Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd. – Nylon Material Offering

Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd. – Plastic Scrap Recycling
Please feel free to contact me at: JamesGubera@dualloy.com
See our webpage at: Dualloy.com

Dualloy currently has the following Wide Specification Nylon 66 – PA66 Pellets and regrind materials for sale:

Rhodia 27 AE1-B Prime Pellets
3 Truck Loads/Containers available for immediate shipment.
Price: $1.715/lb. Ex-works the USA
Packaged in supplier supersacks

This is a onetime offer – End of 2011 Inventory Clean Out
This material must ship by December 18, 2011

Prime Nylon 6 Bright Pellets
2.7 RV – Good for Compounding or Fibers
Packaged in supplier supersacks
Call for a current material price quotation

As we all know both the Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 wide-specification pellet markets are seeing major price corrections at this time. The price of prime Nylon 6 in China has come down at least $.45-.50/lb. over the last 60 days. This week prime PA6 is selling at $2550/MT CFR China.

Dualloy has the following Nylon 66 materials for sale as yearend inventory cleanout, and will consider all price offerings for the materials listed below. All of the material being offered is Nylon 66 wide-specification (WS) pellets or PA66 regrind.

Description Quantity Available
PA66 WS Bright Pellets 2-3 loads
PA66 WS Textile Bright Pellets 2 loads
PA66 WS Semi-dull Pellets 3 loads
PA66 WS Transition Pellets 2-3 loads
PA66 WS Bright w/HS Pellets 2-3 loads
PA66 Mixed luster floor sweeps-wet 2 loads
PA66 Mixed luster floor sweeps-dry 3 loads
PA66 Mixed luster Regrind 3 loads
PA66 Bright Regrind 3 loads

The PA66 materials need to ship out of the warehouse before December 28, 2011.
If you need PA66 material, please give me a call and let’s discuss material prices.

All prices are for full TL’s Ex-works USA plant. All material prices are subject to change without notice. All material offered is subject to prior sale. Call for the current material price quotation.

See us on Facebook at the following pages:
Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd.
Nylon 66 Plastic Sales
Nylon 6 (PA 6) Plastic Sales
Nylon 66 Plastic Recycling Company
PVB Plastic Recycling – Polyvinyl Butyral
Chrome Plated Plastic Scrap Recycling

Please feel free to contact me at: JamesGubera@dualloy.com
See our webpage at: Dualloy.com
Or call me in Houston at: Tel# 281-556-6481

Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd. – Plastic Scrap Recycling
Please feel free to contact me at: JamesGubera@dualloy.com
See our webpage at:  Dualloy.com

Dualloy currently has the following Wide Specification Nylon 66 – PA66 Pellets and regrind materials for sale:

This is a onetime offer – End of 2011 Inventory Clean Out
This material must ship by December 18, 2011
Rhodia 27 AE1-B Prime Pellets
3 Truck Loads/Containers available for immediate shipment.
Price:  $1.715/lb. Ex-works the USA
Packaged in supplier supersacks

Prime Nylon 6 Bright Pellets
2.7 RV – Good for Compounding or Fibers
Packaged in supplier supersacks
Call for a current material price quotation

4 loads  Lubed Bright Pellets                Good for cable
2-3 loads Transitional Bright no Lube
2 Loads West Screener Pellets             Mixed luster over/unders/longs
1-2 loads HS Bright  WS Pellets           Come back with an offer
2 Loads mixed luster
All prices are for full TL’s Ex-works USA plant. All material prices are subject to change without notice. All material offered is subject to prior sale. Call for the current material price quotation.

