For more than a decade, price trends for the ethylene by-products used for manufacturing adhesive raw materials generally trended with feedstock prices. However, the continued rise in raw material costs despite improving trends in the energy and petrochemicals arena has brought greater focus to examine why. Raw material prices for all adhesive grades are substantially [...]
Natural Gas Reserves Pendulum Swings back
Last year, record high natural gas inventories caused gas prices to fall and the oil/NG ratio to soar. Ethylene producers began migrating to light feedstocks as they sought to keep their costs low. While the natural gas story has since changed, the challenges for the adhesives industry have not. What’s changed with natural gas? The [...]
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