The Plastics Exchange: Commodity Plastic Resin, Buy Resin, Sell Resin, Plastic

Follow @resinguru

Forgot your password?


Resin Markets

SpotContract

	Industry News

Market Updates

	NOVA Chemicals Introduces Recycled Content EPS Shape Molding Resin (05/21/2013)
	Uroplasty To Announce Fiscal Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2013 Financial Results On May 30, 2013 (05/20/2013)
	Cereplast Reports 2013 First Quarter Financial Results (05/20/2013)
	Mexichem to buy affiliate of U.S. firm PolyOne for $250 mn (05/20/2013)
	Phillips 66 Q1 net income increases (05/20/2013)
	Tredegar to Webcast Annual Meeting of Shareholders (05/15/2013)
	LyondellBasell European Restructuring to Include HDPE Unit in Germany (05/15/2013)
	Plastic bag ban gets endorsement of city committeee (05/15/2013)
	INVISTA Signs Land Reservation Agreement for Nylon 6,6 Polymer Site at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (05/15/2013)
	Intertape Polymer Group Reports First Quarter 2013 (05/15/2013)
	FRX Polymers Hires New VP of Sales (05/14/2013)
	Two Polyethylene Force Majeure Declarations (05/14/2013)

Polyethylene

Polyethylene trading was active and prices were mixed. The markets were spurred along by cracker outages that led to two declarations of Force Majeure for particular materials. HDPE resin for blow molding and film applications are facing allocations for contract purchases, drawing spot prices higher. However, mostly unaffected LDPE and LLDPE resins remained well-supplied and prices sagged a half-cent. Traders with HDPE inventory jacked up thei... [More]

Polypropylene

A high volume of Polypropylene transacted on The Plastics Exchange this past week. May PP contracts slid just a penny and buyers recognizing limited, if any downside from this level, are restocking their resin inventories. The low end of the market continued to firm and Generic Prime offers now more closely reflect a traditional margin premium over monomer. Some basic grades are becoming difficult to source, but at a price it all seems to be av... [More]