Plastics

摘要

Mergers and acquisitions continue to be the order of the day in the plastics supply chain. For every supplier who decides to exit the market, there is at least one buyer awaiting his chance to enter it. There also continues to be a slow-but-steady shift in supply to Asia, as it becomes the largest regional market for plastics consumption, and also to the Middle East, as consumption there rises but, more significantly, as oil suppliers there view plastics as a prime opportunity to diversify their downstream product lines. A number of compounding facilities are being established in India, which should help processors there to gain local access to more material options.