Price Pressure Persists Across Polymers
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics What’s Driving Your Material Costs Higher Welcome to the May issue of the Monthly Market Update. The level of price...
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April 17, 2026
Reminder: Resin increases accelerate across entire supply chain
Market Update April 17, 2026 This is a special edition of the market update meant to provide you with up-to the-minute news affecting plastic markets. A full Monthly Market...
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April 7, 2026
Markets Shift Fast as Pressures Build
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Check out what’s inside: Pricing Trends Capacity & Supply Chain Developments Petrochemical Executives Plan...
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March 10, 2026
March in Motion: Your Market Update
From Chuck Hoop, Business Director, Star Plastics Check out what’s inside: Resin Pricing & Feedstock Trends Capacity & Supply Chain Developments Trade...
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February 7, 2026
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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