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...
READ MOREAs 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...
READ MOREDecember 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...
READ MOREEngineering 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...
READ MOREMaterial 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...
READ MOREHurricane Ida, which made landfall on Aug 29, topped the news cycle this month, affecting production of ethylene, butadiene, benzene, styrene and parazylene. Prices continued...
READ MOREIn August, we continued to see price increases, supply restrictions and lead time extensions on resins and additives alike. Interestingly, the shortages in virgin material...
READ MOREWhat 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...
READ MOREAs summer chugs along, price increases, shortages, and logistics issues continue to trouble the plastics industry and related markets. With the late-summer preparations for...
READ MOREIn 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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