Major supply problems in the USA
1st March 2021
Following the events in
Texas several major polymer suppliers have now called force majeure.
Exxon Mobil has declared they are unable to take new orders for at
least two months as they struggle to meet demand. At this
stage Pakaflex has sufficient stock - hence we are not anticipating
significant issues - but it certainly continues the relentless
increase in global polymer prices seen over the last two weeks.
Plastics prices surge
24th February 2021
The recent cold-snap in
Texas has caused havoc in the petrochemical and plastics industry
with almost the entire region closed down. It will be a few
weeks before we understand exactly what the fall-out of this will
be, but it seems to have become a trigger for major price hikes. The
shut-downs in the USA come on top of 4 other major issues that have
been impacting prices. These are:
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General supply shortages due to
increased demand for more packaged product due to COVID-19 when
predictions were for reductions.
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Global freight rates sky-rocketing and
huge delays across the world.
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Strike action by the Maritime Union of
Australia is also causing delays locally.
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China demand has surged (after Chinese
New Year).
We will be working with all our customers to
minimise the impact of what we hope are very short term issues.
Please contact us for the latest
information.
Ausdeck goes for photographic wrap
 We are proud to have helped AUSDECK patios and roofing make their
product stand out!. With their new vibrant Blue and Green
photographic printed wrap -it is clear that they are the premium
supplier. This wrap is used to ship the product around Australia
and it was made on our new 8 colour press. We see the options for
large format print for products like this and timber protection as
almost endless. Ausdeck liked the picture so much, they often cut out a
single image for each end to make the packs look perfect!
Silos improve materials handling
November 2019:
 Pakaflex has just installed 4 60t bulk silos. Feeding directly to our sophisticated polymer distribution system
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