In China, two global producers announced April prices for HDPE and LLDPE c4 film with decreases ranging between US$90-130/ton, pointing to softer market sentiment, other overseas producers? lower offer levels and thin demand, as per Chemorbis. A Sout……
For the past couple of months, European PP imports have been a competitive force in the Turkish market, as producers siphoned off excess supplies to its neighbor because of an imbalance caused by poor demand since the start of the year, as per Chemor……
After the April propylene contract in Europe settled with an additional increase from the previous contract settlement, PP sellers have started to talk of price hikes of up to ?110/ton for April, as per Chemorbis. Monomer contracts were ?70/ton ($95/……
Dow Chemical has expanded its catalyst system offering with CONSISTATM D7000 Donor, designed specifically for high melt flow (HMF) applications. The first product in Dow’s new portfolio of advanced catalyst systems, it enables polypropylene manufact……
As the economic recovery increased demand and product prices, Taiwan?s Formosa Plastics Corp returned to a profit. Net income was NT$7.71 bln (US$243 mln) for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of NT$14.6 bln a year ago. Sales in Q4……
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has completed a 400 tpa plant for VGCFTM-X, a new grade of carbon nanotube with an optimized design for resin composite applications. After a trial run, a commercial production is to begin next month. This is the world’s larges……
A second group of Chinese officials arrived in Taiwan for groundwork for the second round of cross-Taiwan Strait talks on a proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA). They will join Tang Wei, head of the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong……
Leading industry consultants, AMI, has just published the eighth edition of its report on the Corporate performance and ownership among polyethylene film extruders in Europe. In the last edition, after 15 years at the top, British Polythene Industrie……
DuPont Performance Polymers has announced price increases for certain polymer products in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) effective April 15 or as contracts allow. These increases are necessary to maintain value and to support sustainable growt……
A new, unique coffee-aroma polymer has been developed by Axion Polymers by blending mixed WEEE and post-consumer retail waste plastics with spent coffee grounds. The plastic recycling specialist believes this is the first time that waste from coffee ……