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May resin settlements for PP, PE, and ABS came in flat, but structural supply disruptions and 25% Section 301 tariffs on Chinese tooling are...
Celanese Corp. is closing its South Korea compounding facility and consolidating production to China and India. For US OEMs with China-sourc...
When a resin supplier sends a price increase notice, the difference between a cost-justified increase and a pricing test runs $0.08 to $0.22...
Switching from standard medical PP to PEEK, a bioplastic, or a PFAS-free resin changes your mold steel grade, gate geometry, cooling strateg...
Single-source offshore tooling programs fail T1 at a 39% rate and carry tariff exposure most OEMs are not tracking in their TCO models. Dist...
Lone Star Funds acquisition of Domo Engineered Materials, merged with RadiciGroup, narrows the PA6 and PA66 supply base at a moment when au...
Import duties on North American plastics machinery tripled to $118.9 million in Q1 2026. The savings case for offshore tooling has narrowed,...
Hire a consultant before tool steel is cut, after a failed T1 sample, during supplier qualification, when launching internationally, or when...
Hiring a $130K in-house mold engineer vs paying $180/hr for consulting depends on program volume, scope variability, and regulatory load. Th...
