3M has signalled an acquisition posture in adjacent materials
Why this matters to you
The timing lines up with your Q3 capacity coming online — you can commit volume they cannot get elsewhere.
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The timing lines up with your Q3 capacity coming online — you can commit volume they cannot get elsewhere.
Their stated compliance deadline is inside your typical qualification window, which favours an incumbent-displacing pitch.
Three of your flame-retardant and biocide lines are qualified substitutes in two of the affected segments.
Your Rhein Chemie additive range is already specified at an adjacent site, which shortens qualification.
Three of your flame-retardant and biocide lines are qualified substitutes in two of the affected segments.
You have an existing MSA with this account, so commercial terms are not the obstacle. Qualification is.
Weak match — it may be its own thing.
Weak match — it may be its own thing.