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Mitsui Chemicals to Produce Chemical Recycled Polyethylene Derived from Waste Plastic

on October 26, 2022 in Industry

Mitsui Chemicals has concluded a basic purchase agreement with Shell Eastern Petroleum regarding the procurement of ethylene derived from waste plastics. Following this agreement, Prime Evolue Singapore, a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals group company Prime Polymer, will begin efforts to produce chemical-recycled polyethylene derived from waste plastics. Shell’s waste plastic-derived ethylene has obtained ISCC Plus Certification (International Sustainability and Carbon...

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Tosoh to Hike Prices on All Polyethylene Resin Products Starting April

on March 14, 2022 in Materials

Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) has announced that it is set to raise prices on all of its polyethylene products by at least 40 yen ($0.34) per kilogram starting with shipments supplied from April 1 onward. The price hike will apply to Petrothene, a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) product; Nipolon-L and Nipolon-Z, both linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) products; Lumitac, an ultralow-density polyethylene (ULDPE)...

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Tosoh Pursues Price Increase of 16 Yen or More for All Polyethylene Resins

on October 26, 2021 in Materials

Chemicals company Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) is set to revise its prices for polyethylene resin. Scheduled to come in for deliveries beginning Nov. 1, the change will increase the prices of Tosoh polyethylene resin products by at least 16 yen ($0.14) per kilogram. Addressing its reasoning for the decision, Tosoh noted that the price of domestically produced naphtha – a key...

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Tosoh to Hike Prices on All Polyethylene Resin Products Starting November

on October 15, 2021 in Materials

Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) announced on Oct. 13 that it will be implementing a price increase for its polyethylene resin. The change will apply to all polyethylene resin products offered by the company, with prices set to rise by at least 16 yen ($0.14) per kilogram starting with product supplied on Nov. 1. Addressing its reasoning for the decision, Tosoh noted...

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Kato Sansho, Ichinen Chemicals Develop New Additive to Increase Biomass Content of PE, PP

on June 30, 2021 in Industry, Innovation

Raw materials trading firm Kato Sansho Co. Ltd. has worked with Ichinen Chemicals Co. Ltd. to develop One Bio, a series of biomass additives derived from plants. One Bio B-001 is an 80 percent plant-derived additive that can be simply mixed with polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) – materials that make up around half of Japan’s plastics market – to...

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