Welcome to our Resin Pricing page. No single line item on a processor's ledger is larger than plastics purchasing. We developed this page to keep you informed on current resin prices and on the news that can move those prices, in the hopes you can use this information to keep your resin spend as low as possible.

Each workday we will update the spot and contract pricing charts below with the help of our friends at The Plastics Exchange. We are working with the London Metal Exchange to offer daily updates on its plastics future contracts. Here the editors of Injection Molding Magazine and Modern Plastics Worldwide will post articles and commentary on supply/demand issues and other pricing topics. More developments are in the pipeline so check back daily.

Source: The Plastics Exchange

Pricing & Production News

TPE North American resin pricing, Aug. 30-Sept. 3: PE, PP climb; PP up $0.11/lb from June lows

TPE North American resin pricing, August 23-27: PE and PP up; September contract increases put forward

TPE North American resin pricing, August 16-20: PE, PP largely stable, film-grade PE remains tight

TPE North American resin pricing, August 9-13: PE, PP flat; in June, PE sales highest in a year, PP sales best since '07

TPE North American resin pricing, August 2-6: PE up, PP steady; LDPE scarce

TPE North American resin pricing, July 26-30: PE and PP on the rise; PP up $0.09/lb since June

TPE North American resin pricing, July 19-23: PE down, PP up; materials move a penny in opposite directions

TPE North American resin pricing, July 12-16: PE lower; PP up; activity on the rise

TPE North American resin pricing, June 28-July 2: PE up $0.01/lb; PP $0.02/lb higher in quiet week

TPE North American resin pricing, June 21-25: PE and PP steady; June PE contracts in dispute

TPE North American resin pricing, June 14-18: PP ends eight-week skid; PE down $0.02-$0.03/lb

TPE North American resin pricing, June 7-11: PE down $0.01-$0.02/lb; PP off $0.02/lb; June contracts likely to settle lower
TPE North American resin pricing, May 31-June 4: PE down $0.01/lb; PP off $0.02/lb; after hitting the $0.70s, ethylene now lower in ‘10

TPE North American resin pricing, May 24-28: PE and PP fall; PE ends May down $0.06/lb; PP loses $0.12/lb

TPE North American resin pricing, May 17-21: PE steady; PP drops again; May contracts move lower

TPE North American resin pricing, May 10-14: PE, PP spot prices drop $0.02/lb; May PP contracts could cut $0.12/lb

TPE North American resin pricing, May 3-7: PE, PP prices steady; is a drop in May contracts to come?

TPE North American resin pricing, April 26-30: PE down $0.01-$0.02/lb; PP falls $0.04/lb; ethylene in freefall

TPE North American resin pricing, April 19-23: PE down slightly, PP plummets $0.08/lb

TPE North American resin pricing, April 12-16: PE, PP drop $0.03/lb

TPE North American resin pricing, April 5-9: PE, PP up; PP sees biggest weekly increase of 2010

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