Newsletter - January

Market Updates

• Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, indicated interest rates may rise more rapidly than planned to contain inflation.
• Supply chain snags, shipping container shortages, driver & warehouse worker vacancies, combined with high demand, resulting in higher prices (and short inventory).
• Consumer Price Index reached 7% in 2021 with food & energy rising 5.5%
• Economists predict overall inflation will ease with the current lower oil and energy prices.
• Sherwin Williams will implement a price increase February 2022 of +15% on Industrial Coatings, +12% on Architectural Paint & Chemical Coatings - citing raw material and labor challenges. Demand will remain strong on housing & construction.
• The US Supreme Court blocked a COVID vaccine or testing requirement for businesses.

Plastics Newsletter - January

“Pass the Risk” With Custom Compacted Pellet Solutions

Addipel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barentz, specializes in safely handling powdered polymer additives and other chemicals in the production of custom low-dusting compacted pellets in Elyria, OH. These highly-loaded pellets survive shipping, handling, and feeding, but readily disperse during processing. “Passing the risk” to Addipel can provide a number of operational and end-use performance benefits, including:

• Pellets are easy to feed and handle
• Mitigate dust explosivity hazards
• Minimize airborne chemical exposure for production employees
• Improve manufacturing plant cleanliness
• Save time on weigh-up and ensure additive dosage uniformity
• Ease of ordering/inventory management – only one product instead of several
• Not a melt process – no heat history

Please contact inquiries@addipel.com for more information or www.addipel.com

Plastics Newsletter - January

Polymer Additives for Sustainability Initiatives

Barentz is proud to offer a line of additives to help you achieve your sustainability goals:

Additives made with sustainably-sourced feedstocks, e.g. RSPO
• Hindered amine stabilizers
• Phenolic antioxidants
• Metallic stearates

Performance additives made with Renewable Carbon feedstocks
• Anti-scratch
• Slip additives
• Lubricants
• Mold release

Inorganic pigments complying with Compostable standards

We are actively working with our global supply base to identify and commercialize eco-friendly variants of common chemistries. If you’re looking for something not on this list, or would like to generally chat about formulating holistically for your internal sustainability initiatives, please reach out to setup plastictechsupport@barentz.us.

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