polyolefins
North America's Best-Kept Secret in Compounding
They’re hardly a startup, having opened their doors 27 years ago this month.
Read MoreDow Divests Most of Its Plastics
Last month, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., agreed to sell its Styron Div. to Bain Capital Partners, a Boston-based private-equity firm.
Read MoreTwo New Names in U.S. Polypropylene
It’s not every day that you get two new entrants into the U.S.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Higher Prices Prevail, for Now
Prices of major commodity resins were on the way up last month, with looming potential for further increases this month, according to purchasing consultants at Resin Technology, Inc. (RTI) in Fort Worth, Texas.
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New Ethylene Copolymers for Films & Coatings
In the last two years, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, Del. (plastics.dupont.com) has been actively expanding its portfolio of ethylene copolymers and taking them into new application areas.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Rising Prices in This Quarter
Prices of all four commodity resins were moving up last month and in some cases into this month.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Higher Prices Going into 2010
Prices of commodity resins are generally on an upswing as we enter the new year.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Still a Buyer's Market
Resin prices were soft this autumn, and despite some announced hikes for commodity resins, purchasing consultants at Resin Technology, Inc., (RTI) in Fort Worth, Texas, advise that processors continue to look for bargains.
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Solve PP Molding Problems with Nucleating Agents
Over the past several years, significant innovations have occurred in the area of polypropylene nucleation.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Softer Prices Ahead
This month, we are launching a new format for our monthly column on resin pricing, which now focuses on “benchmark” grades of the four main “commodity” resins—PE, PP, PS, and PVC.
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