After a small setback at the turn of the year, prices climbed to a new record high.
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Dusseldorf, Stuttgart 19 percent more sales at BASF, 44 percent at Lanxess, 60 percent at Salzgitter: The order situation in the basic industries could hardly be better. Manufacturers of chemical and metal products have repeatedly informed their investors in ad hoc reports over the past few weeks that their business results for the first three months of the year will be well above forecasts.
The manufacturers of important basic products such as plastics, steel or adhesives, which are used in many sectors of the manufacturing industry, can hardly save themselves from orders at the moment. Materials are scarce almost everywhere. 75 percent of companies in the manufacturing industry are currently reporting bottlenecks in primary products, the Ifo Institute reported on Friday as the result of a recent survey.
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