive
Borcycle GD3600SY will appear in Peugeot vehicles.
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