In this week's Material Insights, senior reporter Frank Esposito reports that PVC prices fell for a second straight month due to weak construction demand, while PET resin prices are rising as tariffs ...

The North American PVC market would be happy if 2017 matched 2016. Elsewhere, as the year draws to a close, the regional PET market is doing OK, while the polystyrene market hopes that better days are ...

Few polymers used in healthcare have stoked as much controversy as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). For many years, this plastic and its additives have been scrutinized by authorities, criticized by NGOs, ...

One of the problems that limits the amount of recycled PET (rPET) used in rigid packaging applications is the degree of yellowness that it can cause. The more rPET that is added to virgin PET during ...