Mineral water development enterprise Tibet Qomolangma Glacier Water Resources Development has selected Ineos Styrolution’s K-Resin grade KR03 material for the packaging of its Qomolangma Glacier mineral water bottle cap in Tibet, ...
Tags: Mineral water, foamed packaging
BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
Tags: BASF, Increase, Decoration
Northwest European spot styrene values rallied $45/mt or 3% Wednesday morning in reaction to the fire that broke out at Ellba's styrene monomer/propylene oxide plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Styrene end-users and consumers stepped ...
Tags: spot styrene, specific material
Styrolution is seeking to expand polystyrene margins following the settlement of the June styrene contract price, the company said late Monday. With the Northwest European styrene contract agreed at Eur1,360/mt FOB ARA ($1,850/mt), down ...
Tags: Styrolution, Polystyrene
Styrolution has nominated an increase of Eur30/mt ($42/mt) for its polystyrene contracts in May, the company said on its website Tuesday. The premium of its high impact polystyrene grade over general purpose grade was unchanged Eur105/mt. ...
Tags: Polystyrene, Styrolution
Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
Americas Styrenics LLC will raise its polystyrene pricing 3 cents/lb ($66.14/mt) January 1, according to a letter the company sent to customers Tuesday and Platts obtained Thursday. Higher feedstock styrene pricing has caused the push for ...
The premium of styrene over benzene in the Northwest European market rose to a nine-month high of $448/mt Thursday as spot price trends between the feedstock and its derivative diverged, Platts data showed. The premium, assessed Thursday, ...
Tags: Styrene Premium, Chemicals
Styrolution Europe has raised operating rates at its acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plant at Antwerp, Belgium to 80-85% capacity in June, a company source said Wednesday. The 250,000 mt/year ABS unit was running at 70-75% capacity in ...
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Styrolution Europe has nominated a Eur25/mt increase in its polystyrene contract price for June from May, the company said Tuesday. The company did not provide an outright value for its contracts but added that the premium of its high ...
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The Northwest European styrene monomer benchmark has climber $137.50/mt or 8.9% from a year-to-date low of $1,537.50/mt on April 22 to $1,675/mt FOB ARA Tuesday, Platts data showed. The rally was due to a combination of increasing demand ...
Tags: NWE Styrene, styrene monomer
Styrolution will increase the selling price on all polystyrene grades by 4 cents/lb ($88/mt) effective Wednesday, the company said in a letter to customers. Styrolution cited feedstock price increases in the letter, sent Tuesday. The ...
Germany-based Dienes Packaging has selected global styrenics supplier Styrolution as its exclusive supplier of transparent specialty grade, Zylar BX6503 (methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymers). Dienes is using the grade in the ...
Tags: Dienes, Styrolution, Packaging Material
The Northwest European styrene monomer/benzene spread has almost tripled in a month, widening $177.50/mt to $276.50/mt Wednesday, Platts data showed. The spread was $99/mt on December 17. While styrene spot values have declined ...
Tags: Northwest Europe, styrene monomer, benzene
Styrolution has named Albis and Ultrapolymers as its dedicated agents in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as part of a new distribution strategy for its styrenics specialities portfolio, the company said Tuesday. Under its new ...
Tags: Styrolution, Albis, Ultrapolymers, Chemicals