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Polymer prices - a downward spiral of prices and demand
18.6.2026 | Polymer prices are caught in a vicious cycle: prices are falling due to weak demand, and because of the sharp drop in prices, converters are trying... -
Polymer prices - expectations of price cuts have halted demand
4.6.2026 | Expectations of price declines, increasing imports, and the approach of summer have removed demand from the market. European polymer manufacturers...
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Sale of LDPE, HDPE and SBR Materials – Current Offer
3.6.2026 | Supply offer of LDPE, HDPE and SBR polymer materials intended for manufacturers of films, packaging, plastic products, piping systems and technical... -
Polymer prices - unchanged European prices and strengthening demand expected in June
29.5.2026 | The past week was basically characterized by apparent oversupply, with plastics converters not buying, trusting in the June price drop. Their...
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Polymer prices – uncertainty for polymer producers, led to a small fall in polyolefin prices
22.5.2026 | Demand and supply uncertainty continued. The main sign of this is the wait-and-see attitude of plastics converters and the small to large price cuts... -
Explosion at MOL’s Hungarian plant in Tiszaújváros
22.5.2026 | An explosion occurred this morning at 08:47 at the MOL energy company’s plant in the eastern Hungarian town of Tiszaújváros.
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TPV Santoprene at a favorable price: an opportunity for elastomer processors
14.5.2026 | Looking for TPV Santoprene at an attractive price? The current offer includes several available material grades, including 103-50 Black, 123-50... -
Polymer prices – may's triple-digit monomer price rise dispels price cut illusions
8.5.2026 | One reason for the weak demand in recent weeks was an illusion that the Hormuz crisis would be resolved and a polymer price correction would...
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Polymer prices – successful April price increases, weak Easter demand
21.4.2026 | Significant price increases occurred last week, April prices were established, and plastic converters were forced to accept the price increases of... -
Polymer prices - continued price increases, uncertain prices, tight supply in April
14.4.2026 | The past week ended with a significant increase in monomer prices. The price increase of ethylene 450, propylene 465 and styrene monomer 469 euros...
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Polymer prices - further price increases expected in April
7.4.2026 | Price increases continued last week. Western European polymer producers have forecast significant price increases for April. Most polymer... -
Polymer prices - continued steep price increases, narrowing availability
2.4.2026 | Price increases continued last week. Polymer manufacturers and traders implemented price increases of 150-450 euros, depending on the polymer grade....
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Polymer prices - continued steep price increases, narrowing availability
31.3.2026 | Price increases continued last week. Polymer manufacturers and traders implemented price increases of 150-450 euros, depending on the polymer grade.... -
Polymer prices - multi-stage price rises, dramatically shrinking import supply
23.3.2026 | The buying panic continued last week, with sellers raising prices in several stages. European polymer producers have been trying to track the...
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Polymer prices - steep polymer price increases, panic among understocked converters
17.3.2026 | Monomer prices in March showed only a moderate, cautious price increase. The olefin monomer producers did not consider the emerging war situation... -
Polymer prices - demand expected to strengthen and prices to rise slightly in March
12.3.2026 | Demand for polymers only increased slightly in February, and sellers say this is because buyers do not really believe in a major price increase in...
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Polymer prices - before the price increase in March
3.3.2026 | Slowly rising demand, increasing geopolitical uncertainty, oil supply problems in some countries and a prolonged winter, all of which have led to... -
Polymer prices - partially successful polystyrene price increase, unsuccessful polyolefin and PVC...
24.2.2026 | According to plastics converters in the packaging industry, 2026 is not off to a bad start. Demand in January and February is not bad either, but not...
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Polymer prices – selective, supply-led price rises in February
16.2.2026 | February's contracted monomer prices have been announced. The price of ethylene (C2) and propylene (C3) increased by around €15 compared to January. -
Polymer prices – certain monomer and uncertain polymer price increase
11.2.2026 | Polyolefin producers and distributors are mostly satisfied with January sales, both in terms of volume and prices. Although converters were buying...
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Polymer prices – feedstock prices point to price rises in February, converters skeptical
3.2.2026 | The recovery in demand, which started in the second week of January, slowed down in the third week of January and the market seemed to stall in the... -
Polymer prices – weak demand and price corrections
29.1.2026 | Most market players returned from holiday, but this did not bring the expected recovery in demand. In conclusion, the ambitious pricing of early...
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Polymer prices – slow-starting market, in some cases with price increases driven by tight supply
23.1.2026 | Central Europe is slowly coming back from holidays, with most countries still having a few public holidays last week. Therefore, the past week was... -
Polymer prices – slow start to the year, minor polyolefin and PVC price declines in the second...
20.1.2026 | 2026 has begun, but most market participants were still on vacation last week. Thus, no transactions took place, only in a few cases deliveries were...
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Polymer prices – quiet market, small price corrections
22.12.2025 | Market players have been preparing for the Christmas shutdown for the past week. Only a few converters wanted to buy, but in the case of polyolefins... -
Polymer prices – Slightly rising PE, PS, PET stagnating PP and falling PVC prices in December
15.12.2025 | Last week, there was another minor price increase for LDPE, due to tight and increasingly tight supply. In the case of HDPE, some producers...
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Polymer prices – Slightly rising LDPE, HDPE and PPH prices in December
9.12.2025 | Olefin monomer prices remained unchanged in December. However, this does not mean that some polyolefin prices will not change in December. Price... -
Polymer prices – selectively rising polyethylene prices despite the end of the season
2.12.2025 | Last week, the Central European polymer market split in two, both along polymer grades and geographically. The reason for the break is the MOL...
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Polymer prices – stabilizing prices, weak demand and selectively tightening supply
24.11.2025 | Central European polyolefin prices have stabilized in the past week, but PVC is under significant price pressure, while PET appears to have turned... -
Polymer prices - Oversupply and selectively limited availability in November
11.11.2025 | The past week has been characterized by mixed demand and price effects on polymer markets. Demand for certain grades and types has increased due to...
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Polymer prices - Correcting feedstock prices and further tightening supply
4.11.2025 | The prices of “commodity” polymers were affected by the following factors last week: -
Polymer Prices – Polymer Prices Under Pressure
20.10.2025 | Polymer prices under pressure
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