Unlock Growth Opportunities in Shifting Plastics & Polymers
With more than 150 experts around the world and more than 40 years of industry experience working in these markets and understanding the challenges and opportunities. We can provide you with the premier source for historical and forecast pricing, regional resin production tracking, resin demand analysis, and global trade reporting.
Plastics & Polymers Strategic Insights
Sustainability
- Environmental considerations create uncertainty for the supply/demand balances
- China: recycled plastic import ban versus Southeast Asia recycle development
- West Europe: Circular Economics & single-use packaging
Demand Drivers
- Polyolefins demand growth outpacing GDP growth
- End-use demand drivers increase with economic growth, e-commerce & greater affluence
Prices & Costs
- Price-setting mechanisms operate within changing floor and ceiling boundaries
- Inter-material substitution costs, import/export affordability, product performance, and new applications change price boundaries
Supply, Demand & Margins
- Supply/Demand balances are controlled by ethylene and propylene availability
- Upcycle integrated margins remained healthy through 2020
Competitiveness
- Regional feedstock competitiveness, CAPEX differentials & demand influence the location of the supply
- Regional cost competitiveness and trade flows are affected by demand centers as well as low-cost supply locations
Technologies
- Disruptive technologies for ethylene and propylene have the potential to change the competitive landscape
- Polypropylene price dynamics change as by- and co-product production loses influence
- Technologies emerge for more direct gas-to-polyolefins production
Economic Growth
- Large populations consume significantly less plastic per capita compared to fully developed regions
- At what pace and degree will developing economies grow to the levels of North America and West Europe?
Near-Term Solutions
Asia, Middle East, and India Plastics & Polymers Cover the Dynamic Asian, Middle Eastern, and Indian Markets for Six Major Thermoplastic resins (PE, PP, PS, EPS, PET, and PVC).
Global markets for thermoplastic resins continue to grow and transform. With the increasing investments occurring in the Middle East and Asia. Asia, Middle East & India Weekly tracks these developments and delivers weekly near-term pricing and market analysis along with monthly data detailing supply/demand, economics, and trade patterns. Managed by our consultants in Singapore and the Middle East, this service takes salient industry data and transforms it into valuable insights and forecasting advice. Subscribers may opt to complement this service with an add-on to the monthly update covering the European downstream plastics supply chain.
This product can be standalone purchased or bundled with the Global Plastics & Polymers Market Advisory Service
Global Plastics & Polymers Provides a Comprehensive View Of World Markets for Six Major Thermoplastic resins (PE, PP, PS, EPS, PVC, and PET) and their Relationships with Upstream and Downstream Sectors.
From start to finish each month, Global Plastics & Polymers delivers our subscribers a wealth of data on six major thermoplastic resins in North America, Western Europe, and Asia. In the first week, you will receive the spot and contract prices, quarterly price forecasts, and extensive commentary on key market analytics covering the entire supply chain. Around the third week of each month, clients receive a supplement containing data and intelligence on economics, quarterly supply & demand balances, and trade.
At month’s end, the clients will receive the month’s ending price index for the major covered products.
Global PET Stream Offers Weekly Price Updates and In-Depth Monthly Market Analysis for the Entire PET Bottle Resin Chain (Paraxylene, PTA, MEG, and PET) in Asia, Western Europe, and the United States.
Stakeholders involved in the PET stream need access to the latest data on its numerous refining, aromatic, and olefin components, all of which are highly global in character. Difficult choices entail knowledge of contract versus spot pricing, reduced production versus export sales, and inventory build versus price risk.
Global PET Stream, run by a team of dedicated consultants, helps you understand the ramifications of these trade-offs so you can make sound production, buying, and investment decisions. Through continual, personal interaction with key industry sources, chemical consultants will gather, format, and analyze the data and transform it into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
Global Engineering Resins Provides a Comprehensive View of World Markets for Seven Major Engineering Resins and their Ties to Upstream and Downstream Sectors.
We have a dedicated team of experienced consultants and database experts covering the global Engineering Resins market, Global Engineering Resins offers the industry’s most concise package of analysis, interpretation, and forecasting. You will receive a monthly Global Engineering Resins Report that provides the price indices in North America, Western Europe, and the Asia Pacific for the seven categories of Engineering Resins. You will also receive extensive monthly market analysis, price and margin forecasts, as well as key market fundamentals coverage.
China Polyolefins Provides a Comprehensive View of the Chinese Markets for Polyethylene (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE) and Polypropylene and their Relationships with Upstream Feedstocks and Downstream End-use Markets.
The highly dynamic and volatile nature of the polyolefin market requires stakeholders to have reliable, impartial data on the entire value stream to make informed business decisions. China Polyolefins provides an all-encompassing analysis of the Chinese polyethylene and polypropylene industry, from its upstream feedstocks to its downstream applications.
Through continual, personal interaction with key industry sources, chemical consultants hone their cutting-edge knowledge of market forces and political developments to bring you the latest picture of the Chinese polyolefins industry. Subscribers will receive weekly and monthly reports (published in Mandarin) detailing data on prices, trading ranges, imports-exports, supply and demand, and other major market fundamentals.
North America Polyethylene Provide a Comprehensive View of The Regional Market for these Major Thermoplastic Resins and Their Relationships with Upstream and Downstream Sectors.
It’s like having a “mini-retainer” with a plastics consulting company. The North America Polyethylene Report contained only a wealth of regional industry data on these major thermoplastic resins, but also real market insight.
Access to our market analysis, price forecasts, and comprehensive database which provides both short-term and strategic guidance. This report empowered our clients to maximize the potential of their purchasing spend and often return the annual cost of our Market Advisory Service. Let our practice save you time and resources by collecting and translating the data into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
North America Polypropylene Provide a Comprehensive View of the Regional Market for these Major Thermoplastic Resins and their Relationships with Upstream and Downstream Sectors.
It’s like having a “mini-retainer” with a plastics consulting company. The North America Polypropylene Report contained not only a wealth of regional industry data on these major thermoplastic resins but also real market insight.
Access to our market analysis, price forecasts, and comprehensive database which provides both short-term and strategic guidance. This report empowered our clients to maximize the potential of their purchasing spend and often return the annual cost of our Market Advisory Service. Let our practice save you time and resources by collecting and translating the data into valuable insights and forecasting advice.
Long-Term Solutions
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
- Long-term supply-demand database updated bi-annually
- Real time global capacity database
- Detailed country-level trade grids updated bi-annually
- 10-year forecasts for price, cost and margin updated quarterly
- Upside and downside sensitivities
- Strategic market assessments
Plastics & Polymers Global Team
Joel Morales
Vice President, Global Plastics & Polymers | North America Polyethylene & Polypropylene Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioUtpal Sheth
Executive Director, Asia Plastics & Polymer Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioFabrizio Galie
EMEA Polyolefins
Read BioAnthony Palmer
Vice President, Global Circular Plastic Sustainability Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioPreeti Sriram
Associate Director, North America Nylon, PBT, POM
Read BioAlan Wei
Executive Director, China Polyolefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioNick Vafiadis
Vice President, Global Plastics & Polymers Team Lead Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioMartin Wiesweg
Executive Director, EMEA Plastics Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioBrendan Dooley
Executive Director, Global Engineering Plastics Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
Read BioRobin Waters
Executive Director, Global Circular Plastics Sustainability Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS
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