Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo) plans to acquire a polyvinyl chloride compound plant in Bellevue, OH from A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, OH) in a move to expand the presence of its North American ...

Lead's time in medical devices is quickly running out and opportunistic plastics suppliers are jumping into the void being left by out-of-favor toxic metal to offer polymer compounds that offer ...

A new study documents how Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that’s been banned from children’s items and beauty ...

Mount Vernon, Ill. — Manner Polymers has opened a $54 million, 100 percent solar-powered PVC compounding plant in Mount Vernon, expanding its annual production capacity by 100 million pounds and ...

NANTONG, JIANGSU, CHINA, March 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — When global procurement teams search for a dependable, scalable source of polymer film and compound ...

Plastic is ubiquitous, but does it carry a toxic load? This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Some 13,000 chemicals are associated with plastic ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...