The price of plastics is volatile – not
only because it depends heavily on the price of oil, but also because
it’s affected by other market conditions.
For manufacturers
using plastics, this can be a bottom-line headache; but, as Callum
Macpherson, Head of Commodities at Investec explains, ways to hedge
against price fluctuation are emerging. Plastic is widely used in all
sorts of products – whether that’s low-density formulations used for
packaging or high-density plastic used for products like piping and
plastic…
