Overviews of past Issues of Kuhlke Plastics Review
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Febuary 2003 Reviews current U.S. pricing for PE, PP, PS and PVC. Also reviews new product introductions and world plant capacity changes obtained during the past month. Special features include a review of thlargest ABS producers, Atofina's polymer plants, and Japanese plastic production 2000 to 2002 with a forecast for 2003. A review of polyethylene and polypropylene US market pricing estimates by various consulting firms is presented.
January 2003 Reviews current U.S. pricing for PE, PP, PS, and PVC. Also reviews new product introductions and world plant capacity changes obtained during the past month. Special features include a review of economic growth forecasts by various analysts. A discussion on what may be driving polymer prices in 1H03 is presented. A review of crude oil and ethane prices 1995 to 1Q03 in cents per pound is also presented.
December 2002 Reviews current U.S. pricing for PE, PP, PS and PVC. Also reviews new product introductions and world plant capacity changes obtained during the past month. A review of the supply-demant equation for the U.S. PE market is also presented. The U.S. PVC Window amarket and the U.S. polyethylene bag marketed are also discussed.
November 2002 Reviews current U. S. pricing for PE, PP, PS and PVC. Also reviews new product introductions and world plant capacity changes obtained during the past month. A review of the major petrochemical complexes in the planning stage for China is also presented.
September 2002 Reviews current U.S. pricing for PE, PP, PS, and PVC. Also reviews new product introductions and world plant capacity changes obtained during the past month. A review of North American PP plant capacities is presented. Also reviewed are 12 world scale steamcrackers and polyethylene plants targeted to come online in Iran during the next several years.
August 2002 US domestic consumption for first 5 months of 2002 is reviewed. US exports for polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and PVC are conpared with those from Western Europe and Japan. The world market for polypropylene is reviewed. Production is forecast out to 2006. The 2001 market is reviewed in detail for each of the six regions of the world and provids data on consumption, production and capacities. Possible plants in the planning stage ( about 22 million tons) plus another 3.5 million tons in construction are reviewed by each region of the world. Based on this, only about 26% should be built and the rest canceled or postponed to come online after 2006. US market pricing and new plant construction for all of the volume polymers for the world is also reviewed.
June 2002 Reviews variations in recent consultant reports, with emphasis on new Mid East steamcracker capacity over period 2001 to 2009. A plant by plant analysis is included. Also included is a review of Mid East polyethylene plants. A plant by plant analysis is provided for plants coming online from 1964 to 2005. In addition, the Newsletter lists other plants in the planning stage, but for which no online target is available. In addition, the Newsletter reviews price movements for the volume polymers and reviews recent major plant capacity announcements over the past month.
April 2002 A review of the forces affecting the US economy and polymer prices is reviewed. The purchase of DSM by Sabic is reviewed. Pricing for the volume polymers in Asia and North America is reviewed. All new plant announcements during April are reviewed.
March 2002 U.S. pricing for the volume polymers is reviewed. Also the capacity to produce ABS is reviewed on a world wide basis along the the relative profitability of the US polyethylene market. All new plant announcements during March are reviewed.
February 2002 Updated growth in GDP data is reviewed along with the proposed merger of Sumitomo and Mitsui's polyolefins business. Preliminary estimates are given for the changes in capacity and production for 2001 compared with 2000 on a world-wide basis. The relative profitability of the US Polypropylene market is reviewed. All new plant announcements during February are reviewed.
January 2002 Chinese import tariffs for the volume polymers are updated for the period 2001 to 2008. A pricing review for the volume polymers (PE, PP, styrenics, PVC) was initiated with the January issue. All new plant announcements during January world-wide are reviewed.
The July Newsletter reviews the relative profitability of the US Polypropylene producers during the first half of 2001. The planned construction of petrochemical and plastic plants in Iran is reviews. Also the plastics demand in China as stated in their next five year plan is reviewed as well as new data on world polymer plant which was received during the past month. Cost of single issue is $49.00. To purchase Kuhlke@AOL.com.
The June Kuhlke Plastics Review provides a summary of HDPE blow molding grade prices from six different reporting services highlighting the difference, which shows nine to ten cents per pound variations in the US market price. The newsletterl also reviews the SM market in China, the effect if falling propylene prices on US exports of PP, a review of Japanese mega PE mergers, and a review of new polymer products and capacities announced since the May NL. Cost of single issue is $49.00. To purchase Kuhlke@AOL.com.
The April 2001 Kuhlke Polymer Newsletter features are review of the top eight ABS producers in the world, and an update of the relative profitability of the US PVC producers. This later item was prompted by Borden Chemical filing for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. In addition, all major plant expansion and closure announcements of the past month are reviewed along with some comments on the major end use markets. Cost of single issue is $49.00. To purchase Kuhlke@AOL.com.
The March Newsletter: The after tax profits for 2000 for nine major polymer producers is reviewed. These range from 0.7% to 23% of sales. Of the 10 PVC producers in Western Europe, seven are new names to the industry over the past 15 monthes. These companies and their capacities are reviewed. Over the past month, five PE companies, five PP companies, 4 styrenic companies and five PVC companies have reported plans to revise their capacities or open new facilities. These are reviewed. Some other significant developments for the volume polymer markets are also noted. Cost of single issue is $49.00. To purchase Kuhlke@AOL.com.
February 2001 Newsletter outlines in detail the market forces that are causing US polyethylene prices to rise dramatically in January and February. Most grades are rising 5 cents per pound in January and producers are asking for another 6 cents per pound in February.
The Newsletter also lists all the new polyethylene plants that are targeted to come online in 2001. In addition, it summarizes six new polyethylene plants that are being targeted to come online worldwide. This information is especially important to additive suppliers who wish to expand their business. Three new polypropylene plant projects are reported. Cost of single issue is $39.00. To Purchase Kuhlke@AOL.com.
The January 2001 Newsletter lists all of the major plant expansions and shutdowns, which took place in 2000 for polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and PVC. In addition changes in four polyethylene plants, six polypropylene plants, two polystyrene plants and four PVC plants are noted. Cost of single January Issue is $29.00. To purchase Kuhlke@AOL.com.

 

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