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Second Week of December Plastics Price Update: PC, ABS, PS Rise, PP Mostly Stable
The chart below shows recent price changes for select grades of four major plastic materials: ABS, PC, PS, and PP.
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SK Chemical Achieves First Vertical Integration in Korean Recycling Business Through Feedstock Internalization
SK Chemical Achieves First Vertical Integration in Korean Recycling Business Through Feedstock Internalization
● Establishes a joint venture for a Feedstock Innovation Center in cooperation with Kelinle, a Chinese PET recycling company.
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Authoritative Recognition! Bardfu's Textile PUR Hot Melt Adhesive Series Products Obtain ZDHC Certification
Authoritative Recognition! Bardfu's Textile PUR Hot Melt Adhesive Series Products Obtain ZDHC Certification
Recently, the Textile PUR Hot Melt Adhesive series products from Bardfu's Adhesives Division have officially received ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) Level 1 and Level 3 conformity cer
Companies
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Kuraray Sells Its Chinese PMMA Sheet Business Subsidiary to Jiangsu Shuangxiang Group
Kuraray Sells Its Chinese PMMA Sheet Business Subsidiary to Jiangsu Shuangxiang Group
December 8, 2025 - Kuraray Co., Ltd. announced that it has decided to transfer all shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kuraray Acrylic (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd., to Jiangsu Shuangxiang Group Co.
Companies
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Covestro and Allmed Collaborate to Explore Recycling of Polycarbonate from Artificial Kidney Filters
Covestro and Allmed Collaborate to Explore Recycling of Polycarbonate from Artificial Kidney Filters
December 25, 2025 - Covestro, a leading global supplier of high-performance polymer materials, and Allmed, an international specialist in blood purification, have announced a partnership to jointly
Companies
2025-12-10
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BASF Launches Low-VOC Polyurethane Catalyst Lupragen® N 208
BASF Launches Low-VOC Polyurethane Catalyst Lupragen® N 208
December 8, 2025 - BASF has announced the addition of a new amine catalyst, Lupragen® N 208, to its Lupragen range of amine catalysts for producing polyurethane (PU) foam. Lupragen® N 208 (chemical name: N,N,N'-Trimethyl-N'-hydroxyethyl-bis(aminoethyl) ether,
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Ningbo Giantup’s "Chemical PDO/PTT Integrated Plant" Successfully Started Up in One Attempt
Ningbo Giantup’s "Chemical PDO/PTT Integrated Plant" Successfully Started Up in One Attempt
Recently, the 150,000 tons/year PDO/PTT integrated plant of Ningbo Giantup Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., located in the Ningbo Petrochemical Economic & Technological Development Zone, smoothly completed trial runs with feedstock and produced its first batch of qualified products, marking a successful start-up in one attempt. As a major industrial project included in Zhejiang Province's "Thousand Projects,
Companies
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Kuraray Announces Price Increase for Elastomer Products Effective Next Year, Up by USD 1,000/ton!
Kuraray Announces Price Increase for Elastomer Products Effective Next Year, Up by USD 1,000/ton!
On December 2, 2025, the Elastomers Division of Kuraray announced a price adjustment for the following elastomer products manufactured at its Kashima Plant in Japan.
Markets & Prices
2025-12-09
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Dehe Technology's RPUF Material Obtains GTT Certification
Dehe Technology's RPUF Material Obtains GTT Certification
On December 3, 2025, at the 2025 China International Maritime Exhibition, Qian Bo, a representative of the French company GTT, formally presented material certification certificates for three densi
Products & Tech
2025-12-08
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BASF Plans to Phase Out PFAS Chemicals by 2028
BASF Plans to Phase Out PFAS Chemicals by 2028
Recently, the global chemical giant BASF announced that it will phase out PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, also known as "forever chemicals") by 2028, while emphasizing that certain PFAS
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