Higher prices for titanium dioxide in the Americas

EVA copolymers price increase

Engineering thermoplastics at the end of January 2008: PA 6.6 and PBT move up / End of rock-bottom notations for POM, PMMA and PP compounds / ABS, PC and PA 6 still stable / Supply normal / Demand slow to recover / Conditions favourable for price hikes

Price increase for SBC

Standard thermoplastics in January 2008: Price explosion for polyolefins / PVC stable / Styrenics also up / PE just balanced / Cracker situation unstable / Speculative trading brakes PP / PS tightening? / Further hefty hikes on the table

PET January 2008: Upward movement only at the bottom end / Rises marginal overall / North America and Asia lose some ground / February outlook muted

January 2008

PS prices up again in February

Strong demand tightens hexene grades of LLDPE / Price curve increasingly uncoupled from standard product / C6 to be reported separately in PIE

PE resins on the way up again in February

Polyurethane feedstocks in January 2008: MDI largely stable / Long supplies meet slack demand / TDI may have reached its peak / Polyols rise on the back of higher costs

Price increase for pigment blacks

Price rises for resins, gelcoats and adhesives

European price rises for composite products

Polyisocyanates prices to increase