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 ...

Flexible plastic packaging processor Spartech Corp. (Clayton, MO) has developed a range of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films, dubbed EnviroSeal, which it predicts could grab some market share ...

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, ...