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Reasons for the polyethylene price increase in February 2024
- 22.02.2024
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
Between January 2024 and February 2024, there will be a dramatic increase in polyethylene prices of EUR 200-380/t compared to the levels at the beginning of January 2024. The analytical company myCeppi consulting has provided information on the situation in the commodity plastics...
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Prospects for the Central European polymer market in 2024
What was 2023 like? In fact, it could have been worse. Fortunately, energy prices normalized, inflation began to decrease everywhere in Europe, and the economic downturn was not significant either. But the uncertainty and fear of recession remained with us. The general economic situation is slowly...
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Slovnaft: The new ethylene tank will cut regular flaring in half
- 25.10.2023
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
The Slovnaft company is putting a new ethylene storage tank into operation. The investment in the total amount of almost 70 million euros will reduce the need for regular shutdown of the production unit for the production of polyethylene LDPE4 by...
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RESINEX Czech Republic presents the INFINO® product line
Polycarbonates under the INFINO® brand belong to the portfolio of the world's leading manufacturer LOTTE Chemical. LOTTE has a main production plant in Korea and a compounding plant in Hungary. Thanks to this, customers can rely on the delivery of material in short periods and at prices that are...
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VACULA : Customer trust is one of the most important prerequisites for a successful company
The family company, VACULA s.r.o., has gradually developed into the strongest player on the technical plastics market since its establishment in 1997. After the death of the founder of the company, the family was forced to make some big changes. We can now confirm that the younger generation is...
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EXPLAST Slovakia opens new plant in Nitra, Slovakia
In the West Park Lužianky complex near Nitra (SK), the company ceremoniously opened its own administrative and warehouse buildings in April 2022 on an area of about 11,000 square meters. The ribbon was cut by the management of EXPLAST, represented by directors Mr. Miloš Sova and Mr. Ján Sova and...
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Plastic granulate price reports: Steep price increase in April
- 07.04.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
There was a significant increase in olefin and styrene monomer prices exceeding 15.5-20%. And this far exceeds expectations. The monomer price increases in April are mainly due to high energy costs and uncertainty over gas purchases in...
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Plastic granulate price reports: April price increase with many question marks
- 31.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
At the end of March, polymer producers began announcing their April plans to increase prices. One thing seems certain, there will be a significant increase in prices compared to the first week of March. In the case of olefin monomers, polymer producers predicted a price increase of € 150-200 / t....
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Plastic granulates price reports: high prices and low demand
- 23.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
The buying panic subsided last week after the rise in “feedstock” prices stopped and there was no renegotiation of the monomer price aired. Converters are much more cautious about purchases, especially everyone looking to buy at prices from the beginning of the...
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Price reports of plastic granulates: ‘Feedstock’ volatility, rising polymer prices
- 16.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
At the beginning of last week, both “feedstock” and energy prices reached their highest levels in 10 years. The price of oil was 139 USD/barrel, NAPHTHA was 1,121.7 USD/t and the price of natural gas was 227.201 Euro/MWh. Polymer manufacturers reacted quickly to Monday's developments, and further...
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Price reports of plastic granulates: Confusion in the market with plastic granulate as a result of the first phase of the war
- 10.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
The market is confused. The escalating Russian-Ukrainian war is distracting from the deal. An unprecedented situation, market participants do not know how to react. Both Western and Central European polymer producers reacted to the clear monomer price increase in March with varying degrees of price...
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Price reports of plastic granulates: The war in Ukraine has not yet affected the polymer market
- 03.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
For the time being, the Ukrainian-Russian war has no appreciable impact on the Central European polymer markets. Converters keep waiting. Everyone is aware that rising oil and energy prices will soon have an impact. However, there is a pre-storm silence for now. Most plastics converters are also...
Nexeo Plastics supplies new PP and PE granules from the Luban brand
- 01.03.2022
- Latest News
- Commodity plastics
Nexeo Plastics has entered into a distribution cooperation with OQ in Oman, a manufacturer of PP and PE granules. The products are supplied under the trade name...
