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POLYMER PRICES 

Standard Thermoplastics in January 2012: Rising costs drive polymer notations / Windfall for producers as margins improve / Production cuts / Fears of major hikes heat up the market / Will buyers hold back in February?

03.02.2012 Up to mid-January, European buyers of standard thermoplastics – especially polyolefins –managed to limit price increases to the actual rise in producers’ costs before bowing to pressure from their suppliers. Over the month, PE and PP producers had boosted their margins by EUR 10-20/t. Producers of P...

02.02.2012 POLYMER PRICES  PET January 2012: Producers successfully pass through higher costs but margin improvement falls short / Euro's weakness keeps imports at bay / Feedstocks could go even higher in February

01.02.2012 PHILIPPINES  Plastics industry largely focused on local market / Chinese processing machinery dominates / More than half of local plastics demand met by imports / First cracker scheduled to come on stream in 2013

31.01.2012 GEOBRA BRANDSTÄTTER "Playmobil" grows volume sales by 8% in 2011, but turnover stagnates / Capital expenditures of more than EUR 81m planned for 2012

27.01.2012 EASTMAN Definite agreement to acquire fellow US specialty chemicals producer Solutia / Transaction valued at USD 4.7 bn / Official go-ahead expected by mid-2012 / Annual cost synergies of about USD 100m

Year in Review

Plastics industry braces for fresh surprises and more business as usual in 2012 / Price volatility and economic uncertainty / For some segments 2011 beats expectations / Fracking and plastic bag ban are key issues

As old man 2011 prepares to depart for parts unknown he may have a few words of advice for baby 2012 – the most important being “Keep your head down, kid.” Indeed, the newcomer will need nerves of steel to keep from bending as the financial and political actors go through their typical gyrations and put the rest of the real economy under pressure.

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03.02.2012 STYROLUTION  GPPS gross market price increase / HIPS premium raised

03.02.2012 STYRON  European polystyrene and copolymer price rise

03.02.2012 STYROLUTION  European ABS prices to rise

03.02.2012 LYONDELLBASELL  Price hike for PE and PP

03.02.2012 PLASTIC FANTASTIC Breathe easy, thanks to plastic palm trees

03.02.2012 SEALED AIR / ECOVATIVE Agreement to commercialise new “EcoCradle” mushroom packaging

03.02.2012 ARKEMA Follow-up: Acquisition of HiPro Polymers and Casda Biomaterials wrapped up

03.02.2012 DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS  Upgrade of PA capacity in Taiwan / Start-up set for Q4 / “Sustainable global supply chain”

03.02.2012 BINANI INDUSTRIES Indian conglomerate acquires Belgian fibreglass producer 3B / Foothold in Europe

03.02.2012 CELANESE  North American EVA and LDPE prices to rise

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