Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'plastics processing'

The Philippines: Left With the Crumbs

"Here's your entire allocation for this month" Source of Picture: Adammakwright.wordpress In the words of a plastics converter from the Philippines: "Markets are so tight at the moment that we are left to pick up the crumbs. Suppliers are concentrating...

Don't You Wish You Could Be Yourself?

Picture: The Daily Mail Ok, I lied - I am having trouble getting back into my petrochemicals bubble and so this post is not about polypropylene. Apologies to all those disappointed C3 H6 molecules out there. I was sharing...

If manufacturers started buying up their suppliers....

This excellent article from The Economist about vertical integration got me thinking that if, say, auto makers start buying up parts suppliers in developed markets (in developing markets the plastics processing industry is too fragmented) we could end up facing...