The Plastic Resin Buyer Brief

It was dance recital week in the Workman household — and the chaos behind the scenes at the studio is a perfect metaphor for where the resin market sits right now. May settled cleanly on the surface. But TotalEnergies is still under force majeure in PP. A Phillips 66 turnaround is coming in June. Celanese is rationalizing PA66 capacity ahead of a Singapore unit closure in July. And inventory numbers settle up.

Michael Workman breaks down what buyers need to know before committing to June pricing — and why producers are counting on buyers who aren't looking too closely at what's happening backstage.

In this episode: 
  • Polypropylene supply disruptions 
  • PA66 Celanese capacity rationalization  
  • Trinseo Chapter 11 
  • PE inventory revision 
  • How to separate cost-justified increases from margin recovery asks
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