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RESINEX launches new MyResinex customer portal
RESINEX launches a new MyResinex customer portal to further improve customer service by providing uninterrupted access to all important information. The portal also provides an online check of the order status, all documents (technical sheets, material certificates, safety data sheets, etc.) or an...
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Unique plastic sports bottles made of durable TRITAN copolyester
Tritan materials belong to the group of copolyesters. This copolyester offers an innovative design and the possibility of use in applications where the emphasis is on high transparency, toughness, temperature and chemical...
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They will start autumn outages in Slovnaft, contribute to reducing emissions and increase production safety
- 14.09.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
In September and October, Slovnaft will once again shut down part of its production facilities in order to carry out their mandatory maintenance, repairs and modernization. The aim of this work is to ensure the safe operation of equipment and improve the environmental parameters of production - to...
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Unipetrol also completed the second part of the new polyethylene unit
Unipetrol has completed the highest ever investment in the Czech chemical industry. Following the completion of the respective tests, the company took delivery of the second part of the new polyethylene unit, PE3. The first part of the unit producing natural polyethylene (the Natural Line) was put...
Recycl-IN – sustainable polymers from INEOS
As one of the largest Olefin producers in Europe, INEOS also wants to do its part to reduce plastic...
Plastic granules for medicine and healthcare
We understand your needs. Company ULTRAPOLYMERS s.r.o. therefore, it offers certified medical and healthcare materials from the world's leading manufacturers. The materials ensure long-term availability and quality...
Raw material for the production of insulation blocks or packaging from Danimar Global
The company Danimar is an exporter of polymer raw materials in the Baltic States and Eastern...
Invitation to the 60th International Engineering Fair Brno from VACULA s.r.o.
- 27.09.2018
- Latest News
- Commodity plastics
Family business with long-standing tradition and trading experience with engineering plastics for injection and extrusion, VACULA s.r.o., invites you to Brno on MSV...
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New office of TER Plastics Sp. z o.o. in Brno
TER Plastics POLYMER GROUP - recognized European partner in the field of development and distribution of engineering plastics, with main business focus on high performance polymers, launches a new branch office in Brno. This is another milestone in the development path of this...
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Polyethylene: the most commonly used polymer in the world
What should you know about polyethylene? What is it produced of, and what about its properties should not escape your attention? Let's take a closer look at this...
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New Cooperation between TER Plastics POLYMER GROUP and TORAY
From now on TER Plastics POLYMER GROUP is distributing TORAY’s Toyolac brand products throughout Europe. The Toyolac portfolio is one the broadest styrenics portfolio within the global producers, including a complete range of products like opaque and transparent ABS, ASA, SAN and blends like PC /...
Company NEXEO SOLUTIONS has included in its product portfolio polypropylenes of company Flint Hills
The materials are delivered from the factory in the USA. This material is particularly required in applications intended for the US...
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SLOVNAFT Group has confirmed the good performance in the fourth quarter 2015
SLOVNAFT Group confirmed a good performance also in the last quarter of last year. Its net profit reached 35 million euros, comparing with the end of 2014 when the company dealt with a loss of 70 million...
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Interplastics s.r.o. expanded distribution of materials
Interplastics Company s.r.o. was established in 2005 to distribute plastic granules from alternative sources. Our experience with plastics, however, dates back to 1995 and therefore function as a reliable partner of many large, medium and small companies not only in the Slovak and Czech...
NEXEO SOLUTIONS newly offers PMMA granules
- 17.10.2014
- Latest News
- Commodity plastics
NEXEO SOLUTIONS complement the offer of granules of plastic material...
NEXEO supplies materials Invista
- 02.06.2014
- Latest News
- PA Polyamide
- Commodity plastics
New materials are designed primarily for the automotive...
The new owner of RONAS Ltd.
- 18.02.2014
- Latest News
- Commodity plastics
We have pleasure to announce that from 01.06.2014 there was a change of ownership RONAS Company Ltd., registered number 43963633 and at the same time it was also changed its name to KOH-I-NOOR RONAS...
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