ORLANDO, FLA. — Strong growth is leading Vertellus Specialties Inc. — a first-time NPE exhibitor — to add capacity for its ZeMac line of copolymer additives. The Indianapolis-based firm will add ...

Swedish specialty chemical company Perstorp and Corbion, a Dutch producer of, among other things, lactic acid and lactides, have announced that the partnership entered into by the two companies in ...

Total Petrochemicals has declared force majeure on impact copolymer polypropylene resins made at its plant in La Porte, Texas. A spokeswoman with Total in Houston confirmed the force majeure in a June ...

The use of plastics materials has increased dramatically throughout the world over the past 50 years, and now stands at roughly 100 billion pounds. Commercial plastics are known as resins in North ...