PET September 2007: Slow downswing continues / Excess capacity meets soft demand / Outlook unclear

Standard thermoplastics at the beginning of September: Most polyolefins rise only slightly / Demand slows / PVC clearly on the way up / PS crumbles under renewed fall in styrene monomer contract / EPS numbers starting to bottom out?

Standard thermoplastics in August: Producers' demands fail to bite / Supply improves / PE and PP up slightly / PVC stable / PS weakens / EPS down heavily / Demand returning to normal / Outlook varies

PET in August 2007: Cool weather depresses demand / Supply normal / Prices slip further

Standard thermoplastics at the beginning of August: Proposed steep hikes fail to go through / Polyolefins up slightly / PVC in strong rollover / PS and EPS see further declines / Supply balanced on the whole / Demand not as weak as expected

Standard thermoplastics July 2007: Second half-year begins mainly with increases / Polyolefins and PVC rise significantly / PS and EPS notations down less than monomer / Supply adequate - not long / Improved availability of EPS

PET July 2007: Slight decline / Outlook very unclear

Standard thermoplastics at the beginning of July 2007: Inconsistent picture at the start of H2 / Producers push through hikes in polyolefins and PVC / PS and EPS come down on falling styrene / Most commodities tight / PVC and EPS availability improves

Standard thermoplastics June 2007: Strong demand soaks up short supplies / Delivery bottlenecks for feedstocks / Most prices move up / Fall in styrene price checks call for substantial increases in PS and EPS

PET June 2007: Upward trend continues / Lower feedstocks may affect polymer in July

Standard thermoplastics beginning of June 2007 / Force majeure declarations and maintenance turnarounds hit olefin supply / Tough negotiations on steep hike plans / Will higher styrene prices be passed on? / PVC rising / Demand stable

Standard thermoplastics May 2007: Feedstock shortage and strong demand drive prices up / Polyolefins resist / PS rises on monomer increase / PVC and EPS stable / Producers call for hikes

PET May 2007: Clear upward tendency

Standard thermoplastics at the beginning of May 2007: Moderate rise for polyolefins / Monomer increase passed on in PS prices / PVC and EPS stable / Volumes mostly short / Steep hikes no longer a topic

Standard thermoplastics April 2007: Polyolefins and PS generally tight / Most of rise in monomer prices passed on / PVC and EPS roll over / Some production plants down / Producers put steep hikes on the table