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N. American PET bottle resin prices fall 7 cents


May 20, 2013 12:18 pm ET

AKRON, OHIO — A recent drop in North American PET bottle resin prices is featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, we report on polyethylene supply issues impacting two material firms, as well as news that sustainable...

First PolyChem moves PVC, other resins into Mideast, N. Africa


May 6, 2013 1:07 pm ET

HOUSTON — Materials supplier First PolyChem LLC is helping meet the growing resin needs of North Africa and the Middle East through its relationships with resin makers around the world.

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LyondellBasell looks to add 1.2B pounds of new PE capacity


April 29, 2013 1:32 pm ET

AKRON, OHIO — Still more potential new polyethylene capacity for North America is featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, we report on PlastiComp LLC's addition of a new compounding line, as well as news that Toray...

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PVC prices up, as PP loses February increase


April 1, 2013 3:00 pm ET

AKRON, OHIO — Opposite moves in North American PVC and PP resin pricing are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, news from the IHS World Petrochemical Conference in Houston, including about the shale gas boom that...

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Mexichem buying PolyOne PVC resin assets


March 25, 2013 2:32 pm ET

AKRON, OHIO — An asset sale and a capacity expansion from PolyOne Corp. are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also featured this week is Dow Chemical's decision to add polyethylene resin capacity in the Gulf Coast, and two more...

Brazil's Vitopel making paper from recycled thin film


March 19, 2013 11:15 am ET

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Vitopel SA, Latin America's largest plastics films producer and top annual consumer of polypropylene, has been working with local manufacturers and recyclers, including Braskem SA, to produce a paper made from 75 percent recycled plastic.

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Mexico firm develops technology for PC, PE greenhouses


March 19, 2013 12:05 pm ET

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's foremost independent designer and manufacturer of plastics extrusion and blow molding machinery has developed the technology for building polycarbonate and recycled polyethylene greenhouses that he believes should...

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PE, PVC resin prices rise; PS falls


March 18, 2013 1:46 pm ET

AKRON, OHIO — North American pricing moves on PVC, polystyrene and some grades of polyethylene are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week are major news announcements from Dow Chemical.

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Mexico packing more plastics potential


March 8, 2013 3:30 pm ET

MEXICO CITY — In office for three months, Mexico's fledgling government has unlatched more business opportunities for the country's plastics processors than any previous administration in the past few decades, according to one plastics...

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