Engineering Thermoplastics June 2015: Polycarbonate moves into a higher gear / Other grades still mostly stable / Situation could heat up in the summer/ Producers launch extensive hikes at time of strong demand

摘要

Western European polycarbonate prices continued to rise throughout June 2015, and the uptrend in fact even gathered speed as the month wore on. The increase was accompanied by processors' calls for help, since producers appear to be looking for even more drastic rises, to be implemented in the second half of the year. Throughout Q2 alone, the price of polycarbonate volumes sold on the open market rose by more than EUR 150/t. By contrast, the upward flight of both ABS and PP compounds prices has lost some of its earlier momentum, as expected. Notations for all other engineering thermoplastics rolled over.