Each week Platts Polymerscan works diligently to provide useful and current coverage of the continuously changing, global plastic resin marketplace. With Platts Polymerscan you will receive more than 200 price assessments that cover the regional and domestic markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the United State and Latin America. Products on our radar screen include LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, PP, PVC, PS and ABS.
Features
Platts Polymerscan is produced by professionals committed to meeting and surpassing the highest standards in the petrochemical publishing industry. We make certain you receive well-balanced, intelligent information on the markets that impact your business, including.
- Export and domestic spot price assessments for the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America
- Thorough reports on resin market activity in all major trading areas around the world
- A review of the week's global transactions
- News on plant operations, covering planned turnarounds, unscheduled outages and new projects
- Market analysis for each product for in every region
Who Should Buy
Plastics converters, traders, end-users and producers alike will find Platts Polymerscan a necessary tool for their business. In particular, Platt's assessment reports can help you make sense of price volatility and how it impacts the polymers markets.
Benefits
Feedstock prices and commentaries provide you with indepth information, specifically highlighting the important factors affecting the price of polymers. Information on numerous other polymers provides extensive coverage allowing converters, traders, end-users and producers to compare prices for competing products.
Polymerscan gives you vital information concerning the global basic commodity plastics markets, including PVC, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS and PET. It also delivers commentaries that explain actions and outcomes in the European, Asian and American markets. Polymerscan also provides various feedstocks information, including ethylene, propylene, ethylene glycol, butadiene, paraxylene, purified terephthalic acid and styrene, as well as selected aromatics and intermediates feedstock.
Polymerscan covers a range of products, such as:
- PVC
- High density polyethylene
- Low density polyethylene
- Linear low density polyethylene
- Polypropylene
- Polystyrene
- Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
Purchase and Delivery Options
Standard Delivery
Polymerscan is delivered in PDF format via email. You also can download issues in PDF format at Platts.com.
Market Data - Petrochemicals
The price data listed in Polymerscan are also available in data-point format for easy import and analysis. This is the most efficient, most reliable way to receive our industry-standard benchmark assessments.
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