{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Plastic Resin Buyer Brief","title":"Don't Drop the Stick: Playing Defense in a Four-Month Rising Resin Market | May 2, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":396,"description":"Four consecutive months of PP contracts finishing higher. Benzene up 62 cents in a month. PVC at 16 days of supply. It feels like you're killing a penalty that never ends.\nBut disciplined buyers don't drop the stick.\nThis week, Michael Workman breaks down the market across PP, PS, ABS, PC, and PVC — and more importantly, where buyers still have leverage right now before May nominations fully land.\nKey topics:The 6¢ margin enhancement buried inside PP's April increase — and what your contract language says about itWhy PC and ABS are cost stories, not scarcity stories — and why that matters for how hard you push backThe ABS window: at least one major producer not taking new orders through year-endFour specific actions for this weekWhy protecting the crease is the right procurement posture right now\nAlso: the kids show up exactly when they were told to. Penalty killing at home is a different sport.\nIf you're at Flex Forum next week — come find us.\nPowered by ResinSmart and the RESIN8 engine — real transaction data, trusted cost models, no more guesswork. resinsmart.ai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9sQKF90z4mZMcXCjKzZYFM5EfH2MoBWVj1RDIOBqoTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NDZm/ZDZjZDg5MWQwNTVm/NWFiYjczODZhMTYw/NGVjNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}