Resin Purchasing Facts

• Lowering resin cost is the single biggest cost reduction you can make to your operation.

  65% of operating cost. There’s NO other cost— labor, materials, SG & A, fuel…that can make as big a difference to your operation as cutting resin costs.
  
  Imagine the difference even a 10% reduction to your resin costs can make—that’s a lot of money back into your organization’s pocket.
  
  

• Buying "below index" does NOT mean you’re getting the best deal.

  Where does the “index” come from?  It’s jointly provided by the resin suppliers themselves—who tend to inflate the number.  That’s so their customers will believe that the “below index” price they’re paying is a good deal.  We assure you, there’s still a fat margin left even with “below index” prices. We know what those margins are and routinely save our customers an additional 2-4 cents per/lbs on what they’re paying now.

• Resin prices change DAILY.

  Most published indexes are a couple of weeks, to a month old by the time they’re available, and most contracts are based on long-term, average pricing.  In contrast, resin prices change daily and spot pricing agreements are the way to get a MUCH better deal—but only if you have the “real-time” market trends and pricing data to know when and where to strike.  We can put this data into your hands.

• Resin prices vary by region.

  Here’s a secret: resin markets don’t all follow the same “index pricing”.  Different parts of the country, at different times, for different reasons, will experience ups and downs in the cost of resin.  If you know what’s happening where, you can capture significant savings.  We can show you how.

• Resin prices are heavily influenced by hidden technical details which are ignored by nearly everyone.

  Making resin is a complicated process, requiring various types of fuel and chemical materials to create.  There are countless “blends” of resin, each with their own feedstocks and associated costs.  It would probably be a mind-numbing job to keep on top of all the different feedstocks, chemical costs, blends and batches, just to squeeze out a savings advantage on resin costs, right?  Leave it to us.  We keep an eye on all of these factors and more—and use that knowledge to find unbeatable deals on resin.