Engineering thermoplastics: Prices down but rate of decline slows / Only POM suffers triple-digit decrease / More moderate reductions for ABS, PC, PA and PMMA / PBT remains firm / Lacklustre demand / Stability likely

摘要

European prices for engineering thermoplastics continued their downward slide in the second month of Q4. Although buyers did not win the same sort of reductions as in October, some POM prices still shed triple digits. With ABS, PC, poly-amides and PP compounds, converters managed to secure reductions in the order of EUR 50/t, while PMMA shed just EUR 35/t. Since PBT producers were absolutely unwilling to compromise, notations remained at their October levels.