Volatile feedstock costs could destroy the polystyrene(PS)market as consumers switch to other materials,warned Jaroslaw Michniuk,BASF's marketing director stypenic thermoplastics commodities.Speaking at the fourth European Aromatics and Derivatives Conference in Cologne,Germany last week,Michniuk explained that the West European PS market had stagnated at 0.5%/year growth despite growth in other plastics.
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