PVC-EDC Spread Hits Yearly High... Domestic Petrochemical Firms Anticipate Profitability Improvement

The price gap between polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and its raw material has reached its highest point this year. As the price of ...
Plastics News

Olin, Mitsui ending PVC feedstock JV as Olin ramps up expansion plans

Olin Corp. is ending a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. as it continues its plans to enter the North American PVC resin ...
The Express Tribune

Manufacturers lament costly PVC raw material

Manufacturers are complaining that despite a decrease in dollar value, the price of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) raw material is not coming down. Even though the rupee has strengthened from about Rs164 to ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Researchers develop groundbreaking method to turn air pollution into useful material: 'Significant'

Scientists in Finland have developed a groundbreaking way to turn air pollution into plastic, a process that could help clean ...
Indiatimes

Traders creating artificial scarcity of plastic raw material

New Delhi, Dec 6 () Some traders are creating artificial shortage of raw material used to make plastic, resulting in a spike in prices, plastic manufacturers and processors alleged on Sunday. New ...
Packaging Europe

First raw materials shipped from Indaver’s thermal depolymerization plant

Following a total investment of €105 million, Indaver has announced that its Plastics2Chemicals installation in Antwerp is ...
Indiatimes

Plastic raw material traders in a fix as rates double, demand dips

Plastic raw material traders and product manufacturers are in a spot. On one hand, the rates of raw material have shot up by 50% and on the other hand due to power outages the production of factories ...
Inhabitat

The New Raw turns plastic waste into valuable raw material

Every summer, the Greek islands are swarmed with tourists who bring a lot of plastic waste that ends up polluting the country’s beautiful beaches and environment. Among the worst offenders are the ...