Polymer Prices Recyclate Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate

Engineering Recyclate November 2011: Pressure from crumbling primary market impacts secondary sector / Prices for rABS, rPC and rPP-Copo compounds slip / Margins suffer as plastic scrap prices remain high / Recyclers will take a tough line on a rollover

Engineering Recyclate October 2011: End to the primary market's Q3 price cap causes recyclate notations to crumble / Double-digit falls abound / rPP compounds stable / Availability of plastic scrap improves / Declining orders / Stability possible

Engineering Recyclate September 2011: Virgin material's instability hits rPA, rPOM and rPC / Plastic scrap still tight and expensive / Demand for inexpensive recyclate remains strong / Suppliers intend to take hard line

Engineering Recyclate August 2011: Notations remain stable to firm / rPA and rPC/ABS blends still tight / Demand appears to be holding up well / rPP compounds may come under some degree of pressure

Engineering Recyclate July 2011: Secondary market remains resistant despite pressure from virgin material / rPA 6.6 and rPC see reductions / Higher primary cost also impacts production scrap / Situation likely to stabilise despite slack ordering

Engineering Recyclate June 2011: Stability pervades / Price rises for rPA 6 and rPC blends / Ultra-low rPOM prices brought into line / Production scrap remains short / Margins threatened by price hikes in primary sector

Engineering Recyclate May 2011: Range narrows with rPA, rPC and rPP / Availability of production scrap improves slightly / Demand still lively / No consensus on price hikes

Engineering Recyclate April 2011: Producers initially reluctant to pass on higher costs / Corrections only at the upper end of the scale / Shortage of plastic scrap / Supply of recyclate inadequate / Price increases planned after Easter

Engineering Recyclate March 2011: More price increases ahead as cost wave has secondary market in its grip / Virgin material tighter and more expensive / Booming demand / Strong risk of hikes remains

Engineering recyclate February 2011: rABS and rPA hit by primary polymer price surge / Explosion at top end of rPOM / Scrap ever tighter / Switch from virgin to recyclate / Suppliers seek hikes of 5-6% in March

Engineering recyclate January 2011: Momentum from primary market drives range upward / rABS and rPOM tight / Fresh FM limits rPA / Pipeline refilling and price surge for virgin polymer fuel demand

Engineering recyclate December 2010: Hikes on primary market leave regrind cold / Market battles pressure rPOM / Additives drive up rPC GF / Demand surprisingly strong / Shortages could fuel upswing

Engineering recyclate November 2010: Mostly stable / Price rises only at the upper end of the rABS and rPA 6 range / Supply of primary material improves / Demand continues lively / Risk of increase remains

Engineering recyclate October 2010: Dregs at the bottom of the market stirred up / Long-term low-priced contracts jacked up steeply / Material in the PIE range stable / Lively demand / K 2010 to point the way

Recyclate September 2010: Diverging movements in standard segment / Adequate supply meets normal demand / Trend in primary sector caps polyolefins / For engineering grades, the calm before the storm

Recyclate August 2010: Standard grades firm despite crumbling primary notations / Shortage of material drives rPA and rPC up steeply

Recyclate July 2010: Some standard grades point sharply upward / Low end of engineering plastics range lifted

Standard thermoplastic recyclate remains stable in June / Some prices decrease / Secondary engineering polymers still caught in upward spiral / Polyamide leads the price upswing

Recyclate prices continue their upward climb in May / Hikes for almost all products as market remains tight

Tightness of primary market spills over into secondary sector / Regrind prices rise for both standard and engineering grades / No relief likely in the short term