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WITH predictions of shortfalls in paraxylene (PX), purified terephthalic acid (PTA), and monoethylene glycol (MEG) finally coming true, it is time to move on to the next set of forecasts. [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

The Fiber Price Sheet The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, in the case of [...]

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, in the case of [...]

POLY PRICE HIKE: Buyers of polyester staple fiber, which is used as an insolation in jackets and blankets, are facing another round of price increases. DAK Americas LLC on Tuesday [...]

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber. Fiber; Price on 12/22/03; Price [...]

Byline: Scott Malone NEW YORK - Get ready for the squeeze play. At a time when a weak economy and low consumer confidence is keeping up deflationary pressure on retail [...]

NEW YORK -- Kicking off a fifth round of price hikes on polyester filament, DuPont on Wednesday said it would increase its prices for Dacron-brand filament yarns by 5 to [...]

Effective with April 3 shipments, Wellman Inc. will increase the price of its Fortrel polyester filament by 7 to 11 percent. 'As the cost of raw materials continues to spiral [...]

NEW YORK -- Wellman Inc. said Friday that despite its repeated efforts to raise polyester prices during the last half of 1999, the company's average selling prices for the fiber [...]

NEW YORK -- Blaming low margins and rising raw materials costs, four major domestic producers of polyester filament this week kicked off a third round of price increases. They said [...]

NEW YORK -- Setting off a second round of polyester staple price increases, KoSa, Nan Ya Plastics Corp., America, and Wellman Inc. over the past week said they would be [...]

Wellman Inc. and KoSa are announcing polyester staple price increases for August. Wellman will raise its prices by 10 to 12 percent, and KoSa will strengthen its prices by 10 [...]

Imports into Europe have undermined the prices there. Yet, as contracts are still being negotiated for the first quarter, information is still speculative. The article continues with an overview of current market trends for various chemicals, with statistics. Polyester prices are expected to continue downward, due to slow sales. Even the spot buying market is reflecting the oversupply, with slow sales. The Ethylene glycol market is slow. Acrylonitrile prices are soft, owing to slow sales in Europe and Asia. Turkey's exports to Europe have also softened prices. Cyclohexane and caprolactam prices are equally soft.

CHINESE demand for polyester staple fibre (PSF) and polyester filament yarn (PFY) will rise by 6.2% and 9.5% respectively in 2004 from 2003, according to CLSA. This compares with a [...]

An employee of Kosa subsidiary Arteva Services, Charlotte, NC, has pleaded guilty to a U.S. Department of Justice Allegation that he participated in a conspiracy with other polyester staple manufacturers [...]

ETHYLENE production in January increased slightly to 4 billion pounds, according to Petral Worldwide Inc., a Houston-based consultancy Liquid propane gas (LPG) crackers produced 1.6 billion pounds in January versus [...]

AlliedSignal announced a $0.15-per-lb price increase for 40-denier hard yarn in late Aug. 1996, a move which is expected to be followed by other nylon yarn manufacturers. Although shipments for first half 1996 decreased 12% from the same period in 1995, decreasing worldwide capacity has actually tightened the market. Rapid worldwide capacity expansion in polyester fibers dropped the price of staple fiber to $0.70 on Sept. 20, 1996, nearly $0.30 less than a year earlier., NEW YORK--The summer doldrums were anything but for the man-made fibers market as changing fashion trends and stormy weather buffeted prices and some production. Now there are scattered signs the [...]

DuPont's 1995 4th qtr earnings report showed a 1.6% drop in income after taxes compared to the 1994 quarter. Sales were up 4.5% for the quarter, but higher raw materials costs hurt earnings. The company's 1995 operating profits of $795 million for the fibers business was up from $676 million in 1994. The outlook for 1996 is for some lower materials costs, but the polyester market has been hurt by China's trade restrictions and a sluggish retail apparel market, so the company does not expect a strong first qtr., NEW YORK - The weakening polyester market caught up with the bottom line at DuPont's fiber business in the fourth quarter After solid profit gains in the first three quarters [...]

DAK Americas LLC, Charlotte, NC, will increase the price for all polyester staple fiber (PSF) products six cents per pound effective October 1, 2012. The company had previously raised the [...]

HONEYWELL's Performance Fibers business is, as of January 3, increasing North American prices on its line of polyester high-tenacity industrial fibers by 15 [...]

Honeywell has increased pricing 10 cents a pound on its polyester high tenacity industrial fibers. The new pricing will offset increasing raw material, transportation and energy costs that continue to [...]

Polyester product maker Wellman Inc. will increase the price of its polyester staple fiber products 10-12% due in part to rising petroleum prices. The Charlotte, NC-based company said the increase, [...]

