Materials
Per-share stock prices at several materials firms have fared better than the overall stock market so far in 2022.
Democrats in Congress are reintroducing legislation seeking tough new rules on resin pellet discharge. A similar plan last year passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate.
Details on more North American resin price increases, Senior Reporter Frank Esposito explains how the Ukraine war is impacting global feedstock prices, and FRX Polymers is going public through an SPAC deal.
Flame retardants maker FRX Polymers Inc. is going public through a reverse takeover of a special purpose acquisition company.
Israeli materials firm Tosaf Inc. has spent $2 million on a new silo system and two new extrusion lines in Bessemer City, N.C.
North American prices for PET bottle resin, polycarbonate and nylon were all up in April, while polyethylene prices were flat.
The new project in Texas is getting the green light after TotalEnergies agrees to buy about a third of its output to then make recycled polymers
Colorado is now the third U.S. state to pass legislation setting up extended producer responsibility for packaging. One analysis says plastics could face higher fees than other materials because of recycling challenges.
Single-use packaging and plastics took center stage at the GreenBiz Circularity conference this week; a deep dive into resin pricing; and a pushback on plastics and climate.
A little more than half of Phillips 66 Co.'s shareholders want the company to look more deeply at the risks faced by the company's planned investments in virgin plastic production.