PET November 2008: Downslide in prices slows / Slump may be bottoming out / Demand slightly improved / China and Asia on the way to stability / Recycling market dangerously shaky

Standard Thermoplastics Trend November 2008: Prices continue to plunge / PE notations fall heavily again / PP and PVC decline more moderately / Styrenics pay the price for SM crash / No end to pressure

Standard thermoplastics in October 2008: Notations in free fall / PE collapses / Demand weak overall / Many production cutbacks / Market seeks the bottom of the spiral / Benzene “implosion” unravels styrene chain

PET October 2008: Downward plunge accelerates as demand collapses / Overcapacities persist despite massive cutbacks / Feedstocks also move down sharply / No light at the end of the tunnel for now

Standard Thermoplastics Trend October 2008: Prices for commodities plummet / No more fantasy in monomer rebates / Pipelines still well filled / Oversupply persists despite production cuts / Further price reductions possible

Standard Thermoplastics in September 2008: Most polymers on the decline at the end of Q3 / Buyers still holding back / Demand poor / Damage limitation through production cuts / Feedstock situation eases / Notations in October likely to soften further

PET September 2008: Worldwide economic meltdown has Europe in its grip / Producers' margins bleed red ink / Demand slumps / Downswing likely to continue

Standard Thermoplastics Trend September 2008: Prices start to slide back from summer's peak levels / Notations fall as buyers hold back and demand slackens / Dark clouds hang over Q4

Standard Thermoplastics in August 2008: Further increases across the board / Perceptible levelling off in month's second half / Southern Europe holiday doldrums depress demand / End to upward spiral in sight?

PET August 2008: Summer rally short lived / Soft demand depresses notations further / Outlook cloudy

Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2008: Signs of consolidation / "Remaining increases" for polyolefins / PVC producers near two-month target / EPS and PS rise in parallel with the monomer

Standard Thermoplastics in July 2008: Historic rises for polyolefins / PE up by as much as EUR 170/t, PP gains "only" half as much / Supply gaps for commodities / Demand slows / Producers seeking more hikes

PET July 2008: Bottle grade resin reacts to feedstock issues / Producers to try for more hikes

Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2008: Q3 ethylene price propels polyolefins and PVC upward / PS and EPS point sharply upward on tight styrene / Supply balanced to tight / Slack demand / Proposed price hikes likely to grip

Standard thermoplastics in June 2008: Second quarter closes with dramatic cost bang / Supplies of some polymers short due to plant outages and capacity cutbacks / Steep rises announced