HeyJaredThe Plastic Resin Buyer Brief
If you buy plastic resin for a living, this podcast is your edge. Hosted by the experts behind ResinSmart, The Plastic Resin Buyer Brief gives you fast, focused updates on the market forces moving resin prices—and the strategies that smart buyers are using to save money,…
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Crude Above $100: September Resin Buyer Game Plan (PE, PP, PS, ABS, PC, PVC, PA66, PA6, PET) (opens the original)
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WTI crude jumped 13% in a single week, crossing above $100 per barrel for the first time since May. The trigger: rapidly escalating US-Iran military tensions and a surge in tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. But the crude spike doesn't affect every resin market the same way — and that distinction determines your entire September negotiating position. In this episode, Michael Workman covers all nine major resin markets and explains the one number that most buyers don't know they need right n
The Long Weekend's Over. Check Your Inbox. | Week of September 7, 2026 (opens the original)
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Three nylon 6 producers sent increase letters as Labor Day weekend approached. The feedstock most directly tied to nylon 6 pricing moved in the opposite direction the same week. In this episode of Resin Market Moves, Michael Workman starts there — then works through every major resin market with a single question in mind: before you respond to anything in your inbox this week, what do you actually need to know? The cleaner calls first — polypropylene, polyethylene, PET, and PVC — where buyer lev
September Nominations Are In — Here's What the Supply Data Actually Says | August 29, 2026 (opens the original)
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Six resins are carrying September price increase nominations simultaneously — the broadest coordination since early Q2. The supply and demand picture says something different than the letters in your inbox. This week, Michael Workman breaks down the two-track market that's running through the back half of 2026: commodity resins where buyer leverage is structural and real, and benzene-linked resins where the window is narrower and the mechanism for capturing relief is negotiation, not announcemen
Buyer vs. Seller: Live Resin Negotiation — The $288K Call (opens the original)
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What does the rep on the other side of your resin call actually know? Today you find out — because you get to hear both sides. We ran a live negotiation with 72 buyers watching simultaneously. Tyler Wheeler played the buyer. Michael Workman played the distributor rep. One fictional injection molder (Vandelay Plastics, yes — Seinfeld fans, you're welcome), real market structure, real numbers. THE FORMAT They negotiate. Then stop. One of them puts on headphones — the "cone of silence" — while the
Crude at $88: Does It Really Mean Higher Resin Prices? (opens the original)
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Crude oil jumped nearly $7 this week, pushing WTI close to $88 per barrel. For resin buyers, the predictable question follows: Does higher crude mean higher plastic resin prices? This week, the answer depends heavily on what you're buying. Michael Workman breaks down the latest Resin Market Moves and explains why supply conditions continue to favor buyers in polyethylene, polypropylene, and PVC — even with crude making headlines. He also looks at the other side of the market, where higher benzen
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