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Trinseo Announces Price Increase for Polystyrene in Europe
Trinseo, a global materials solutions provider and a manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS). Effective May 1, 2020, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows:
STYRON™ general purpose polystyrene grades (GPPS) by 10 Euro per metric ton
STYRON™ and STYRON A-Tech™, STYRON C-Tech™ and STYRON X- Tech™ high impact polystyrene grades (HIPS) by 10 Euro per metric ton
Company history
Trinseo's precursor Styron was formed in August 2009 when Dow Chemical Company combined several of its businesses--styrenics; polycarbonate and compounds & blends; Dow Automotive plastics; emulsion polymers (paper and carpet latex); and synthetic rubber — as part of a larger process of identifying and selling non-strategic assets. Several private equity firms bid on Styron, including TPG Capital, Apollo Management, and Lotte Group. On March 2, 2010, Bain Capital announced that it would purchase the newly formed company for $1.63 billion, with Dow retaining a 7.5% stake. The sale was finalized in June 2010.
The name Trinseo was chosen in 2012. By February 2015, all legal entities worldwide had changed to the name Trinseo.
As of 2016, Bain sold all of its stock in Trinseo, grossing $1.69 billion for 37,269,567 shares, resulting in Trinseo's “full independence as a public company.” In November 2017, Trinseo started a MAGNUM ABS production line manufacturing plant at the Zhangjiagang, China site.