GUANGZHOU, CHINA — Officials of DSM Engineering Plastics talked about their Asian investments and detailed several diverse materials applications during a media briefing in Guangzhou on May 20 at Chinaplas.
Formosa Plastics Corp. USA has declared force majeure for polypropylene resin at its plant in Point Comfort, Texas — while already operating under similar conditions for high density polyethylene resin at the site.
WASHINGTON — A coalition of more than 85 trade associations has banded together in favor of the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA) the first-ever update for decades-old regulatory legislation. Meanwhile, environmental groups are circling the wagons to oppose it.
GUANGZHOU, CHINA – South Korean plastics additives maker Songwon Industrial Group is continuing its relentless expansion in key global regions with the creation of two new entities in the Middle East, and the planned opening by April 2014 in Abu Dhabi of its next plant to make one-pack systems.
AKRON, OHIO — Different price directions for North American polystyrene and PVC are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, we report another downstream move by materials maker RTP Co., as well as news that China's...
Japan’s Asahi Kasei Group and DuPont Co. plan to part ways in their 9-year-old joint venture making polyacetal copolymer resin in China, with the companies announcing June 10 that Asahi Kasei will buy DuPont’s 50 percent share of the venture.
GUANGZHOU, CHINA — The global head of DuPont Performance Polymers got her first taste of Chinaplas recently, and offered her thoughts on the fast-growing Asian market and on several other topics in a wide-ranging interview at her company's...
WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Developing a completely plant-based PET requires conquering the elusive, commercially viable bio-based purified terephthalic acid.
North American markets for solid polystyrene and suspension PVC resin in May reversed their directions from earlier in the year, with PS prices rising and PVC sliding.
Materials maker RTP Co. has entered the sheet market by opening a production facility in its hometown of Winona, Minn.
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