Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2015: Massive rises across the board / Tight market situation helps producers lift prices / Traditional market structures break up / No end to upsurge in sight / Will extruders run dry?

摘要

The dramatic situation on the European standard thermoplastics market defies recent memory. Although there have previously been phases of radical price turnarounds with sudden and unexpected triple-digit rises, these were nearly always the result of major cost rises. This is not the case now, especially not for polyolefins. The bottlenecks could even prompt processors to shut down their lines and possibly even entire plants.