The 2024 full-year forecast developed by the MECS Study Centre of the trade association Amaplast indicates a drop of approximately nine percentage points in Italian production of plastics and rubber processing machinery to an estimated value of 4.35 billion euros.
In his 30 years at Messe Düsseldorf, Erhard Wienkamp has made a significant contribution to the company’s current level of internationality and to the size of its leading global trade shows K, interpack and ProWein.
Contract prices for monomers and, ultimately, polyolefins, have predictably moved down in Poland in December.
Chem-Courier forecasts polyolefins to hold their value until the end of the month.
Husky Technologies announced the appointment of John Linker as Chief Financial Officer. Linker will replace John Hafferty.
Customers often wait until the second week of the month to make purchasing decisions. They want to have a complete picture of the market
Traditional financing models are not designed to adapt to the actual use of the machine due to fixed rates.
Lerg S.A. has acquired a total of 76 per cent of WeButex Kunststoffbearbeitung GmbH, one of the best-known processors of thermoset laminates.
Film LDPE grades, especially those with MFI=0.3, have been unavailable on the Polish market this week.
According to Chem-Courier’s data, the Polish polyolefin market was awaiting the announcement of new prices last week.
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.
"Many customers are interested in prices and will most likely start restocking in August" - a market participant said.
