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Plastics Festival in Friedrichshafen

Plastics Festival in Friedrichshafen

The world’s leading trade fair highlight for injection moulding, extrusion technology, thermoforming and 3D printing will deal with the forward-looking topics of circular economy, digitalisation, process automation and energy efficiency.

Polish polyolefin market tight

Polish polyolefin market tight

PE and PP supply has tightened in the Polish market this week. It was nearly impossible to get the material from polyolefin producers for two weeks prior to this one, and now it is getting increasingly more difficult to buy it from traders as well.

Polish market begins to change

Polish market begins to change

The situation has begun changing in the Polish polyolefin market. PE and PP producers are reducing their capacity utilisation or storing their products while refusing to sell large quantities of the commodity to traders and converters.

PE, PP prices slide further in Poland

PE, PP prices slide further in Poland

The situation has been unclear in the Polish polyolefin market in the first week of July. Traders have informed that converters are actively asking for quotes, but few of them are buying the commodities. Converters of polypropylene, its copolymers in particular, are the most active.

LLDPE prices fall below €1,000/t in Poland

LLDPE prices fall below €1,000/t in Poland

In H2 June, converters have been slow to make new purchases regardless of special offers, discounts and traders minimal margins in anticipation of another price reduction next month

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