Market Update

Market Update Featured Image January 18, 2022
January’s Plastics Market Update

As 2022 begins, additive shortages is the new lead of the story.  Flame Retardant additives and pigments will be one of the driving factors in increased prices during the...

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Market Update Featured Image December 17, 2021
December’s Mid-Month Plastics Market Update

December has been an eventful month so far, so we decided to provide a mid-month update.  As we near the year end with status-quo supply, we head into 2022 looking...

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Market Update Featured Image December 6, 2021
November Plastic Market Update

Engineering Resins still on the Rise Engineering resin prices continue to rise due to the multiple ongoing supply chain issues.  Since June, regional prices for nylon...

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Market Update Featured Image November 10, 2021
October Market Update 2021

Material prices continue to steadily climb while the supply-demand ratio remains tight. The market is experiencing strong demand above 2019 levels, with large order backlogs...

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Market Update Featured Image October 7, 2021
September Plastics Market Update

Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on Aug 29, topped the news cycle this month, affecting production of ethylene, butadiene, benzene, styrene and parazylene. Prices continued...

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Market Update Featured Image September 7, 2021
Plastics Market Update – August

In August, we continued to see price increases, supply restrictions and lead time extensions on resins and additives alike. Interestingly, the shortages in virgin material...

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Market Update Featured Image August 11, 2021
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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Market Update Featured Image 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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Market Update Featured Image 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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