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Avient Corp. has been busy in 2021 commercializing new products that are sustainable while meeting customer needs.
Earlier this year, Avon Lake, Ohio-based Avient debuted Rejoin-brand post-consumer masterbatch colorants for polyolefin packaging. The colorants are made with post-consumer polyolefin as a carrier resin.
A Canadian maker of specialty polymers and ion-exchange membranes for hydrogen fuel cells is setting up a research center in Rochester, N.Y.
Regional prices for polyethylene resins and PET bottle resin finished flat for the month, but a PE increase attempt didn't go down without a fight.
Plasticraft Corp. is suing to block the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine and testing rule, saying it is within the discretion of the company and employees.
LG Electronics expects to dramatically increase use of recycled plastics during the next decade, with aggressive increases by both 2025 and 2030.
The U.S. Department of Defense is once again giving Teel Plastics LLC funds to boost domestic production of COVID-19 swabs.
Baraboo, Wis.-based Teel announced Nov. 18 that it was awarded a $4.65 million firm-fixed price contract to expand production capacity of extruded swab sticks.
China's factories, power plants and farms are under enormous pressure from the rising cost of raw materials, while the Chinese people's pockets have not been affected too much.
In the past few months, the wood industry has experienced an average growth of 10%. Iron and steel increased by 30% while plastic prices also increased rapidly by 30-50%.
It can be seen that the world price hike super cyclone is affecting Vietnam. Specifically, from the end of last year up to now, the price of iron and steel ha...
The post-holiday PE upturn in China and Southeast Asia has persisted for the third week in a row, supported by limited supplies, strong ethylene, and the fact that CFR China/SEA prices still lag behind other global markets.
Meanwhile, the recent decline in LLDPE futures has raised caution among players. May LLDPE futures on Chi...