Solstice Advanced Materials will remain independent after shareholder opposition derailed its $14.5 billion acquisition of Element Solutions, leaving its Aclar film, Spectra UHMWPE fiber and ...

Lego’s sales surged 21 percent in the first half of 2026 as the toy maker continued investing in manufacturing capacity, ...

The recycling plant will have capacity to produce more than 10,000 tonnes of recycled PP per year, primarily from automotive ...

Plastics News Economics Editor Bill Wood says escalating tariffs are hurting the U.S. plastics industry as manufacturers also ...

Mondelez says it is making progress toward its plastics sustainability goals, including increased use of recycled content, but a conservative shareholder group is urging investors to challenge the ...

Resin prices continued to retreat in July as weak demand and ample supplies erased much of the Iran-war surge, although ...

ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell, Apollo and Kuwait Petroleum Corp.’s chemicals arm are reportedly among bidders for Shell’s U.S. chemicals assets, including its $14 billion Pennsylvania polyethylene ...

Recyclers across all classes were obliged to reduce prices as the price gap to standard material narrowed, although the cost ...

Braskem’s board approved plans to restructure about $10.9 billion in unsecured financial debt in Brazil while saying operations and obligations to customers and suppliers will continue as usual.

Approximately $3 billion in Canadian exports of plastics products and resin to the U.S. are part of new 50 percent tariffs the U.S. is going ahead with, after talks on an agreement collapsed Aug. 22.

American Tool & Mold has lined up Nickolas Asset Management as a stalking horse buyer in a deal potentially worth more than ...

In this week’s Material Insights, Don Loepp shares a clip of the most recent Polymer Points Live where he and senior reporter Frank Esposito discuss how the Iran war has reshaped North American resin ...