Commodity Resins
Resin Buying Strategies: Resin Prices Head South
Lower prices for all four major commodity thermoplastics were the trend from late April to mid-May, with good potential for further downward movement this month and beyond
Read MoreTags To Climb...Maybe Twice
Despite weak prices in all major-volume thermoplastics, producers of PE, PP, and PS, are hoping to move tabs up once or even twice more before the end of the year.
Read MoreResin Makers Battle Weak Prices
Despite widespread weakness in thermoplastic prices, resin producers are attempting new hikes in PE and engineering resins, including ABS.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Resin Prices Soften
Despite further increases in prices of commodity resins in March and April, all indicators point to lower pricing, except perhaps for PVC, according to purchasing consultants at Resin Technology, Inc. (RTi) in Fort Worth, Texas (resinpros.com). Improvements in the supply of ethylene and propylene monomers were a key factor in lower prices.
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Seven-Layer R&D Line Spurs Blown Film Innovation
Business might be slow in most blown film extrusion markets, but leading-edge processors are preparing for better times by tapping into a seven-layer line installed last year at Dow Chemical Co.’s Film Application Development Center (FADC) in Freeport, Tex.
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Resin Buying Strategies: Resin Prices May Have Peaked
Though prices of major commodity resins were still rising in March, there were indications that they may have peaked, according to purchasing consultants at Resin Technology, Inc. (RTi) in Fort Worth, Texas.
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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鈥檚 not every day that you get two new entrants into the U.S.
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