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Plastics meets ceramics at Fakuma 2023

Plastics meets ceramics at Fakuma 2023

Krahn Ceramics is exhibiting for the first time at this year's Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, Germany, showing how ceramics and plastics can complement each other.

Prices bottom out in Polish polyolefin market

Prices bottom out in Polish polyolefin market

Demand has reportedly been steady in the last week of July. "We still see weak demand for polyolefins in Poland; still, some companies decided to build small stocks due to a predicted price increase" - a trader has commented.

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.

Polyolefin prices down, but long-term outlook positive

Polyolefin prices down, but long-term outlook positive

Demand for injection PE has strengthened this week, according to Polish traders. ‘We get the most enquiries for injection HDPE and LDPE and the fewest requests for PP homopolymers from converters,’ one of the market players has reported. Converters that make products from PP complain about limited polymer availability.

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.

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