Dualloy sells wide-specification Nylon 66 (PA66) and Nylon 6 (PA6) materials:
Nylon 66 Bright w/HS Wide Spec Pellets
Nylon 66 Semi Dull Wide Spec Pellets
Nylon 66 Dull Second Quality Pellets
Nylon 66 Off-Grade Textile Bright Pellets
Nylon 66 Off-grade Pellets w/ up to .02% TiO2
Nylon 66 Mixed Color Regrind
Nylon 66 Bright Regrind from Lump/Chunk
Nylon 66 Semi Dull / Mixed Luster Regrind

Dualloy Sells the following types of Nylon 6 Polymer production waste.
PA6 Kettle BottomsPA6
Capro Residue
Call for MOQ and current material prices

Dualloy purchases / sells plastic resin and polymers in the following forms.
Aged / Obsolete Virgin Pellets
Wide Specification, Off-grade Pellets
Clean uniform plastic regrinds
Reactor Lumps/Chunks/Patties
Nylon Fiber Bales

See us on Facebook at the following pages:
Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd.Nylon 66 Plastic Sales
Nylon 6 (PA 6) Plastic Sales
Nylon 66 Plastic Recycling Company
PVB Plastic Recycling – Polyvinyl Butyral
Chrome Plated Plastic Scrap Recycling

Contact Jim Gubera at:  281-556-6481

Email: JamesGubea@Dualloy.com

Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets
A collection of observations and thoughts about plastics recycling and plastic sales in the USA / China.

October 2011 Asian Caprolactam (Capro) prices soften to the $3350/MT price range.

Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd. – Plastic Scrap Recycling

Please feel free to contact me at: JamesGubera@dualloy.com
See our webpage at:  Dualloy.com

The price of Caprolactam (capro) delivered to China in October 2011 has soften down to the $3350/MT price range from a price of $3420 in September. The price of prime Nylon 6 (PA6) continues to struggle to keep up with the capro price increases in the market.  Some of the domestic USA producers are now taking large PA6 orders below the price of $1.60/lb. in order to move some inventory.

The Nylon 66 (PA66) market continues to be somewhat sluggish in October as well, with material prices continuing to move down again early in the 4^th QTR of 2011.  We have seen PA 66 wide-spec pellets and regrind prices soften over the past 60 days, but feel that this market is about to stabilize due to tighter supply.  The PA66 producers are trying their best to keep PA66 material prices up, and resist any market pressure for further price reductions.

We feel all plastic material prices will continue to be soft through the end of October 2011 mainly due to the soft world economy.  PE, PP and ABS plastics saw the price of prime resins soften again in October, and will probably continue to soften even more in November.  By then the major Olefin producers will start manipulating capacity to tighten the market, and stabilize material prices.  I think by December the market will start to see plastic material prices starting to stabilize, and remain at the new lower price level going into QTR 1, 2012
The majors are starting to realize that demand for most products is soft, and that most customers are resistant to any further material price increases.  Most plastic resin prices are still not low enough to justify taking a major inventory position on material.  Customers are placing orders for material, but only when they have an order in hand to support the purchase.  I do think that we will see prices in the plastic market stabilize before the end of 2011, and then plateau and increase in early 2012 based on supply/demand in the world market.

Here is where we see the various material prices the week of October 10, 2011.
The following are Rail Car prices delivered to a packaging facility.
HDPE Wide Spec Blow Molding Pellets               Export Sales $.55/lb.    Domestic Sales $.59/lb.
LDPE Ext Film Wide-Spec Pellets                      Export Sales $.61/lb.     Domestic Sales $.65/lb.
LDPE Ext Film Prime Pellets                              Domestic Sales mid-$.80’s/lb.
PP Homo Wide Spec Pellets                              Domestic  $.65-.67/lb.
PP Copo Wide Spec Pellets                              Domestic  $.67-.69/lb.
Some suppliers are still trying to get the low $.70’s for PP Copo.

The prices below are where we see the domestic sale price FOB the warehouse for truck load buyers.
ABS Generic Prime                    3 Melt / 6 Izod               $1.10/lb.
ABS Generic Prime                    2.5 Melt / 4 Izod Sheet   $1.17/lb.
ABS Wide-Spec                        8 Melt / 2.2 Izod            $.95/lb.
ABS Wise-Spec                        3 Melt / 2.5 Izod             $.95/lb.
Nylon 66 WS Bright Pellets                                $1.52/lb.
Nylon 66 WS Bright w/HS Pellets                       $1.44/lb.
Nylon 66 Mixed Luster Regrind                           $1.30/lb.

