13 October

Thursday
2:30 PM CST

Plastics & Packaging

Get an introduction to plastics and our StoneX hedging solutions for packaging. The topics covered will include:

• Fundamentals of the plastics supply chain
• A brief overview of plastics production
• Trends and statistics
• StoneX’s plastics offering
• Risk mitigation/hedging

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Plastics & Packaging

Get an introduction to plastics and our StoneX hedging solutions for packaging. 

The topics covered include:

• Fundamentals of the plastics supply chain
• A brief overview of plastics production
• Trends and statistics
• StoneX’s plastics offering
• Risk mitigation/hedging

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StoneX Perspectives in Plastics

StoneX Markets LLC is hosting quarterly virtual events in 2022 to provide insights on the plastics and packaging industries.

 The topics covered include:

• Fundamentals of the plastics supply chain
• A brief overview of plastics production
• Trends and statistics
• StoneX’s plastics offering
• Risk mitigation/hedging

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Howard Rappaport

Subject Matter Expert-Plastics; Contractor at StoneX
StoneX Financial Inc. - FCM Division

Howard is a veteran chemical industry executive and consultant with decades of supply chain management and cross functional collaboration experience yielding significant business growth, innovation, and market development. His career combines two decades of “hands on” chemical & plastics industry business management with several major chemical companies, followed by 20 years as a globally recognized chemical industry analyst & consultant. Currently focused on providing solutions for plastics consumers / end-users to help mitigate their price risk exposure through market insights, advisory services, and resin hedging solutions.

Alex Hodes

Energy Analyst
StoneX Financial Inc. - FCM Division 

Energy and plastics data analyst with expertise in quantitative modeling, forecasting, and data science. I have a passion for finding meaning from data. I have been an analyst with StoneX since 2018 and am a certified commodity broker. Working amongst energy brokers allows me to produce market reports for clients that identify risks and provide a clear picture of what to expect in energy markets ranging from crude oil to plastics.

Bruce Benefiel

Co-Director of Energy Trading StoneX Markets LLC

Bruce holds expertise in managing client risk and simultaneously enhancing margins in energy markets through futures and OTC derivative instruments. In his 21 years with StoneX his primary roles have been in managing trading books in energy products of oil and refined products as well as natural gas and natural gas liquids. Sponsoring the new plastics initiative and adding polypropylene and polyethene is a testimony to his commitment toward clients with real risk management opportunities that support their business’s bottom line

Plastics in Focus: A Deep Dive into the Markets Today

This webinar provides a look at market drivers paired with an introduction to the hedging strategies that can help keep your margins in check, attendees will learn about ways to manage their bottom line as producers and/or consumers of polyethylene and polypropylene. 

This in-depth look at the plastics market is perfect for anyone who needs to understand the plastics market and how affects their costs today.