North American PE and PP resin prices both slide in May
North American PP resin prices slipped for the second straight month in May, while prices for PE resin also decreased after a flat month.
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Processors seek to shore up depleted inventories
Spot resin trading continued to hum along at a healthy pace the week of April 10, reports the PlasticsExchange in its Market Update.
Producing biodegradable plastic just got cheaper and greener
Researchers from the KU Leuven Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis now present a way to make the PLA production process more simple and waste-free.
DSM announces polyamide 6 price increase
DSM will increase the price for its Akulon and Novamid polyamide 6 polymers and compounds in Europe by 150 euro/ton.
Prices of Evonik's plastics to rise
The Business Line Interface & Performance of Evonik is increasing the prices of its products up to 10%.
Evonik increases prices for PMMA products
Effective October 1 Evonik will increase prices for Plexiglas and Deglas by 6 percent.
BASF increases prices for butanediol and derivatives
The price adjustments is caused mainly by the increase of raw material cost.
Lanxess increases prices for NBR
Specialty chemicals group increased prices for nitrile-butadiene rubber by 100 euro per tone.
Styron Europe increases PS prices
The September prices for polystyrene, copolymer and expandable polystyrene will rise by 90-110 euro.
Styron announced price increases for PS, ABS and SAN
The price increases are in response to the rising costs of manufacturing of polystyrene and copolymers grades in Europe.
PE prices rise in Europe
Dow Europe announced a price increase for polyethylene by 100 euros per metric ton.
Evonik announces price increase
Prices for products from the Acrylic Monomers as well as PLEXIGLAS and PLEXIMID Molding Compounds will rise.
