Engineering Recyclate January 2014: A mostly quiet start to 2014 / Only occasional small reductions with rPA / Demand livens up / No more than a moderate risk of a rise in February

VAM-based emulsions to increase in price

Standard Recyclate January 2014: Notations increase slightly / Rising virgin material prices pressure / Regrinders face increase in costs / Additional hikes likely / New rPET prices

Polyurethane feedstocks January 2014: Producers again unable to pass on higher benzene prices / Demand still subdued, but spring awakening on the horizon / Price hikes increasingly likely

Global price increase for speciality plasticisers

North America December 2013: PE slithers sideways into the New Year / PP continues climbing / Monomer's firming sweeps PS higher / Engineering thermoplastics still quiet

China Standard Thermoplastics December 2013/January 2014: Ethylene import costs soar to 4-year high / Cost of imported standard thermoplastics down / Domestic producers slash prices in face of sluggish demand / Market slows down ahead of lunar new year

Standard Thermoplastics Trend January 2014: Year begins with price increases / Slight margin gains for polyolefins / PVC and styrenics producers pass on higher costs / Upward trend in spring

Russia December 2013: Polymer prices continue to fall / LDPE still tight / Stability anticipated for the beginning of 2014

Price upgrade for amorphous polyolefins

Prices marked upward for styrene copolymers

European prices go up for all PS grades

EUR 50/t hike for suspension and bulk PVC

Composites/GRP December 2013: Little price movement at year's end / Only ortho resins down slightly / Supply mostly exceeds demand / January hikes for glass fibre

Engineering Thermoplastics December 2013: Little price erosion / Lively automotive demand and quarterly contracts support notations / Upward pressure delays signing of longer-term contracts