Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Kenya Business · Market Intelligence The ceasefire is not a clearance signal. Here is what Kenya’s businesses are actually facing. The two-week Gulf ceasefire announced this week has been widely reported as a relief. For Kenyan businesses, it is not — at least not yet. East Africa’s refined fuel […]
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Adpack’s April 2026 pricing reflects a ~50% increase in input costs since January. Here is what is driving it, what it means for your packaging supply, and how we are managing it together.
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Photo by Sven Piper on Unsplash Analysis · Geopolitics & Supply Chain Is the global energy crisis a grand strategy? A sceptic reads the board. We are a packaging manufacturer in Nairobi. We make woven polypropylene sacks, bulk bags, and laminated packaging. Our raw material is polypropylene resin derived from oil. So when the world’s
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Iranian missiles struck Jubail — home to 6–8% of global petrochemical output. Brent hit $127. PP resin prices have doubled. This is a physical supply event, not a price cycle. What East African packaging buyers must do now.
Jubail Is Burning: PP Prices Have Doubled and the Worst Is Not Over Read Post »
The Middle East conflict is reshaping Kenya’s economy. Here is how the disruption is affecting your business, your supply chain, and how we are navigating it together.
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Market Intelligence · Supply Chain The world’s most important shipping lane has been closed for nearly two weeks — and the cost of your packaging is already moving. Since 2 March 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has been in effective closure following the outbreak of conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. Traffic through
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Market Intelligence · East Africa Economy This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 covered the direct impact on packaging costs, PP resin supply, fuel prices, fertiliser, and working capital. Most analysis stops at the fuel pump. The full picture for Kenya is considerably more serious. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively
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Market Intelligence · Kenya Business Crude oil above $100. An ERC review that was always going to move in one direction. And a Kenyan economy absorbing the shock from every angle simultaneously. Kenya’s pump prices do not move with the market in real time — they are reviewed and adjusted by the Energy and Petroleum
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Stop Negotiating. Start Securing. The PP Shortage Has Changed the Rules. Your supplier has less polypropylene than you need. What happens next depends entirely on you! The global polypropylene market has entered a supply crisis unlike anything seen in recent years. The US-Iran conflict and escalating Middle East war have created a genuine, structural shock
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Photo via Unsplash Supply Chain · Market Analysis Markets priced in a swift resolution the moment Trump said “very complete, pretty much.” But physical supply chains — the ones that determine when your packaging arrives, and at what cost — operate on a fundamentally different timeline. This crisis will affect procurement decisions for longer than
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Market Intelligence| Raw Materials | PP & PE | Adpack Limited | March 2026 Middle East Supply Crisis: What Surging PP and PE Prices Mean for the Global Packaging Industry The Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most critical chokepoint for polymer supply — is at the centre of a rapidly escalating crisis. PP and
Photo via Unsplash Raw Materials · Supply Chain The Iran conflict’s most direct impact on the woven sacks industry is not the oil price headline. It is what is happening to polypropylene resin supply — and the speed at which available spot material is disappearing from the market. While financial markets focus on Brent crude,
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