Study Group: Rigid Plastic Packaging Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 97
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President
Bevmark LLC
Tom Pirko is currently the President of Bevmark, a premier food & beverage Industry consulting firm providing strategic counsel to senior management of the world's leading food & beverage companies. Mr. Pirko is an expert on strategic planning, competition, mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing, marketing...
Consultant
Boyle Consulting
Kevin Boyle is a consultant at Boyle Consulting with nearly 30 years of experience in petrochemicals, plastics, and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). Mr. Boyle focuses on olefins and aromatics which include: ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene and xylene. His expertise is in prices, forecasting, modeling,...
Dean Bellefleurfounder
D-idea
Dean Bellefleur is the Founder of D-idea, a firm providing consulting services in the containers and packaging industry. Mr. Bellefleur is a leading international expert in consumer packaging sector. He consults and lectures widely to industry & universities on packaging design, idea management, project...
FormerPresident/COO
SOLO CUP COMPANY
Ronald Whaley was most recently the President and COO of Solo Cup Company, the leading manufacturer of disposable tableware and packaging for the consumer, foodservice, packaging, and international markets. He has over 23 years of expertise in plastic, paper, and foam disposables. During his tenure,...
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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.
Dow seeks to lead the industry to try to recover the increase in energy costs. An across the board increase makes sense if energy costs have equal effect on manufacturing costs. The move certainly gives them another opportunity to raise the awareness of energy prices on chemical produce...
First quarter results from converters confirm that demand for plastics packaging materials is down. The good news is that higher revenues are attributed to thier ability to increase prices. If converters have pricing power in the market, this should be good news for resin producers.
Energy costs are the most important input to chlor-alkali production costs. Companies who have advantaged energy contracts, like those with low cost hydroelectric power, have a significant cost advantage in the market. If Ineos can secure discounted electricity supplied to their operations...
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