PT ZONE: Polyolefins
PP Prices Spike; Other Prices Up, TooPrices of commodity resins all moved up in the first quarter. More (+)
Commodity Resin Prices Move UpwardsAfter 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. More (+)
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SABIC Opens Specialty Compounding Plant
1/27/2012Plastics Technology
SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., recently opened a specialty polypropylene compounding operation at its Bay St.
SABIC Opens Specialty PP Compounding Plant1/4/2012Plastics Technology
WEB EXCLUSIVE: SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., recently opened a specialty polypropylene compounding operation at its Bay St.
Some Resin Prices Bottom Out, Others Are Still Falling12/27/2011Plastics Technology
With the start of the new year, commodity resin prices, except for PVC, appear to have bottomed out.
FKuR and Braskem Sign 'Green' PE Compounding Agreement11/22/2011Plastics Technology
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.
Commodity Resin Prices End Year with 'Soft Landing'11/22/2011Plastics Technology
Prices of PE, PP, PS, and PVC declined further last month.
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Polyolefins
A polyolefin is a polymer produced from a simple olefin. Common polyolefins include all types of polyethylene and polypropylene. Polyolefins are typical used in film structures or food and industrial packaging.
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Product Announcements
- MATERIALS: New Blow Molding Resins at SPE Conference
- Solvay Advanced Polymers 12/1/2011
- MATERIALS: New Polyolefin Elastomer for TPOs
- Dow Chemical Company, The 7/29/2011
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- Teknor Apex Company 6/3/2011
- MATERIALS: Irradiated LLDPE Processes Like LDPE
- E-BEAM Services, Inc. 6/3/2011
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- Asahi Kasei Plastics North America 5/31/2011