Outlook for Market Sectors, Economy in 2025
Economics and Interest Rates The Federal Reserve lowered its interest rate another quarter of a percent which is the third this year and all have come in the last half of the...
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January 7, 2025
Star Plastics Announces PFAS Free Compounds
Ravenswood, West Virginia – January 7, 2025 - Star Plastics®, an industry leading custom compounder of engineering-grade thermoplastics, has released new polycarbonate...
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December 6, 2024
Engineering Polymers Flat, Plastic Recycling Economics
Like many polymers, ABS continues to look flat currently. Demand is soft with automotive, and supply is currently available, while pricing has been flat over the last few months....
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November 6, 2024
Plant Shutdowns and Supply Shifts
INEOS announced on October 30th that they will shut down their Addyston, Ohio facility, which makes ABS and SAN by Q2/25. Citing competitive pressures from imports and the...
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October 8, 2024
Star Plastics Receives ISCC Plus Certification
Ravenswood, West Virginia – October 8, 2024 - Star Plastics, an industry leading custom compounder of engineering-grade thermoplastics, has recently achieved the ...
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October 4, 2024
ILA Strike Begins, ADNOC Buys Covestro
The East Coast port of NY/NJ strike was started just last night by the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) October 1st. This union is the largest in America and...
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September 25, 2024
DRIVE YOUR BUSINESS FORWARD AT AMI’S PLASTICS WORLD EXPOS
In our booth, we will feature reNova® recycled UL validated resins, Orion® Engineered Resins, Star’s tolling capabilities, and our PolymerVault material marketing...
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September 4, 2024
International Markets Shift, Complications in Shipping
In polymer pricing, Chemical Marketing Analytics reported that GP injection grade PC was flat for August while optical was up by 5 CPP. ABS GP and injection were reported to be...
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August 5, 2024
Resin Prices Stabilize, Container Freight up Sharply
August is Star’s birthday! Started in 1988 as a tolling business for what is now known as Sabic so congratulations to Doug Ritchie and all of the associates at Star who work...
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