Hunt for resin continues, even as supplies improve
Hunt for resin continues, even as supplies improve Chase Plastic Services Inc. North American resin availability is improving in the wake of recent outages, but many companies throughout the supply chain still can't get all the material they need. In the wake of Winter Storm Uri, which hit Texas and the Gulf Coast in mid-February, many material suppliers put customers on force majeure sales limits or other types of allocation. LyondellBasell Industries of Houston operates multiples sites making polyethylene, polypropylene and related resins and compounds in Texas. In an email to Plastics Ne...
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