Study Group: Natural Rubber Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 20
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Consultant
Boyle Consulting
Kevin Boyle is an Independent Consultant, providing consulting with more than 30 years of management experience in petrochemicals, plastics, and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). Mr. Boyle focuses on olefins and aromatics which include: ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene and xylene; and their derivatives,...
Phil EiserlohPresident
Petrochemical Consulting of San Antonio
Phil Eiserloh is the President of Petrochemical Consulting of San Antonio, a firm providing consulting services in the chemical industry. Mr. Eiserloh has more than 32 years of experience in the chemical industry...
Principal
CORE RESULTS, LLC
Norman Klein is a Principal at Core Results, a firm providing cost reduction consultancy services for purchasing and supply chain optimization. Prior to 2003, he was the Director of Purchasing at BASF, a worldwide chemical company. Mr. Klein has more than 35 years of experience in engineering, finance,...
President/Sales Manager
Tomco Enterprises Inc
Tom Thomas is currently the President of Tomco Enterprises, where he serves as an independent sales manager for a tire distributor in Kansas City, Missouri. In May 2005, he left Cooper Tire & Rubber Company after 34 years with the company, where his last position was that of Regional Sales Manager for...
Mark BerggrenManaging Director
Methanol Market Services Asia
Mark Berggren is the Founder and Managing Director of Methanol Market Services Asia (MMSA), a firm providing consulting services to the global petrochemical industry. Mr. Berggren has more than 22 years of experience in the petrochemical industry. He also provides extensive project support services...
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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
Polymer prices are beginning to fall in Europe with supply on its way from the Middle East. However, it is the weak demand driving down prices, not the cheap supply from new Middle Eastern plants.
Private investment firms have supported dynamic growth in the chemical industry.
Ethylene producers have returned to profitability. While ethylene prices are dropping quickly, feedstock prices are dropping faster. While heavy feedstock cracking may still be negative, the overall industry (median margins) are back in positive territory. Derivative margins are quite...
Japanese ethylene producers are beginning to reduce operating rates to adjust to market conditions. Because of their relative high costs in Asia, Japanese producers are the marginal suppliers. As they reduce production, we see the deepening of the trough hit Asia.
The hopeless housing market puts US PVC makers in a very poor position. Global PVC capacity is up, and prices and margins are falling. New capacity will toughen the market conditions on a global basis. In the meantime, falling chlorine consumption is sending caustic prices higher.
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