What’s Shaping Plastics, Markets, and Manufacturing Now
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Check out what’s inside: Current pricing trends across key resins PC: Weak demand, import pressure, Sabic...
READ MOREMarket Update
January 12, 2026
Power, Policy, and Plastics: What’s Moving the Market This Month
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics The Best U.S. Colleges for Plastics Engineering Degrees An article from Plastics Today is a quick overview of why plastics...
READ MORE
December 8, 2025
How Market Softness, Supply Risks Affect You
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Material Pricing and Supply Polycarbonate North America - The U.S. remains a net exporter, keeping domestic PC prices...
READ MORE
November 14, 2025
Resin Prices Stable Amid Global Shifts
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Engineering resin pricing The numbers below are relative numbers, subject to change based on the supply and demand over the...
READ MORE
October 9, 2025
Tariff Battles, Fed Rate Cut, and Trade Realignments
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Trump’s Tariff Appeal The Wall Street Journal reported in mid-September that the Supreme...
READ MORE
September 16, 2025
Rising Resin Prices, Tariff Shifts, Rail Merger, and Global Trade Uncertainty
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Market Pricing Movement Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics announced on August15, an increase of 5 CPP for all HD, LD...
READ MORE
August 13, 2025
China Manufacturing Continues Decline; News on PC, ABS, PA, PBT and More
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Pricing Lotte announced a flame-retardant (FR) ABS price increase for its Starex brand FR ABS at 45 CPP for August 1st. They...
READ MORE
July 10, 2025
Engineering resin pricing, consumer confidence and Star’s ABS FR alternative – PCABSFR
July 2025 | Market Update From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics In this edition Engineering resin pricing Consumer confidence report Automakers and...
READ MORE
June 9, 2025
Price Increases, Volatile Commodity Resins and Shipping Concerns
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Pricing Update – May There were eight price increases noted with Covestro announcing a 15 CPP increase in mid-May (notably...
READ MORE