- Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany) announced the acquisition of Structured Polymer Inc., a startup based in Austin, Texas.
- Polyplastics recently launched a new PBT resin that is reported to have excellent resistance to alkali stress cracking and is suitable for a wide range of automotive applications.
- With the ups and downs of international crude oil, it has had a significant impact on the price of raw materials for Chinese coatings
- At the end of 2018, most resin prices in the North American commodity market fell to the bottom.
- Stimulated by market sentiment improved and rising polypropylene prices in the Chinese market, the spot price of propylene in the Northeast Asian market rebounded, breaking the sharp decline since the beginning of November.
- According to an unnamed source quoted by Reuters, Clariant has been seeking support from Deutsche Bank to find suitable buyers for its pigment business. The estimated value of this business is close to $821 million.
- PPG announced in Pittsburgh, USA, that it will further increase its investment in automated color grading systems for automotive parts and decorative parts (APAD) paints and related coating products.
- January 10, 2019 - Martin Brudermueller, Chairman of the Executive Board of BASF Europe, and Lin Shaochun, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, signed a framework agreement at Ludwigshafen.
- On January 8, Shaanxi Yulin Energy Group Co., Ltd. started the ceremony for the start-up ceremony of an annual production of 1.2 million tons of coal-based ethylene glycol first phase 400,000 tons in Qingshui Industrial Park, Yushen Industrial Zone.
- Focusing on building a modern economic system, the "Internet +" model is a new form of development at the moment.
- Over the past 12 years, Asian Paints have succeeded in overturning traditional norms.
- The latest interim report shows that Demei Chemical achieved operating income of 126,309,364.08, net profit of 36,939,900, an increase of 4.48% year-on-year, and earnings per share of 0.0881.
- The three-day Japan High Performance Plastics Exhibition was held at the Makuhari International Convention and Exhibition Center from December 5th to 7th. Sinopec debut
- The international methanol market continued to fall, and domestic futures prices also fell again and again.
- According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, from January to October 2018, the coating output of China's above-scale coatings enterprises reached 14.3944 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%.