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POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics November 2016: Minor movement for traditional materials / Only PMMA trending up / Buyers and producers agree on truce until year's end / Suppliers preparing for a January offensive	06.12.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics October 2016: New quarter begins on stable footing / Slight declines limited to PA 6 and POM / Producers' calls for hikes fall on deaf ears / Little price movement expected for November	04.11.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics September 2016: Problems with PC and PA 6 give way to stability / PA 6.6 and POM point down / PBT mostly calm / PMMA under upward pressure / October likely to be a mixed bag	07.10.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics August 2016: Downward pressure on PC and PA 6 unabated / PA 6.6, PBT and POM stabilise / PMMA points higher / Trends continue / Automotive weak	06.09.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics July 2016: Prices mostly stable / POM slumps / Latent rumbling on polyamide and PMMA cost front / Holiday month of August likely to remain calm / More intensive discussions expected in autumn	04.08.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics June 2016: Little movement on the market in general / Minor corrections at best / Mostly business as usual / Despite slight rise in costs, no incentive for hikes in July	06.07.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics May 2016: Upturn increasingly palpable / Initial rises already implemented / Quarterly negotiations looming / Cost increases force producers' hands in calling for hikes	06.06.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics April 2016: Notations stabilise, as expected / Initial hikes for PC / Decline for polyamides and erosion in PBT and POM comes to an end / Upward trend in May	05.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics March 2016: Notations fall again / Reductions in Q1 agreements factored into monthly transactions / Turnaround seems imminent / Rising feedstock prices have firming impact	06.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics February 2016: Downtrend gains momentum / Cost reductions meet strong output, imports and weakening demand / Price pressure to continue in March	04.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics January 2016: Notations remain comparatively weak / Hopes for slide at the beginning of the new year quashed / Many quarterly agreements still being negotiated / Ongoing downtrend	04.02.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics December 2015: Polyamide prices continue to fall / PC and PMMA also slightly lower / Buyers tied to long-term contracts will fight excessive prices next year	07.01.2016
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics November 2015: Notations continue to crumble / Polyamides increasingly under pressure / Further erosion in PC and PMMA / Trends likely to continue in December	04.12.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics October 2015: Polyamides begin to slide / PMMA also starts to erode / PC surprisingly stable / PBT and POM mostly calm / Respective trends will continue in November	05.11.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics September 2015: Notations come under pressure / Slump in cost of benzene begins to impact PA 6 / Start of new quarter and VW crisis will nibble increasingly at prices during October	06.10.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics August 2015: Calm predominates in the holiday month / Imports remain subdued / Benzene's dive generates lively discussion / Buyers will want a sizeable share of the reduction / Tough negotiations at the end of Q3	04.09.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics July 2015: Stability takes over / Increases only for flame-retardant grades / Polyamides surprisingly in adequate supply / Situation expected to remain predominantly calm in August	06.08.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics June 2015: Polycarbonate moves into a higher gear / Other grades still mostly stable / Situation could heat up in the summer / Producers launch extensive hikes at time of strong demand	06.07.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics May 2015: Benzene-dependent materials continue to rise / Otherwise stability prevails / PMMA sees minor corrections / Benzene uptrend reverses suddenly / C3 increase continues to have an effect	04.06.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics April 2015: Price slide comes to a halt / Some products turn around / Benzene derivatives especially now trending up / Upswing likely to gain momentum in May	07.05.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics March 2015: Mixed bag / Polyamides and PBT slide once again / PC, POM and PMMA tread water / Commodity-related grades soar / Weak euro dampens imports	08.04.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics February 2015: Further price erosion / Aromatic derivatives yet to bottom out / POM stable, PMMA pointing up / March likely to see further price cuts despite a revival in demand	05.03.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics January 2015: Price erosion gathers speed / Downtrend most acutely felt by benzene derivatives / POM and PMMA dance to their own tune / Numerous long-term agreements not yet fixed / Potential for further declines	05.02.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics December 2014: Erosion gathers speed / Processors much more insistent about receiving their share of the cost reduction / January benzene contract caves in / All polymer derivatives under pressure	07.01.2015
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics November 2014: Erosion evident on a broad front / Falling feedstock costs pressure all notations aside from POM and PMMA / Downward trend expected to accelerate	04.12.2014

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