{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Plastic Resin Buyer Brief","title":"Halftime: What Resin Buyers Should Know About H1 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":292,"description":"H1 2026 was one of the most active nomination environments in recent memory — north of 90 proposed increases across commodity and engineering resins in a single quarter. The justification was consistent: feedstock costs, supply disruptions, force majeure. Some of that was real. A lot of the ask on top of it wasn't.\nIn this episode, we break down what H1 actually looked like from the buyer's side — what was proposed, what settled, and the gap between them where buyers who had data won. Then we walk through the mid-year review framework that separates the programs entering H2 with leverage from the ones running blind.\nTopics covered:The H1 nomination wave: scope, patterns, and justification languageCost pressure vs. pricing power — why the distinction matters in every conversationWhere buyers pushed back and won — and why the data made the differenceThe four-question mid-year review frameworkH2 outlook: feedstocks, forward exposure, what Q3 nominations likely look likeWhat to do before the next wave arrivesGuest: Michael Workman, Executive Director, ResinSmart | Powered by RTi GlobalRegister: \"Stop Negotiating Blind\" — Plastics News Webinar, July 22, 12:30 PM CT \nhttps://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1768507&tp_key=3e20608168","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}