RESIN

Polyethylene resin prices had an unexpected boost in January. PET bottle resin prices also rose a few cents last month even with bottling season still coming up. Frank Esposito stops by Material Insights to dive into more information behind these somewhat surprising changes.

North American resin distributors have more material for their customers than they did a year ago, but challenges remain even as sales volume continues to grow.

Shale Crescent USA says domestic resin production can drive reshoring of manufacturing.

Resin distributor Frontier Logistics is paying $1 million to end a federal lawsuit over pellet pollution in the harbor in Charleston, S.C.

Young plastics pros shared their insights at the 2020 Executive Forum.

Materials firm Geon Performance Solutions is setting off on a new path with a very familiar name.

The Houston-based materials and finished products maker saw its 2019 sales fall 6 percent to just a little more than $8.1 billion, as profit for the year tumbled almost 58 percent to $421 million.

Add Eastman Chemical Co. and Celanese Corp. to the list of specialty chemicals and plastics firms that weren't happy with their 2019 financial results.