Mexico - Plastics and Resins - International Trade Administration
The plastics and resins industry is a best prospect for U.S. exporters in Mexico. Mexico is the largest market for U.S. exporters of plastic products (HS-39), totaling USD 19.3 billion in 2025, and the second-largest destination for U.S. rubber (HS-40), which totaled USD 3.3 billion in 2025. Together these export categories represent 26 percent
The Latest Supply Chain Disruption: Plastics - Harvard Business Review
Most supply chain practitioners would agree: between the pandemic, container shortages, winter weather, factory fires, the blocking of the Suez Canal by a container ship, and other logistics woes
Dispersant
Dispersants are widely used to stabilize various industrial and artisanal products, such as paints, ferrofluids, and salad dressings. The plasticizers or superplasticizers, used to improve the workability of pastes like concrete and clay, are typically dispersants.
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The science of dispersants | Nature
Which dispersants are being used in the Gulf of Mexico? So far, at least 325,000 gallons (over 1 million litres) of two types of dispersants have been used: Corexit 9500 and Corexit EC9527A. "One...
- Will polynt build a new esterification plant in Mexico?
- Author: Elaine Burridge, Freelance Journalist Polynt, an Italian manufacturer of chemical intermediates, is planning to build a new esterification plant to produce plasticizers – and mainly trimellitates – at its site in Atlacomulco, Mexico, in order to meet rising demand.
- What is a high-performance plasticizer?
- Polynt explained that because of their superior technical performance in electrical and high-temperature applications, high-performance plasticizers are a major component for the electrification of cars and transportation, with trimellitates being the most effective product family for satisfying those particular performance properties.
- What are the features of a plasticizer?
- Perfect for a variety of flexible and semi-rigid applications, features of plasticizers include: Excellent low temperature and food contact properties General use in the vinyl industry with maximum residual alcohol of 350 ppm Ask about our DOTP plasticizer grades manufactured with recycled PET bottles
