Chemical Company announced that it will raise the price of Macrolex and Ceres branded solvent dye products globally by up to 20% with immediate effect. International Limited on February 1 raised all the world's price of titanium dioxide, carbon black, pigments, dyes and several additives and masterbatch mixed product prices, or up to 8%.

Lanxess, the chemicals company, must rise under cost pressure

The company said the price adjustment will mainly affect the plastic manufacturing and solvent industry in the automotive industry. Affected by rising raw material prices and environmental, health, safety and maintenance costs, the price increase is imperative.

Macrolex and Ceres brand of solvent dyes are mainly used in amorphous thermoplastic (PS), polycarbonate (PC), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Plastic coloring.

Including coatings, paints, dyes price increase simultaneously

The domestic dye industry can be described as internal and external difficulties, affected by environmental protection, domestic start-up volume is limited, less dye supply, low inventory. For example, all discontinued! Tianjin solvent-based paint manufacturers all discontinued!

Under the condition of certain market demand, the domestic environmental protection situation is tightening up day by day. The government's thunder tactics make the domestic heavily polluted and non-standard dye manufacturers fear the domestic supply. As a result, the demand for foreign dyes is bound to increase It is estimated that there will be an upward trend in prices in the later period.

At the same time, it is worth mentioning that in July and August 2017, the same environmental issue has caused the dye industry to skyrocket once the price of disperse dyes soared by more than 50% in one month. Please beware!

Domestic disperse dyes have just skyrocketed once the expected late dye continues to rise

Just last month on the 28th, the domestic dye price has just risen sharply, scattered black ECT300% price increase to 40 yuan / kg, scattered other products simultaneously raised, the specific price is as follows: (unit: yuan / kg), and dye up Price is expected to rise, because the main producing areas Lianyungang "two irrigation" enterprises in the park and the city's chemical (hazardous chemicals) enterprises to focus on regulation, raw material prices and other factors superimposed together, the late dye up the potential energy is very large.

According to the introduction of disperse dyes leading enterprises, due to the ongoing environmental situation is grim, start-up is restricted, less dye supply, low inventory.

Pre-due to environmental and other factors, the joint development of Shaoxing, Hangzhou Yutian two medium-sized disperse dyes business has been shut down. Recently, the explosion of chemical companies in Jiangsu led to rising prices of disperse dyes and related intermediates. At the same time, Lianyungang and Yancheng scattered disperse dyes manufacturing enterprises continued to strengthen their safety supervision and control, and some leading manufacturers have been discontinued, resulting in the formation of a dye supply gap.

On December 24, the Central Second Environmental Protection Inspector Group made feedback to Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. Inspectors pointed out that remarkable achievements have been made in the eco-environmental protection in Zhejiang Province. However, some areas and regional environmental problems are still outstanding. There is still a gap between the ardent demand of the Central Government and the higher expectation of the masses. The main problems are:

First, the pressure conduction is not in place, the work is not balanced enough.

Second, marine ecological damage and pollution are still outstanding.

Third, there is a weak link in the construction of environmental infrastructure.

Zhejiang's environmental protection work will continue to be improved and followed in accordance with the guidance of the inspection team. In addition, the State released the signal of "resolving risks, eliminating poverty accurately and preventing and controlling pollution" in the three major campaigns during the Political Work Conference held early this month.

From January 1, 2018 onwards, the environmental tax will also be formally implemented. The cost for the dye manufacturer to step up environmental protection and upgrading will continue to increase. Environmental remediation will remain a highlight in 2018.

Dye enterprises to accept the test of environmental protection at the same time, due to dye traders and dyeing and printing enterprises pre-purchase of disperse dyes, after 4 quarters of consumption inventories have been very low, the recent need to cover short positions, just need to be strengthened.

In summary, with the concentration of disperse dyes industry to further enhance the contradiction between supply and demand continue to aggravate, it is estimated that the price of disperse dyes or will run high.