CLEVELAND—New technologies and growth opportunities are showing the value of PVC compounds. "It's important to reinforce what PVC and all plastics are doing," Larry Shaw, Geon Performance Solutions ...

Cleveland — PVC compounders are hoping for a rebound in building and construction while looking to educate more people about the benefits of their material. "Higher interest rates have raised housing ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today completed the previously announced acquisition of NAKAN™, a global compounding solutions business. NAKAN’s products are used ...

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 ...

Indian compounder Welset Plast Extrusions Ltd. is divesting its PVC compounding business to Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., but keeping and expanding its core masterbatch operations. The deal will ...

In the words of Tracy Garrison, Geon Performance Solutions is an old company that's a new startup. Garrison is the CEO of Geon PS, founded by investment firm SK Capital Partners when it acquired the ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it has issued an exclusive, binding offer to acquire NAKAN, a global compounding solutions business, from Los ...

Data from three studies suggest that using trimellitates can reduce the amount of plasticizer that may migrate from PVC devices. Richard C. Adams The use of plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for ...

Asia-Pacific PVC compound market is projected to register a steady CAGR in the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. The new market report contains data for historic year 2018, the base year of calculation ...