Price Increases and Transportation Challenges
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of movement in the market: The styrene monomer (SM) shortage supports increases such as American Styrenics who announced 7 CPP on...
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March 5, 2024
Star Plastics Receives Positive Sustainability Appraisal
Star Plastics Receives Positive Sustainability Appraisal Ravenswood, West Virginia – March 5, 2024 - Star Plastics, an industry leading custom compounder of engineering-grade...
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February 20, 2024
Orders and Prices are on the Rise
There is just too much happening to wait any longer to publish this extra edition of the MMU, so here we go! Overall Market - Talking with customers which includes OEMs,...
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February 2, 2024
Merger and Logistics Constraints
PC For Q1/24, demand for PC is expected to increase by over 2.5% and sales are expected to increase by 3.0%+ and 5.1% in Q1 and Q2 2024 respectively with lower inventories of...
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February 1, 2024
Star Plastics Receives Third Party Validation for Nylon reNova Recycled-Content Resins
Ravenswood, West Virginia – February 1, 2024 – Star Plastics, an industry leading custom compounder of engineering-grade thermoplastics, recently received third party...
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January 10, 2024
Star Plastics’ Employees Commitment to Community: a Year-Round Venture
Ravenswood, West Virginia – January 9, 2024 - Star Plastics, an industry leading custom compounder of engineering-grade thermoplastics, highlighted its commitment to its...
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January 9, 2024
Star Plastics Names Daniel T. McMullen CEO
Ravenswood, West Virginia – January 9, 2024 - Star Plastics, an industry leading custom compounder of engineering-grade thermoplastics, has named Daniel T. McMullen as chief...
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January 3, 2024
Blockage at Canals Lead This Month’s Challenges
Shipping and canal issues: Panama Canal – The drought at the lake which services the Panama Canal in Central America is forcing ships to take longer routes to the East Coast....
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September 28, 2023
3 Ways Star Plastics + LATI Deliver a Competitive Advantage
At Star Plastics, partnerships power our commitment to our customers’ evolving needs—including market reach, innovation, and sustainability. That’s why we’ve joined...
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