Materials-related news from the recent Plastimagen trade show in Mexico City is featured in this week's Plastics News Material Insights video. At the event, an official from the Braskem-Idesa joint venture laid out the firm's plans to build a massive polyethylene/ethylene plant in Coatzacoalcos. This week's video also takes a look at growth efforts from materials firms Resirene, Resinas Colores y Compuestos and A. Schulman. Both firms are adding compounding capacity at their Mexican sites, with Schulman transferring a pair of pulverizing lines as well. News of PolyOne's $486 million acquisition of liquid color leader Color Matrix wraps up the episode.
N. American PET bottle resin prices fall 7 cents
May 20, 2013 12:18 pm ET
