INEOS Styrolution
HQ DE
Third-largest ABS/styrenics maker (~1.35M t/a across 9 countries).
chemical · input
Toy Plastic Resin (ABS/PP/PVC)
ABS, polypropylene and PVC resins molded into toys, dolls, building blocks and game pieces — the material backbone of the overwhelmingly-plastic toy industry.
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Source countries
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Companies
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Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on toy plastic resin (abs/pp/pvc) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| CACanada | 31% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 26% |
| MXMexico | 13% |
| TWTaiwan | 7% |
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 5% |
| SASaudi Arabia | 3% |
| JPJapan | 2% |
| NLNetherlands | 2% |
| BEBelgium | 2% |
| ATAustria | 1% |
| FIFinland | 1% |
| FRFrance | 1% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
4 companies produce toy plastic resin (abs/pp/pvc).
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.(LYB)
HQ NL
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam Netherlands; NYSE: LYB; ~$40B revenue; world's largest polyolefin producer by volume) produces meltblown-grade PP resins under its Moplen and Adflex brand families. LyondellBasell's Spheripol and Spherizone PP polymerization technologies enable production of specialty high-MFR grades with controlled molecular weight distribution for meltblown fiber production. LyondellBasell's Channelview TX, La Porte TX, and Rotterdam Netherlands PP plants are primary meltblown-grade production sites. LyondellBasell also produces metallocene-catalyzed PP grades (Metocene series) that compete with Ziegler-Natta-based meltblown resins by offering tighter molecular weight control. LyondellBasell holds an estimated 18-22% of global meltblown PP resin supply and is the most geographically diversified meltblown PP producer, with production across the US, Netherlands, Germany, and Italy.
The LEGO Group
HQ DK
Maker of LEGO bricks — precision-molded ABS toys; world's largest producer of (tiny) rubber tires by unit.
Westlake Corporation(WLK)
HQ US
American petrochemical and building products company (NYSE: WLK, HQ Houston TX; ~$14B revenue; Chao family controlled); major US caustic soda producer via its chlor-alkali operations (including former Axiall/PolyOne chlor-alkali assets acquired 2016). Westlake produces NaOH for pulp/paper, aluminum smelting, and chemical applications alongside chlorine for PVC production. Westlake's Houston TX headquarters and Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast chlor-alkali operations were significantly disrupted by February 2021's Winter Storm Uri — contributing to the 28% US chlor-alkali capacity outage that drove NaOH prices from ~$280/tonne to over $600/tonne. Westlake is the world's largest PVC pipe manufacturer (through its GENOVA Products, Charlotte Pipe, and other brands) — the same company that makes PVC water supply pipes in every new US home also makes the caustic soda in the kraft pulping liquor producing the cardboard that those pipes are shipped in.