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[Market information]:Dow European Polyether polyol suffered force majeure and EO production was interrupted! The price of various products in the country increased by 8430 yuan at most.

Dow Europe All EO-containing Polyether Polyols Force Majeure


On December 3, Dow Europe issued a force majeure notice that Dow Germany and its subsidiaries in Europe announced that all polyether polyol products containing ethylene oxide (EO) had encountered force majeure, and the corresponding products came from Dow's polyol factory in Ternap (Terneuzen,Netherlands) in the Netherlands. Due to mechanical failure of related devices in the factory, EO production was interrupted.


Dow said that this situation was due to an unforeseen accident in the cracking unit in Ternap, the Netherlands, which led to a further unexpected reduction in Dow's ethylene production, interrupted the supply of EO to polyol production, and affected the production of EO-containing polyol products.


Affected products include but are not limited to:

VORANOLTM CP 6001 polyol

VORANOLTM NC632 polyol

SPECFLEXTM NC138 polyol

VORANOLTM CP 4711 polyol

VORANOLTM CP 4755 polyol

VORANOLTM CP 4702 polyol

VORANOLTM CP 4610 polyol

VORANOLTM 4701 polyol

VORALUXTM HF505 polyol

VORANOLTM 6150 polyol

VORANOLTM 4150 polyol

VORANOLTM 3322 polyol

VORANOLTM 3535 polyol

VORANOLTM Copolymer Polyols and Blends

SPECFLEXTM NC702 polyol

VORALUXTM HL 106

HL 108,HL 109HL 400

HL 500,HL 510,HL 515

HL 525,HN 615,HN 625.

In addition, products based on these polyol formulations will also be affected.


up to 8430 yuan! Ashland, Costron, Dow, Huntsman, various product price increases


1. Ashland: Up to 8430 yuan


on November 29, Ashland (Ashland) announced that it would raise the price of BDO and its derivatives in North America from January 1, 2022, as follows:

1,4-butanediol (BDO) increased by 0.45 USD/lb (about 6323 yuan/ton)

N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP) increased by 0.50 USD/lb (about 7025 yuan/ton)

2-pyrrolidone (2-Pyrol) increased by 0.50 USD/lb (about 7025 yuan/ton)

γ-butyrolactone (BLO) increased by 0.60 USD/lb (about 8430 yuan/ton)

Tetrahydrofuran (THF) increased by 0.50 USD/lb (about 7025 yuan/ton)

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2. Dow: up 2115-2810 yuan


On December 1, Dow said in a letter to customers that it would raise the selling price of some resins in North America (the United States and Canada) by 0.15-0.20 USD/lb (about 2115-2810 RMB/ton) from January 1, 2022.


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3. Kostron: Raise PC Prices in China


On December 2, Shanghai Kostron issued a price increase notice stating that it will raise the price of PC products in China from December 15. The specific increase is as follows:

APEC®Series increased by 0.50 USD/kg (about 3185 yuan/ton)

Makrolon®Series increased by 0.40 USD/kg (about 2548 yuan/ton)

Makroblend®Series increased by 0.50 USD/kg (about 3185 yuan/ton)

Bayblend®Series increased by 0.50 USD/kg (about 3185 yuan/ton)


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4. Huntsman: 37 Chemical Products Rise in Price! of the highest surge 40%


On December 3, Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas announced that from January 1, 2022, it will impose mandatory price increases on some products according to the following table. Price increase products include epoxy resin, polyurethane, polyimide, polyamide, adhesive and other 37 kinds of chemical polymers, with an increase of up to 40%.

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the current market situation is really one price per day. If you tell your customers today that it will fall, it may rise tomorrow! The day after tomorrow may continue to fall back! Downstream manufacturers are really too difficult!


Source: Global Polyurethane Network, Special Plastic Market, Huizheng Consulting, Plastic Price
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