Overview: Polymerprice Reports
Engineering Thermoplastics May 2019
07/06/2019
Price pressure continues / Producers have trouble keeping notations stable / Automotive slump remains key concern / More reductions probableStandard Thermoplastics May 2019
07/06/2019
PE suppliers win margin gains / PP and PVC calmer / Weak demand impacts PET / June will likely be a quiet month / SM plummets and pushes styrenics downwardsEngineering Thermoplastics April 2019
10/05/2019
Producers regulate supply to keep notations mostly stable / Demand remains slow / Price cuts for polyamides probable in MayStandard Thermoplastics April 2019
10/05/2019
Producers win marginal hikes in margins at most for polyolefins and PVC / SM drives up styrenics / PET remains weak / Suppliers plan May offensiveEngineering Thermoplastics August 2018
11/09/2018
PA 6.6 situation continues to be very tense / Notations nevertheless largely stable in the holiday month / Stimulus for further price rise will remain effective into autumnStandard Thermoplastics August 2018
11/09/2018
PE and PVC only weakly rollover / Small dynamics with PP / Styrene pushes its polymers upwards / PET unexpectedly stable due to PX costs / Signs of buoyancy for SeptemberStandard Thermoplastics July 2018
09/08/2018
Notations for PE and PVC slightly lower / PP stable / Styrenics follow SM reference down / PET reaches the top / August will be long, quiet sunny monthEngineering Thermoplastics July 2018
09/08/2018
Next explosion of PA 6.6 prices / Otherwise mostly stable conditions / Demand noticeably shrinks / Minor movements expected in AugustEngineering Thermoplastics June 2018
10/07/2018
Market remains stable at high level / ABS and PP compounds move up / Dark clouds hang over PA 6.6 again / Storm continues / POM under upward pressureStandard Thermoplastics June 2018
10/07/2018
PET goes through the roof / Otherwise weak cost pass-through for all types / Market not in full swing / Strong margin pressure / Classic summertime slump beginning