Report Highlights
This 2012 Plastics Research Review provides:
- A comprehensive and updated reference for those interested and/or involved with the U.S. plastic pipe and tubing industries and that both serve and benefit from these industries.
- Analysis and forecasting market developments regarding major applications for bioplastics, including packaging, automotive, electrical/electronic, medical, building and construction.
- Analysis for those who are interested and/or involved in the plastic thermoformed businesses that include resin producers, plastic sheet producers, thermoformers and those in the major industries using these products.
- Coverage of all electronic components where plastics are used to a significant extent in mostly molding electronic components and excludes fiber optics, wire and cable, enclosures, recording media, etc.
INTRODUCTION
Cheap abundant natural gas has spurred the plastics industry to examine the economics of moving away from their current dependence on oil supplies. The year 2012 may be looked back on as the year when that phenomenon went from anecdote to industry.
For continued reasons of adaptability, imperviousness to water and durability, plastics have continued their reign as one of manufacturing’s most beloved materials.
This 2012 Plastics Research Review is designed to provide a glimpse into some of the market research reports we published this year. In this Review, you will find excerpts from reports covering these key plastics markets:
- The U.S. Market for Plastic Pipe.
- Global Markets and Technologies for Bioplastics.
- Thermoformed Plastics: Technologies and Global Markets.
- Plastics in Electronics Components: Technologies and Global Markets.
- Synthetic Paper: Technologies and Global Markets.
- Global Markets for Plastics Additives.
- Plastics for Barrier Packaging.
We hope you find the 2012 Plastics Research Review informative, and we always welcome your comments and suggestions about our market research coverage.
Regards,
Chris Spivey
Senior Editor
BCC Research
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