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Commodity Resins

Commodity & Engineering Resin Prices Climb Higher

Prices of major commodity thermoplastics continued to move upward through end of first quarter.

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PP Prices Spike; Other Prices Up, Too

Prices of commodity resins all moved up in the first quarter.

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Commodity Resins

Commodity Resin Prices Move Upwards

After falling almost continuously through the second half of 2011, prices of PE, PS, and PVC were all on the way up last month, with PE prices already rebounding by the end of December.

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Commodity Resins

SABIC Opens Specialty Compounding Plant

SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., recently opened a specialty polypropylene compounding operation at its Bay St.

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SABIC Opens Specialty PP Compounding Plant

WEB EXCLUSIVE: SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., recently opened a specialty polypropylene compounding operation at its Bay St.

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Some Resin Prices Bottom Out, Others Are Still Falling

With the start of the new year, commodity resin prices, except for PVC, appear to have bottomed out.

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Commodity Resins

FKuR and Braskem Sign 'Green' PE Compounding Agreement

Braskem, a major Brazilian producer of polymers and chemicals, has signed an agreement with German bioplastics compounder FKuR Kunststoff GmbH that will enable production of customized grades of Braskem’s BioPE.

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Commodity Resin Prices End Year with 'Soft Landing'

Prices of PE, PP, PS, and PVC declined further last month.

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Prices of Commodity Resins Are Lower and Headed Down

Prices of PE, PP, PS, and PVC were on the way down last month after remaining flat or slipping slightly in September.

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