July Plastics Market Update 2021
What We Saw in July... The entire plastics industry continues to experience record-setting supplier shortages and cost pressures, with the backlog of orders just shy of...
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July 19, 2021
Star Plastics Honored with WV Exporter Award
West Virginia state officials recently recognized Star Plastics, Inc in a virtual ceremony for growing export sales to two new countries in 2020. “Exporting to a new country...
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July 6, 2021
Welcome Lauren to the Team!
Lauren Zoller Joins the Star Plastics Team Lauren Zoller is joining our team in the position of Human Resource Manager. Lauren has a bachelor’s degree in human resources...
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June 30, 2021
Plastics Market Update: June
As summer chugs along, price increases, shortages, and logistics issues continue to trouble the plastics industry and related markets. With the late-summer preparations for...
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June 25, 2021
Star Guide: Amorphous vs Semi-Crystalline Polymers
Know Your Polymer Options Whether it is simply choosing a restaurant to go to or selecting the most suitable resin material for a manufacturing application, having options is...
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June 8, 2021
May Plastics Market Update 2021
In May, we saw more of the same. Demand was still incredibly strong, and price increases continued across nearly all resins. Production has not returned to normal levels and...
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May 3, 2021
April’s Plastics Market Update
The plastics industry remains in flux as both material production and logistics industry attempt to catch up to normal levels of availability and demand. Below are highlights...
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April 22, 2021
100 Percent Accuracy – Star’s Mark of Perfection
What makes a good resin partner? While shared goals and open communication are vital to the success of any business partnership, ultimately, the most critical quality is trust....
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April 8, 2021
March Plastics Market Update
The story of plastics market shortages continue and even amplified in March, as the consequences of Storm Uri continued to significantly reduce US supply of resin. The storm...
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