The main focus of the report is the four major categories of concentrates:
- Black
- White
- Color
- Additives
Reporting basis
The study provides data for 2010, 2016, 2019, 2020 with forecasts to 2024. To ensure consistency all volume data is reported in million lbs and value data in USD (millions).
Manufacturing processes:
- Extrusion: Cast Film, Blown film, Sheet, Pipe and profile, Wire and cable, Fibre, Monofilament tape, Other
- Molding: Blow molding, Injection molding, Rotational Molding
End-use markets
- Film: Grocery sacks, Shipping sacks, Liners & trash bags, Other bags/sacks, Shrink/stretch, Agricultural/building, Other films
- Injection moulding: Caps and closures, Housewares, Crates and boxes, Dustbins, Pails, Electronics/electrical, Automotive, Medical, Others
- Extrusion coating: Liquid packaging, Other extrusion coating
- Containers: Under 10 pints, Over 10 pints, Automotive, Other
- Pipe: Gas, Water, Other
- Fiber, Sidings and windows, Wire and cable, Sheet, Rotomolding, Monofilament/tape, Other
Thermoplastic resins: Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Nylon, PVC, Polycarbonate, Polystyrene, PET, ABS/SAN, Other engineering
Suppliers: Detailed profiles of over 50 concentrate producers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.