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Outside The Box!

Updated: September 22, 2005

Welcome to Outside The Box! Our online report delivers an array of plastics market forecasts and analyses These are based on proprietary indices that are superior leading indicators of the demand for plastics products and machinery. With these indices we have earned a reputation for supplying forecasts that are accurate and timely. Every month, our online report provides four sections.

Free for everyone, the Economic View From Atop Our Mountain is our big-picture overview of current economic conditions. Subscribers benefit from additional in-depth analyses for Plastics Markets Indicators, Commodity Resins Prices, and End-market Indicators.

Economic Overview from Atop Our Mountain

Here you can view ME&R's economic overview at no charge. Click here to read our free economic overview. 

End-markets Indicators

Subscribers ($) have immediate access to indicators and forecasts for major plastics products end-markets. Included are market indicators for appliances, computers, construction, furniture & housewares, U.S. GDP, industrial production & capacity utilization, medical products, motor vehicles, and packaging. Subscribers click here to view end-markets indicators.

Plastics Markets Indicators

Subscribers ($) have immediate access to indicators of market demand for injection molded, blow molded, and extruded products as well as our Mold Business Index. The extruded products sector is further broken down into indicators for film, sheet, pipe, wire/cable, fiber, siding, windows/doors, and extrusion coating products. Subscribers click here to view plastics market forecasts and analyses by process.

Commodity Resins Prices

Subscribers ($) have immediate access to price forecasts for most major resins types including: ABS, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), nylon, polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Subscribers click here to view forecasts and analyses of resins prices. 

(Be sure to read our Rate-Of-Change Analysis for a clearer explanation of the charts you will encounter!)