Market Reports

A. Barnetson, 1996, ISBN 978-1-85957-068-5
This report reviews the current use of plastics for packaging both by technology and market covering the world in consumption and growth terms as well as materials and process developments.

P.W. Dufton, 1995, ISBN 978-1-85957-034-0
Analysis of fire retardant systems used in the complete range of plastics and rubber materials. The report contains information on methods used to achieve flame retardancy, new additives, trends in use, demand, and results in smoke and fume suppression.

R. Hudson, 1995, ISBN 978-1-85957-035-7
This is a review of technology, end-use market, assessment of the economic, environmental and legislative issues. It contains directory section listing organizations involved in equipment and product manufacture. The report considers trends and new developments which will impact extrusion industry.

P.W. Dufton, 1997, ISBN 978-1-85957-116-3
This report examines the various rubbers now available for applications at the extremes of temperature and/or aggressive chemical environments, which, by their chemical composition or availability tend to be specified only under such extremes.

P.W. Dufton, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85957-241-2
The report considers the various options for the recovery and recycling of used tires. A brief description of tire construction and design is accompanied by discussion of trends in tire manufacturing and how these may affect subsequent recycling.

P.W. Dufton, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85957-302-0
This report contains discussion of the different families of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials, and of the trends in material developments. The key end-use sectors are analysed in terms of material usage and future trends.

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.

David K. Platt, 2006, ISBN 978-1-85957-519-2
Four main classes of biodegradable polymers are analyzed in this report, polylactic acid (PLA), starch-based polymers, synthetic biodegradable polymers, such as aromatic aliphatic co-polyesters, and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The report analyses their key performance properties, applications development, market drivers and future prospects. Each product section also contains an estimate of market size by world region and end use market, plus forecasts to 2010. There is also an analysis of key suppliers and their products.