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POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics July 2014: Rising costs drive up ABS, PC, some PA grades and PMMA / PBT, POM and PP stable / Demand still solid despite holiday season / Upward pressure	06.08.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics June 2014: Calm prevails / Quarterly agreements forestall rises in final month of Q2 / July expected to see a spate of increases	04.07.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics May 2014: Prices are a mixed bag / PC up / Polyamides and PBT stable / POM sees small gains / No clear direction recognisable for June either / PMMA under upward pressure	05.06.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics April 2014: Price upswing gains momentum / PA 6, POM and PMMA rise / PC, PA 6.6 and PBT flat / Automotive demand still lively / More hikes on the horizon	07.05.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics March 2014: Benzene derivatives show first signs of a rise / Livelier demand / Imports quash producers' hopes of lifting price of standard materials / Hikes likely as new quarter gets underway	04.04.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics February 2014: First PC and POM hikes grip / Rising production costs passed on / Polyamide still stable but trending up / Notations set to rise in March	06.03.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics January 2014: Market still shows signs of weakness / Cost rises almost impossible to push through / Renewed leap in benzene contract pressures producers / Prices due to rise	06.02.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics December 2013: Little price erosion / Lively automotive demand and quarterly contracts support notations / Upward pressure delays signing of longer-term contracts	07.01.2014
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics November 2013: Notations continue to crumble / PA defies price pressure / PC and POM down / Automotive better than scheduled / Benzene up in December / Stabilisation in sight	05.12.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics October 2013: ABS and POM drift down / Other types predominantly stable / Downward pressure mounts due to drop in benzene price / C4 costs and rugged demand should counteract the development	06.11.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics September 2013: Little movement with traditional engineering polymers / Price increases for commodity-related ABS and PP compounds / Situation likely to remain predominantly calm in October	07.10.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics August 2013: Still little movement with most types / PP compounds up due to C3 / Cost increases rattle foundations in September / Upward pressure set to rise	05.09.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics July 2013: Smooth Q3 transition / Most prices roll over / Slight drops in ABS and PP / No ordering slump / Despite declining feedstock costs, binding Q3 contracts dictate landscape	06.08.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics June 2013: Situation still balanced / Supply adjusted to demand / Notations predominantly stable / Butadiene price plummets / Benzene also down / Automotive industry brings stability	04.07.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics May 2013: Little movement on the price front / Hoped-for stimulus fails to materialise / Supply adequate despite production cutbacks / Stable costs likely to produce upswing in full working month of June	06.06.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics April 2013: Standard grades cripple ABS and PP compounds / PC and PMMA benefit from better weather / All other types stable / Benzene bounces back in May	07.05.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics March 2013: Rollover dominates / ABS and PA 6 weaken / POM slips amid mounting pressure from copolymer imports / PP lifted by higher C3 window / All signs point to rises in April	05.04.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in February 2013: Distribution market sheds more feathers / Supply restrictions meet with weak demand / Direct business starts to pick up / All signs point to hikes in March	06.03.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in January 2013: New year begins on a subdued note / Despite expensive benzene, ABS and PC barely move / PA, POM and PMMA prices down / Little risk of hikes, except for PP	06.02.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in December 2012: Rollover dominates / Occasional signs of weakness / Supply suffices to meet sluggish demand / Rising benzene notations increasingly make themselves felt / Fresh calls for price hikes for ABS and PC	07.01.2013
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in November 2012: Subdued demand depresses notations / Adequate supply despite production cutbacks / Rising imports of standard grades / Little change expected for December	06.12.2012
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in October 2012: All markets calm / Costs and prices stay put at high level / Depressed demand / Moderate price pressure until year-end	06.11.2012
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in September 2012: ABS and PP pay tribute to remaining cost increases / Most other materials roll over / Polyamides start to crumble / Market hit by automotive downturn	05.10.2012
POLYMER PRICES Engineering thermoplastics in August 2012: Commodity ABS and PP compounds react to higher feedstock prices / Higher-grade materials mostly roll over / Costs continue to rise / Hopes that new VW Golf 7 will stimulate demand	06.09.2012
POLYMER PRICES Engineering Thermoplastics in July 2012: ABS, PA and PP feel the effect of June's feedstock slide / PC, PBT and POM stable / PMMA up slightly / Back pressure generated by reversal of feedstock notations / August still stable	06.08.2012

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