Commodity Resins

polyolefins

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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polyolefins

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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Postindustrial

Sustainability Drives Innovation at Leading RPET Processors

Two Southern California processors have boldly gone where no one has ever gone before.

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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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nanocomposites

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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polyolefins

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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Your Business Pricing Update - October 2009

Moderating feedstock costs, slack domestic demand, and slumping exports are putting the brakes on price hikes for most commodity resins.

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Commodity Resins

Biobased and Copolyester Blends Debut at NPE

Lots of new thermoplastic blends made news at the recent NPE show in Chicago.

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