Price hike for “Terluran” ABS

November GPPS prices to rise

Caprolactam and PA price hike in North America

Global price hike for titanium dioxide pigments

Engineering Recyclate October 2016: Notations predominantly stable / Individual peaks for rPA and rPOM are capped / Demand below expectations / Little effect felt from producers' calls for hikes on the primary market

Polyurethane Feedstocks October 2016: TDI prices continue rising but upswing stalls / Slight gains for MDI / Polyols roll over / Further isocyanate outages make market nervous

Standard Recyclate October 2016: Notations are under pressure / Largest rebates for rPS and rLDPE / Demand rather weak / Amid lack of any stimuli, no trend reversal in sight

LLDPE and PP homo notations see steep rise in late September / PP copo headed down / HDPE falls but now appears to be recovering

Standard Thermoplastics Trend October 2016: Producers unable to pass on all costs / Slack demand from end markets / Margins deteriorate / Monthly price movement likely flat

Global price increase for “Zytel” polyamides

China Engineering Thermoplastics September 2016: Most feedstock import quotes down / Imported butadiene soars to two-year high / Polymer prices firm to rising / Domestic PA still tight / Demand low / Processors cautiously optimistic for October

North America September 2016: Upward momentum across many segments / Rising feedstocks push up polyolefins and PS / Engineering thermoplastics producers still under pressure

China Standard Thermoplastics September 2016: Ethylene, styrene import quotes slide / Propylene holds firm / Polymer import quotes soft / Local product sliding / Only LDPE and PVC defy the downtrend

Composites/GRP September 2016: Sinking styrene pushes resins downward / More declines likely in October / Glass fibre products unchanged / Market appears largely in balance

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