Dualloy currently has the following Nylon 66 (PA66) and Nylon 6 (PA6) materials for sale;
Nylon 66 Bright w/HS Wide Spec Pellets
Nylon 66 Semi Dull Wide Spec Pellets
Nylon 66 Dull Second Quality Pellets
Nylon 66 Off-Grade Textile Bright Pellets
Nylon 66 Off-grade Pellets w/ up to .02% TiO2
Nylon 66 Mixed Color Regrind
Nylon 66 Bright Regrind from Lump/Chunk
Nylon 66 Semi Dull / Mixed Luster Regrind
All prices are for full TL’s Ex-works USA plant.  All material prices are subject to change without notice.
All material offered is subject to prior sale.  Call for the current material price quotation.

Prime Nylon 6 Pellets 2.7 RV – Natural
Packaged in 1,500# boxes

Dualloy Sells the following types of Nylon 6 Polymer production waste:
PA6 Kettle Bottoms
PA6 Capro Residue
Call for MOQ and current material prices

Dualloy purchases / sells plastic resin and polymers in the following forms:
Aged / Obsolete Virgin Pellets
Wide Specification, Off-grade Pellets
Clean uniform plastic regrinds
Reactor Lumps/Chunks/Patties
Nylon Fiber Bales

See us on Facebook at the following pages:
Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd.
Nylon 66 Plastic Sales
Nylon 6 (PA 6) Plastic Sales
Nylon 66 Plastic Recycling Company
PVB Plastic Recycling – Polyvinyl Butyral
Chrome Plated Plastic Scrap Recycling

China Plastics market will be slow through end of 2011

Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd.
Contact: James Gubera
Tel #: 001-281-556-6481
Email: jamesgubera@dualloy.com

I just thought I would pass on to you what I see happening in China this week, and from what I see it does not look good.  The plastic business is very very slow in China at this time, with most of our customers fearing doom / gloom.  I have been to around 8-9 plastic factories this week, and everyone is saying that business is now slower than in 2008.  The industrial park where our warehouse is located was dead, with a minimal of activity going on in the various recycling companies.  The Banks in China have severely tightened their lending practices, which has forced the private business owners to seek loans in the private sector (loan sharks).  Now the loan sharks are defaulting on the loans, and are going into hiding.

Last week we had a meeting with the largest plastics/chemical distributor in China and a large Olefins producer, and both companies are not optimistic about the plastics market in the near future.   Everyone is trying to bring their materials inventory down ahead of a continued downward market correction.  All prices are falling in China at this time for basic chemicals and plastics.  The general feel in China is that the current market conditions will continue at least through the first QTR 2012.

China has slowed their investments in infrastructure for both highways and the high speed rail system.  The local governments are having problems servicing their loans, and are looking to the central government to bail them out.  In addition the China housing market is off this year as well, with new construction slowing down in the sector.  Fortunately for China this is just a  market correction that will be followed by another period of growth, which I cannot say is the same for the USA.  China’s current inflation problem is caused by actual tightness in the market (supply/demand), while our inflation problem in the USA is being caused by the softening dollar.

Get ready because the worst is yet to come.

Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets
A collection of observations and thoughts about plastics recycling and plastic sales in the USA / China.

September 2011 Asian Caprolactam (Capro) prices are holding firm in the $3500/MT price range.

Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd. – Plastic Scrap Recycling

Please feel free to contact me at: JamesGubera@dualloy.com
Or call me at: Tel # 281-556-6481
See our webpage at:  Dualloy.com

The price of Caprolactam (capro) delivered to China in September 2011 seems to be holding firm in the $3500/MT price range.  The price of prime Nylon 6 (PA6) continues to struggle to keep up with the capro price increases in the market.  Some of the domestic USA producers are taking large PA6 orders in the $1.60/lb. in order to move some inventory in the sluggish world economy.   The Nylon 6 producers are hoping to keep the material prices up, but the soft economy, along with lower feedstock and energy costs should lead to lower material prices across the board.  I don’t think that we will see a price correction in the plastics market close to what the we experienced in 2008, but there is more room for some further price erosion over the next 30-60 days.  Then I think that plastic material prices will bottom out, and that most resin prices will stabilize and plateau through the end of 2011.

