PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Either existing producers often considering ways to improve their positioning or change their product portfolio to increase their value added or simply considering capacity expansion or strategic ventures, or new investors in need of feasibility analysis or simply orientations around business and market opportunities in the changing environment,  they all need at some point, market and business intelligence.

Our analysis is the result of our thorough understanding of the industry dynamics, market trends and business dynamics, tightly molded around the client's requirement and objectives.  Elements as the relative product competitiveness, trade flows, regional investment trends, the impact of feedstock trends, all contribute to produce a well-balanced assessment of the client's objective.  We have developed a specliazed knowledge in the following fields:

  • Raw materials for production of thermoplastics products
  • Thermoplastics:
    • Polyethylene LDPE,LLDPE (ZN,m), HDPE (Zn,Cr), EVA
    • Polypropylene
    • Plastomers
    • Styrenics, Vinyl chain, PET
  • Linear Alpha Olefins
    • Butene -1, Hexene-1, Octene-1

 

 THERMOPLASTIC INDUSTRY

plastic ballsThe polymer converting industry has developed to a global scale: purchasing raw materials, the inter-polymer competition and application trends, monitoring prices, require now more attention just as it is done in the resin producing industry.

The need to predict price trends, anticipate raw material interaction and predict the impact of new supplying capacity on regional markets, is now in the daily agenda of large converters together with their interest in possible upstream integration opportunities like venturing in acquisitions in other continents. The plastics converting industry has been increasingly requiring consulting support and attention.

With an industry dynamics different from the commodity producing industry, different timing and interaction, thermoplastics converters require a different mindset when compared to the need of the commodity polymer producing industry.

The ability of a consulting team to understand this industry and quickly adapt to its approach to business is key to provide successful realistic market and business solutions.

  • Converting industry
  • Additives and MB Production

 

DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS

termoplasticPolymers distribution and logistics have taken an increasing relevance in the operating and investment costs in the polymer producing industry.

The increasing presence of logistic companies, the impact of distribution costs relative to production, have substantially increased the attention required by this segment.

The increasing use of traders and distributors often acting as polymer off-takers, add to the new comers’ dilemma about how to best handle this entire area. Examples include:

  • Selection and use of distributors
  • Traders vs/ distributors route
  • Logistics providers
  • Bulk vs/ bags (1000, 500, 25 kg options) packaging and related costs
  • Offtake commercial agreements between producers,distributors and logistics providers

 

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