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Engineering Thermoplastics December 2013: Little price erosion / Lively automotive demand and quarterly contracts support notations / Upward pressure delays signing of longer-term contracts

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Engineering Thermoplastics November 2013: Notations continue to crumble / PA defies price pressure / PC and POM down / Automotive better than scheduled / Benzene up in December / Stabilisation in sight

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Engineering Thermoplastics October 2013: ABS and POM drift down / Other types predominantly stable / Downward pressure mounts due to drop in benzene price / C4 costs and rugged demand should counteract the development

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Engineering Thermoplastics September 2013: Little movement with traditional engineering polymers / Price increases for commodity-related ABS and PP compounds / Situation likely to remain predominantly calm in October

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Engineering Thermoplastics August 2013: Still little movement with most types / PP compounds up due to C3 / Cost increases rattle foundations in September / Upward pressure set to rise

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Engineering Thermoplastics July 2013: Smooth Q3 transition / Most prices roll over / Slight drops in ABS and PP / No ordering slump / Despite declining feedstock costs, binding Q3 contracts dictate landscape

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Engineering Thermoplastics June 2013: Situation still balanced / Supply adjusted to demand / Notations predominantly stable / Butadiene price plummets / Benzene also down / Automotive industry brings stability

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Engineering Thermoplastics May 2013: Little movement on the price front / Hoped-for stimulus fails to materialise / Supply adequate despite production cutbacks / Stable costs likely to produce upswing in full working month of June

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Engineering Thermoplastics April 2013: Standard grades cripple ABS and PP compounds / PC and PMMA benefit from better weather / All other types stable / Benzene bounces back in May

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Engineering Thermoplastics March 2013: Rollover dominates / ABS and PA 6 weaken / POM slips amid mounting pressure from copolymer imports / PP lifted by higher C3 window / All signs point to rises in April

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Engineering Thermoplastics in February 2013: Distribution market sheds more feathers / Supply restrictions meet with weak demand / Direct business starts to pick up / All signs point to hikes in March

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Engineering Thermoplastics in January 2013: New year begins on a subdued note / Despite expensive benzene, ABS and PC barely move / PA, POM and PMMA prices down / Little risk of hikes, except for PP

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Engineering Thermoplastics in December 2012: Rollover dominates / Occasional signs of weakness / Supply suffices to meet sluggish demand / Rising benzene notations increasingly make themselves felt / Fresh calls for price hikes for ABS and PC

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Engineering Thermoplastics in November 2012: Subdued demand depresses notations / Adequate supply despite production cutbacks / Rising imports of standard grades / Little change expected for December

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Engineering Thermoplastics in October 2012: All markets calm / Costs and prices stay put at high level / Depressed demand / Moderate price pressure until year-end

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Engineering Thermoplastics in September 2012: ABS and PP pay tribute to remaining cost increases / Most other materials roll over / Polyamides start to crumble / Market hit by automotive downturn

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Engineering thermoplastics in August 2012: Commodity ABS and PP compounds react to higher feedstock prices / Higher-grade materials mostly roll over / Costs continue to rise / Hopes that new VW Golf 7 will stimulate demand

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Engineering Thermoplastics in July 2012: ABS, PA and PP feel the effect of June's feedstock slide / PC, PBT and POM stable / PMMA up slightly / Back pressure generated by reversal of feedstock notations / August still stable

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Engineering Thermoplastics in June 2012: ABS and PP compounds hit by downturn in the standard sector / Butadiene nosedive hits PA 6.6 / Benzene goes against the flow, driving PC up / Other types stable / Surplus tendency / Prices under pressure in July

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Engineering Thermoplastics in May 2012: Rising benzene pushes PA 6, PBT, POM and PMMA higher / Most other types stable / Ordering still very sluggish / Aromatic derivatives could well move up again in June