Press Releases

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals announced that it will increase the price of Selvol® Polyvinyl Alcohol, Selvol Ultiloc®, Selvol Ultalux® and Selvol Premiol® up to the amounts shown in the table below. Sekisui Specialty Chemicals remains committed to meeting customers' needs with high quality products.  The increase will take effect April

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces further investments to strengthen its commitment to being the world’s foremost emulsion polymers and vinyl acetate producer through facility expansions, new unit builds and key debottlenecking projects in Europe and Asia. Today’s announced expansion plans, highlighted below, point to a growing and robust vinyls portfolio for the company’s Acetyl Chain and derivatives. Nanjing,

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces its intent to initiate a three-year plan to expand engineered materials compounding capacities at the company’s Asia facilities, including the locations of Nanjing, China; Suzhou, China; and Silvassa, India. To support the significant business growth expected, Celanese has begun planning for the following Asia expansion investments: Nanjing, China Compounding and

After eight years of extensive research, Nextek Ltd has launched a global multi-participant project (NEXTLOOPP) to address a missing link in the plastics recycling chain - polypropylene (PP). PP makes up about 20 percent of the world's plastic. 1 It is mainly used in jars, cups, trays and films for food packaging, and is also common in non-food household and personal care products, making recycling of the 700,000 tonnes / year difficult in the UK alone. 2 Currently, PP

Dutchland Plastics, LLC ("Dutchland" or the "Company"), a leading contract manufacturer of custom rotationally molded ("rotomolded") plastics products, announced the Company's new corporate social responsibility ("CSR") initiatives. These CSR initiatives will focus heavily on the issues directly impacting Dutchland's local community members in Wisconsin and Upstate New York, and will include: Corporate charitable donations to n

The "Recycled Plastics Market by End-user, Type, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2020-2024" report has been added to Technavio's offering. Technavio forecast the global recycled plastics market is expected to grow by USD 14.74 billion by 2024. Healthy growth is expected to continue throughout the forecast period, and the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7%. The recycled plastics market is driven by the increasing demand for recycled plastics from

Eastman Chemical Company announced it is making an investment to upgrade and expand its extrusion capabilities for production of interlayers product lines at its Springfield, Massachusetts, manufacturing facility. The investment will strengthen Eastman’s supply capability to respond to regional and global demand for Saflex® polyvinyl butyral (PVB) products in the automotive and architectural markets and enhance facility capabilities to enable production of specialty architecture and

Myers Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of polymer products and distributor for the tire, wheel, and under-vehicle service industry, today announced additional price increases ranging between 9% and 12% effective April 1, 2021. The increases will be implemented across most of the Company’s portfolio of products in the Material Handling Segment, including those sold by Akro-Mils, Ameri-Kart, Buckhorn, Elkhart Plastics, Jamco Products, and Scepter. The price increases are in response to co

The "Construction Plastics - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global Construction Plastics Market to Reach $115.9 Billion by 2027 Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Construction Plastics estimated at US$ 78.5 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$ 115.9 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.7% over the analysis period 2020-2027.

The "Asia-Pacific Textile Chemicals Market 2020-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Asia-Pacific textile chemicals market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% during the forecast period. The Asia-Pacific textiles and apparel market has accelerated over the historic period, with strong rates achieved in the last three years (2017, 2018, 2019), which consequently benefited the textile chemicals industry in the region. Howev

Following significant interest from Multinationals across all Innovia Films chosen market sectors; Tobacco, Packaging and Labels, and their increasing commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and play their part in a circular economy, Innovia has expanded its ISCC PLUS certification to their plants based in Australia, Belgium, and the UK.  This allows Innovia to produce their range of Encore sustainable films globally, supplying both certified renewable materials, (ISCC PLUS Bio-Cir

PolyFlex Products, a leading design, engineering and manufacturer of custom polymer solutions, will now deliver its innovative approach to product development, unmatched speed-to-market technologies, and high-precision components it has been providing to the demanding automotive industry, to the military and its prime contractors. PolyFlex Products, long recognized in the automotive industry for its in-house engineering, design and material handling expertise for some of the most co