Market Reports

NA, 2007, ISBN 1-84735-008-9
The European Plastics and Rubber Directory now contains approximately 5,000 European organisations, all individually contacted annually for up-to-date information about their business. As a result of this Rapra Technology Limited has collated the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the European plastics market available.

PU World, Shanghai, China, 2007, ISBN 978-1-906479-01-5
The polyurethane industry in China is growing and there are plans for further development in plants in the region. This report looks at the whole chemical supply chain in some depth with a focus on precursors for feedstock.

R.n. Rothon, 2007, ISBN 978-1-906479-02-2
Particulate fillers play a major role in all types of polymers; thermoplastics, rubbers and thermosets, and this report looks at all three of these materials and their applications.

Geoffrey Pritchard, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85957-499-7
The plastics industry has seen restructuring and mergers, and new manufacturing processes and specifications have altered customers requirements for additives. Plastics Additives, a new market report from Rapra, offers a fresh account of the additives market. Plastics Additives begins with an executive summary of the important points arising from the report, followed by an overview of the significant trends in the four largest plastics market sectors: packaging, construction, automotive and electrical and electronics. The report focuses on the important issues within Europe, with comment on the relevant trends in North America and Asia.

Francoise Pardos, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85957-480-5
Multimaterial films account for around 7 million tons of the films produced, with around 95% of this going into packaging applications. These report outline usage and consumption of plastic films and PVC.

D.J. Dunn, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85957-365-5
This unique report covers both technical and market information on adhesives and sealants in one volume. It has been written by an author with extensive experience in research and formulation of adhesives and sealants, and who has also been in senior management, market research and consulting in the industry. It provides an excellent analysis of the state-of-the-art in the adhesives and sealants industry. It is clearly written and will be of interest to experts, designers and end-users.

D.K. Platt, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85957-380-8
This report discusses the different types of engineering and high performance polymers, their key performance properties, applications and the trends in material developments. The principal polymer types covered are: polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, polyetheretherketone, polyoxymethylene, polyphenylene sulfide, polyetherimide, polyphenylene oxide, polysulfone and liquid crystal polymer.

Dr. P.W. Dufton, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85957-385-3
This report examines the new developments from a range of flame retardant producers, both in products and product ranges. Besides brominated materials, mineral fillers such as alumina trihydrate hold a large market share, alongside phosphorus compounds, antimony trioxide, borates and intumescent materials. The latter function by forming an insulating char on the surface of the material. Nanocomposites are being tested as flame retardant materials - these and other new types of additive are described.