Will the engineering material market usher in a short spring?

After the New Year's Day holiday, the engineering material market ushered in the first wave of "price increase letters" in 2019:

Chemical giant Royal DSM issued a letter of price increa.

BASF announced that it will increase the prices of 1,6 hexanediol (HDO), caprolactone (CLO) and polycaprolactone (Capromer) by $10/lb in North America effective January 1, 201

Germany's Evonik also recently announced that it will increase the price of its methacrylic resin product series by at least 10%, and some products will increase by 20% to 2

Celanese has announced price increases for its GUR® and GHR® grades (UHMW-P.

Although I don't know which giant will increase the price next, it is undoubtedly a booster for the current engineering materials market! Will the weak engineering materials market be affected by the "price increase letter" to end the current sluggish situation? The editor briefly analyzes the recent market conditions of engineering materials:

PC market conditions: The PC market has been in a stalemate before the holid.

grade	Origin/Manufacturer	December 24	January 2	ups and downs
L-1250Y	Jiaxing Emperor	20000	20000	0
S3001R	Mitsubishi Thailand	22500	22500	0
IR2200	Formation of light	17300	17100	-200
PC-110	Chi Mei Taiwan	20300	20300	0

Brand origin/manufacturer on December 24th January 2nd L-1250Y Jiaxing Teijin 20000200000S3001R Thailand Mitsubishi 22500225000IR2200 Taihua Idemitsu 1730017100-200PC-110 Taiwan Chi Mei 20300203000Brand origin/manufacturer on January 2nd/122412L-1250Y20000200000L-1250Y20000200000S3001R22500225000S3001R22500225000IR22001730017100-200IR22001730017100-200PC-11020300203000PC -110 Taiwan Chi Mei 20300203000

Price list of some grades in PC market of China Plastic City

PA market situation: The PA market before the festival has been in a weak and downtrend situation due to the upstream raw material caprolactam and adipic acid, and the support from the cost side has not yet been achiev.

grade	Origin/Manufacturer	December 24	January 2	ups and downs
1013B	Shijiazhuang Zhuangyuan	17000	16500	-500
YH800	Baling Chemical Fiber	16500	16500	0
EPR27	Pingdingshan horse	34500	34200	-300
EP158N	Zhejiang Huafeng	39500	39500	0

Brand origin/manufacturer on December 24th January 2nd 1013B Shijiazhuangyuan 1700016500-500YH800 Baling Chemical Fiber 16500165000EPR27 Pingdingshan Shenma 3450034200-300EP158N Zhejiang Huafeng 39500395000Brand origin/manufacturer on January 2nd Place of Place of Fall,Falling , Factory, Januel, December, December, Decel, ro.

PMMA market: Recently, the domestic PMMA market has been running weakly, the year is approaching, the overall downstream demand is weak, and the market has returned to a light situati.

grade	Origin/Manufacturer	December 24	January 2	ups and downs
IF850	LG Chem	25500	25500	0
CM-205	Zhenjiang Chimei	21000	21000	0
CM207	Chi Mei Taiwan	26000	26000	0
80N	Asahi Kasei	27000	27000	0

Brand origin / manufacturer on December24th January 2nd IF850LG Chemical 25500255000CM-205 Zhenjiang Chimei 21000210000CM207 Taiwan Chimei 2600026000080N Japan Asahi Kasei 27000270000 122412IF850LG25500255000IF850LG25500255000CM-20521000210000CM-20521000210000CM20726000260000CM2072600026000080N2700027000080N27000270000

Price list of some grades in PMMA market in China Plastics City

POM market: At present, the POM market demand is light, and the market is running on a wait-and-see bas.

grade	Origin/Manufacturer	December 24	January 2	ups and downs
M90	Yuntianhua	13100	13200	100
500P	DowDuPont	26500	26500	0
M270-44	Polypoly	18000	17000	-1000
K300	Kolon, Korea	16800	15800	-1000

Brand place of origin/manufacturer December 24th January 2nd change M90 ​​Yuntianhua 1310013200100500P DowDuPont 26500265000M270-44 Japan Polytechnic 1800017000-1000K300 Korea Kolon 1680015800-1000Brand origin/manufacturer December 24th January 2nd Origin of the Downturn Number /Manufacturer on December 24, January 2nd, rising M90 Yun Tianhua1310013200100M90 Yun Tianhua 1310013200100500P DuPont 26500265000500p DuPont 26500265000m2 70-44 Japanese Perry 18000-1000M2 70-44 Japan Perry 18001700170017001700170017 Kolon 1680015800-1000K300 Korea Kolon 1680015800-1000    

Price list of some grades in POM market in China Plastics City

To sum up: the "price increase letter" of the plastics giants will inevitably have a certain boost to the market mentality, but a letter of paper alone obviously cannot completely reverse the long-term weak market, the trend of upstream monomers, downstream demand The performance may become the weather vane of the market outlo.