Higher composite prices in Europe

North America July 2014: PE and PS up / PP bottoms out / Engineering plastics show no significant change

Global hike for LDPE and “Ateva” EVA range

Price hike for "Terluran" ABS

Composites/GRP July 2014: Resins prices follow styrene upward / Strong demand in summer holiday month / Some maintenance-related tightness / Glass fibre products unchanged

Russia July 2014: Aside from PET, all notations rise in rouble-terms / Russian currency posts gains against the euro / Most grades expected to see rises in August

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

GPPS and HIPS prices to rise in Asia Pacific

Calls for higher PVC prices in August

Polyethylene July 2014: Almost entire rise in ethylene costs passed on / Hopes of additional margin improvement seldom realised / VAM supply improves / Prices expected to soften in August

Polypropylene July 2014: Pricing includes only slight margin component / Compounds stable / Bottleneck moves from feedstock to polymer / FMs restrict PP supply / C3 pass-through unlikely

PVC July 2014: Producers fail to realise their margin goals / Hikes limited to proportionate ethylene cost rise / Pressure on margins remains / Hardly any supply bottlenecks / Prices likely to crumble as C2 takes a dive and amid summer holiday season

Styrenics July 2014: Expensive SM drives prices higher on a broad front / Only PS producers able to pass on most of their cost rise / Converters buy the bare minimum / Signs of stability in August

PET July 2014: Small volume lots slapped with increases / Large orders mostly stable / Supply situation increasingly murky / New plants yet to have an impact on the market / Costs continue to drive

China Engineering Thermoplastics July 2014: Several feedstocks rise / Butadiene soars to new heights / ABS, PC steady / Increases for PA 6, PA 6.6 and PBT limited to southern regions / August prices mostly stable to slightly up