The Nylon 66 (PA66) market continues to be somewhat sluggish in September as well, with material prices continuing to move down again during this month.  We have seen Nylon 66 wide specification pellet and regrind prices drop by about $.06/lb. over the past 60 days.  The producers are trying their best to keep PA66 material prices up, and resist the market pressure for further price declines.

We feel all plastic material prices will continue to be soft through the end of September 2011, due to lower feedstock and energy costs, and a continuing soft world economy.  PE, PP and ABS plastics saw the price of prime resins soften again in September, and will probably continue to soften even more in October.  Pretty soon the major Olefin producers will start manipulating capacity to tighten the market, and stabilize material prices.

The new challenge that most plastic buyers are facing is the tight supply of wide-specification (WS) pellets that are available for sale in the secondary market.  Most producers are making longer material production runs with fewer transitions between grades of resin.  For this reason there are fewer pounds of WS resin available for sale in the secondary market.  So as the world economy continues to slow down, and there is more prime resin available for sale in the market, the price differential between prime and WS resins will decrease.  Because the producers will be willing to take lower prices for some large prime material orders, while trying to keep the price of WS pellets up at the same time.

The majors still don’t like hearing it but demand for product continues to be soft, and most customers are resistant to any further material price increases.  At this time, most material prices are still not low enough yet, to justify taking a major inventory position on material.  Customers are placing orders for material, but only when they have an order in hand to support the purchase.

Dualloy currently has the following Nylon 66 (PA66) and Nylon 6 (PA6) materials for sale:
Nylon 66 Bright w/HS Wide Spec Pellets
Nylon 66 Semi Dull Wide Spec Pellets
Nylon 66 Dull Second Quality Pellets
Nylon 66 Off-Grade Textile Bright Pellets
Nylon 66 Off-grade Pellets w/ up to .02% TiO2
Nylon 66 Mixed Color Regrind
Nylon 66 Bright Regrind from Lump/Chunk
Nylon 66 Semi Dull / Mixed Luster Regrind

All prices are for full TL’s Ex-works USA plant. All material offered is subject to prior sale.
Call for the current material price quotation.

Prime Nylon 6 Pellets 2.7 RV – Natural
Packaged in 1,500# boxes

Dualloy Sells the following types of Nylon 6 Polymer production waste.
PA6 Kettle Bottoms
PA6 Capro Residue
Call for MOQ and current material prices

Dualloy purchases / sells plastic resin and polymers in the following forms:
Aged / Obsolete Virgin Pellets
Wide Specification, Off-grade Pellets
Clean uniform plastic regrinds
Reactor Lumps/Chunks/Patties
Nylon Fiber Bales

See us on Facebook at the following pages:
Dualloy Engineering Polymers Ltd.
Nylon 66 Plastic Sales
Nylon 6 (PA 6) Plastic Sales
Nylon 66 Plastic Recycling Company
PVB Plastic Recycling – Polyvinyl Butyral
Chrome Plated Plastic Scrap Recycling

Jim Gubera

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I am now posting my blog with WordPress at:  Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets

Feel free to contact me at:  James Gubera
Telphone #:  281-556-6481

Plastic Recycling in the USA / China Markets
A Collection of observations and thoughts about plastic recycling and plastic sales in the USA / China

There is the new challenge to look out for in China today. The Chinese central government has changed the way that they are allowing plastic scrap to be imported into the country. The have started enforcing a new regulation requiring the owner of the Plastic Scarp Importation License (Permit) to sell all of the material that they import into China. In the past, all plastic scrap was imported into China by a handful of plastic brokers that had been granted the Plastic Scarp Importation License. The holder of Plastic Scarp Importation License would then charge other companies a fee per metric ton (or per container), and allow another company to import plastic scrap into China using their permit number. Now the Chinese central government wants to bring more control into the system, and is requiring the holder of the Plastic Scarp Importation License to personally sell all of the material that they import. Due to this change in the law there are now over 14,000 containers of plastic scrap backed up in the Port of Hong Kong waiting for movement into Guangzhou / South China.

Please take a moment see the article in China Scrap Plastics E-News dated Sept. 5, 2011.  “Customs clearance in Guangzhou almost became stagnant while sudden tightening in Tianjin”
This new Customs rule is definitely having an immediate impact on the importation of scrap plastic into China.