Trinseo (formerly Styron), a large European manufacturer of polystyrene (PS), announced an increase in April prices for all brands of PS in Europe, the company said.

The price increase came into force on April 1, 2018 and is consistent with the terms of current contracts. Thus, the April contract and spot prices of the company for the following brands were raised as follows:

– for the STYRON brand of general purpose polystyrene (PSS / M) – for EUR120 per ton;
– on the STYRON and STYRON-TECH high impact polystyrene (UPS / M) brands – at EUR120 per ton.

As Market Report Company reported, Trinseo last increased prices for all PS brands on the European market on February 1 of the current year, as indicated below:

– for the STYRON MSS / M brand – for EUR45 per ton;
– on STYRON and STYRON-TECH UPS / M brands – on EUR45 per