Lilli Manolis Sherman

Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

Additives

Additive Masterbatch for Permanent Etching on Black and Dark Plastics Products

Ampacet’s new ColorMark reveals color in dark plastic surfaces exposed to laser light  

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resin pricing

Prices Flat for PE, PVC, Up for PP and PS, Down for PET

A mixed bag, though prices likely to be down if not flat for all this month.

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Borealis, TotalEnergies Start Up Baystar PE Joint Venture

New unit brings Borealis’ proprietary Borstar PE technology to North America and completed the partners’ integrated petrochemicals venture

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polystyrene

Prices Up for PE, PP, PS, Flat for PVC, PET

Trajectory is generally flat-to-down for all commodity resins.

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Additives

Matting Agent Designed for Engineering Resin Automotive and Other Types of Components

CAI Performance Additives’ ST-B50T is effective in ABS, PC/ABS, PC/ASA and PC/PBT.  

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polyolefins

‘Breakthough’ Nucleating Agent for Range of PP Applications

CAI  Performance Additives’ new ST-NAP32 nucleator boosts PP performance for improved lithium battery separators, injection-molded products and PP-R pipe.  

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Prices Bottom Out for Volume Resins?

Flat-to-down trajectory underway for fourth quarter for commodity resins.  

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Additives

Biobased Mold Release for PP Automotive Formulations

      Palsgaard’s Einar 201 was developed to help automotive compounders enhance the sustainability of PP formulations for class ‘A’ mold release.    

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resin pricing

Prices of PE, PP, PS, PVC Drop

Generally, a bottoming-out appears to be the projected pricing trajectory.

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polyolefins

Flexible-Film Processor Optimizes All-PE Food Packaging

Tobe Packaging’s breakthrough was to create its Ecolefin PE multilayer film that could be applied with a specialized barrier coating.

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BASF Opens Biodegradation and Microplastics Center of Excellence

Located at BASF’s site in Wyandotte, Mich., the center will support customers seeking a broad range of biodegradable circular economy solutions.

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polystyrene

PS Prices Plunge, Others Appear to Be Bottoming Out

PS prices to see significant drop, with some potential for a modest downward path for others. 

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