Natural gas,monomers driving resin price increases

摘要

Plastics processors don't often give a second though to monomers - the building blocks of plastics - but with the increasing cost of resins,now is the time to sit up and pay attention.That's because recent drastic increases in the cost of monomers is one of the major driving forces behind the increased cost of resins,said Peter Killen,senior advisor at Muse Stan-cil & Co.,who is based in Houston,Tex.Muse Stancil is an energy consulting firm,which is headquartered in Dallas,Tex.