DAK Americas is raising its polyester staple fibers products 9-11% beginning this month. The pricing will affect fibers shipped to home furnishings, apparel, industrial and fiberfill markets. The increase was [...]

PRICES of polyester staple fibre (PSF) and polyester yarn in China and Taiwan had risen by 5-6% and 10% respectively last week from two weeks earlier on the back of [...]

POLYESTER Eastman Chemical Company is raising its prices for unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins by 4c. per pound for all shipments delivered on or after October [...]

POLYESTER FIBER markets have been under pressure from both imports of finished goods from the Far East, led by China, as well as a poor economic environment. Through July, year-to-date [...]

THE MARKETS FOR polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyester fiber remain strong despite being roiled by tight margins and rampant swings in energy and feedstock costs. PET consumption continues to grow [...]

WELLMAN INC. will raise its prices for polyester staple fiber by 11 to 14 percent effective with April 6 [...]

THE MARKETS for PET resin and polyester fiber are under pressure from rising feedstock costs. A first quarter price increase for bottle-grade PET of 5 cents per pound is 'gaining [...]

DAK FIBERS is notifying its polyester staple customers that it will add a 6c. per pound ingredients surcharge to its staple fiber products, effective with shipments beginning March 1. The [...]

The outlook remains mixed. Sales in most domestic markets are back up after a weak year in 2001, but apparel and home furnishings continue to take a beating from imports [...]

In an effort to grow beyond its core technical apparel business, illumiNITE fabric maker Reflec USA has acquired the assets of Bedford, MA-based Glow Dog, Inc. illumiNITE will own the [...]

Wellman Inc. said Monday it is increasing the price of polyester staple 6 cents a pound in North America, effective with Aug. 3 shipments. The increase reflects a reversal of [...]

Prices of polyester fiber, which reached their lowest levels during the 3rd qtr of 1996, increased from $700/ton CFR Hong Kong to $900/ton in the 4th qtr after several purchases by China. Many are apprehensive that the rise in prices is only temporary and may reverse again as soon as Chinese stocks reach normal levels. However, prices are very close to cost and can no longer go below the levels reached during the 3rd qtr.

The overcapacity of polyester fiber in Asia resulted to continuing decline in feedstock pricing during the second quarter. European fiber producers, whose second quarter prices are not as affected, have lowered third quarter figures in an effort to remain competitive. DMT third quarter prices are settled in the range of DM1100-1135/ton on a free-delivered basis (FD). PTA prices are at DM1080-1100/ton FD which is DM350-400/ton less than the second quarter range.

MONTREAL - Volume price increases for its polyester fibers and some chemical products helped Celanese Canada Inc. rack up an improved second quarter. The firm reported earnings in the three [...]

NEW YORK -- Two up, one to go. On Wednesday, Wellman Inc. became the second domestic producer to raise the price of its polyester staple fiber, a 10 to 15 [...]

NEW YORK -- Citing the rising cost of raw materials, the fibers division of Wellman Inc. said Tuesday it is increasing the price of its Fortrel polyester filament by 8 [...]

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Inc. was forced to raise the prices of its branded and unbranded polyester fiberfill products because of the 15% increase in the costs of fiberfill ingredients. Suppliers complained about the price hike after the company raised the price of insulation products by $0.5 per pound. The company also announced that it may have to look for other suppliers of fiberfill ingredients which offer them at low prices to avoid increasing prices of end-products., WILMINGTON, DE--DuPont's announcement that it will increase the prices of its branded and unbranded polyester fiberfill products has raised some questions among its customer base. Some vendors say they may [...]

* HOECHST HIKES POLYESTER PRICES: Citing strong global demand for polyester, along with worldwide price hikes, Hoechst Celanese's Textile Fibers Group said it is raising prices from 5 to 7 [...]

NEW YORK -- Du Pont plans to increase prices on Dacron polyester filament fibers and specially yarns 4 to 6 percent per pound, effective May 30 for June shipments. The [...]

NEW YORK -- The trend to higher price tags on man-made fibers continued Monday, as Hoechst Celanese Corp. said it will increase prices of polyester staple fibers 5 to 8 [...]

NEW YORK -- The textile fibers division of Hoechst Celanese said Monday that prices of selected specialty and fine-denier polyester filament yarns will be increased from 3 to 15 percent [...]

POLYESTER, NYLON FACE PRICE HIKES NEW YORK - Although the textile market is far from robust, it looks like a sure bet that prices of polyester and nylon fibers will [...]

EASTMAN REDUCES ITS PRICES OF KODEL POLYESTER STAPLE NEW YORK - Eastman Chemical Products, Inc., reported prices of its Kodel polyester staple fiber were reduced by 8 cents a pound [...]