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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of
plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in
Europe have announced a price increase for all polycarbonate (PC) grades in
Europe, as per the company's press release.
Effective March 1, 2020,
or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot PC prices for the
products listed below increased as follows:
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CALIBRE PC resins - by EUR600 per metric ton.
As MRC informed earlier,
Trinseo last raised its prices for all PC grades in Europe on 1 February
2021 by EUR200 per metric ton.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report,
Russia's estimated consumption of PC granules (excluding imports and exports
to/from Belarus) totalled 89,300 tonnes in 2020, up by 14% year on year (78,500
tonnes a year earlier).
Trinseo is a global materials company and
manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber. Trinseo's technology is used by
customers in industries such as home appliances, automotive, building &
construction, carpet, consumer electronics, consumer goods, electrical &
lighting, medical, packaging, paper & paperboard, rubber goods and tires.
Formerly known as Styron, Trinseo completed its renaming process in 1Q 2015.
Trinseo had approximately USD3.8 billion in net sales in 2019, with 17
manufacturing sites around the world, and approximately 2,700
employees. |
