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# Genera l Statistic s Developmen

t o f Today' s Plastic s 3 Introductio n o

f Plastic Resins 6 Plastic s Monome

r Derivative s 7 Ethylen e 7 Methan e 8 Acetylen e 9 Butadien e 1 0 Propylen e 1 1 Benzen e 1 2 Naphthalene , Toluen

e andXylene s 1 3 Plastic s SIC/NAICS Code s 1 4 Plastic s Material s andProduct s Industr y Trend s 1 6 Plastic s Material s andResins (SI C 282 1 or NAIC S 325211 ) 1 6 Miscellaneou s Plastic s Product s (SI C 308 ) 1 6 Plastic s Comparedt

o Othe r Manufacturin

g Industrie s 1 7 Financia l andOperatin g Ratio s - Processin g Industr y 1 8 Balanc e Shee t 1 8 Incom e Statemen

t

. 1 8 Statistica l Dat a1 9 

# Major Market s Definition s o

f Majo r Marke t Categorie s 2 3 Tota l Sale s & Captive Us

e b y Majo r Marke t (1993-1997 ) 2 5 Percentage Distributio n o

f Resins b y Majo r Marke t 2 6 Al l Resin s (1993-1997 ) 2 6 Thermose t Resin s 2 8 Thermoplasti c Resins 2 8 Majo r Marke t Repor t 2 9 Tota l Thermose

t Resins 2 9 Tota l Thermoplasti c Resins 2 9 Individua l Plastic s Resins 3 0 

# Resi n Statistic s Productio n an dSales & Captiv e Use 3 5 Al l Resin s (1972-1997 ) 3 5 Individua l Plastic s Resins (1988-1997 ) 3 6 Domestic Merchan

t Sales b y Plastic s Resins 3 9 Apparen t U.S

. Consumptio n o

f Selecte dPlastic s Resin s 4 0P. 4

t 

### ' Manufacturers 4 4 Productio n an dSales & Captiv e Use 4 4 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 4 4 Distributio n b y Majo

r Marke t

... ' 4 5 Typica l Application s ; 4 5 Phenolic 4 6 Manufacturers 4 6 Productio n an dSales & Captiv e Us e 4 6 Typica l Application s 4 6 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 4 7 Distributio n b y Majo

r Marke t

. 4 7 Unsaturate dPolyeste

r 4 8 Manufacturers 4 8 Productio n andSales &

T Captiv e Use 4 8 Typica l Application s 4 8 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 4 9 Distributio n b y Majo

r Marke t 4 9 Ure aandMelamin

e
.. : 

### 5 0 Manufacturers
. .. , 5 0 Productio n andSales & Captiv e Us e 5 0 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 5 2 Distributio n b

y Majo r Marke t 5 2 Typica l Application s .5 2 Isocyanate s 5 3 Manufacturers • 5 3 Productio n andSales & Captiv e Use 5 3 Polyethe r Polyol s 5 4 Manufacturers ..'. 5 4 Productio n andSales & Captive Use 5 4 Polyeste r Polyol s , 5 5 Manufacturers 5 5 Productio n andSales & Captive Use 5 5 Polyurethane 5 6 Sale s b y Materia l 5 6 Domestic Consumption b

y End-Us e 5 6 

# Thermoplasti c Resin s Summar y Statistic s 5 9 Late x Material s 6 1 AB S andSA N 6 2 Manufacturers 6 2 Productio n andSales & Captive Use 6 2 Distributio n b

y Majo r Marke t

. 6 3 Typica l Application s 6 3



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### Distributio n b

y Majo r Marke t 6 5 Hig h Densit y Polyethylen

e 6 6 Manufacturers 6 6 Capacit y andUtilization 6 6 Productio n an

dSales & Qptiv e Use 6 6 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 6 7 Distributio n by Majo

r Market.

. , 6 7 Typica l Application s 6 7 Distributio n b

y Selecte dEnd-Use s 6 9 Lo w Densit y Polyethylen

e 7 0 Manufacturers 7 0 Capacit y andUtilizatio

n 7 0 Productio n andSales 6

r Captive Use 7 0 Domesti c Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 7 0 Distributio n b

y Selecte dEnd-Use s 7 1 Linea r Lo w Densit y Polyethylen

e 7 2 Manufacturers 7 2 Capacit y andUtilization 7 2 Productio n andSales & Captive Use , 7 2 Domestic Consumptio n by End-Us e 7 2 Distributio n b

y Selecte dEnd-Use s '. 7 3 Nylo n 7 4 Manufacturers 7 4 Capacit y andUtilization 7 4 Productio n andSales 6*

r Captive Use 7 4 Domestic Consumptio n by End-Us e 7 5 Distributio n b

y Majo r Marke t 7 5 Typica l Application s 7 5 Materia l Flo w Cha n 7 6 Polystyren e 7 7 Materia l Flo w Char t 7 7 Manufacturers 7 8 Capacit y an dUtilization 7 8 Production andSales & Captive Use 7 8 Domesti c Consumptio n by End-Us e 7 9 Distribution b

y Majo r Marke t

_7 9 Typica l Application s 7 9

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### Domestic Consumptio n by End-Us e 8 1 Distributio n b y Majo

r Marke t 8 1 Typica l Application s 8 1 Polyviny l Chlorid e 8 2 Manufacturers - 8 2 Capacit y andUtilization r 8 2 Productio n an dSale s & Captive Use 8 2 Typica l Application s 8 2 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Use 8 3 Distributio n by Majo

r Marke t 8 3 Thermoplasti c Polyeste

r 8 4 Manufacturers 8 4 Capacit y andUtilization 8 4 Productio n an dSale s & Captive Use 8 4 Domestic Consumptio n b

y End-Us e 8 5 Distributio n by Majo

r Marke t

. . . : 8 5 Typica l Application s 8 5 Materia l Flo w Diagra m8 8 Domestic Sales andCaptiv

e Use o f Selecte dThermoplastic s by Proces s Grad

e
. 8 6 

# Integrate dSoli dWast e Managemen t Th e America n Plastic s Council 9 0 Plastic s Recyclin

g 9 1 Resource Conservation 9 1 

# Fabricate dPlasti c Product s Flo w Chart : Ra

w Materia l t o FinishedProduc t

: 9 4 Composite s 9 5 Overvie w 9 5 Shipment s b y Marke

t 9 5 Viny l Sidin g an dSoffi t 9 6 Participating Producer s
.... . 9 6 U.S

. Shipment s 9 6

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# Uossar y Additive s fo

r Plastic s 10 3 Definition s o

f Resins
. . . 105 Definition s o

f Selecte dPlastic s Propertie s 11 2 

# Othe r Source s o f Plastic s Informatio n Busines s Consultin g Group s 11 9 Governmen

t Publication s 11 9 Newspaper s 12 0 Trad e Association s andProfessiona l Organization s 12 0 Trad e Publication s 12 0 

# Orde r Form s Monthl y Statistica l Repor t - Resins 12 3 Facts & Figure s o

f the U.S : Plastic s Industr

y 12 7 

# Inde x Index ..13 1

c n m B__ B

# Productio n an dSale s & Captiv e Us e COIlt

. (million s o f xranus)

RESI N Epox y Phenoli c Polyeste r (Unsaturated ) Ure a Melamin e

Tota l Selecte d Thermosci s

AD S SA N HDPr

. LDPE

. LDP E l.LDPr ; Nvlo n Polypropylen e Polvsivrcn c PV C Thermoplasti c Polyeste r

Tota l Selecte d Thermoplastic s Tota l Selecte dPlastic s

Al l Othe r

Plastic s
Gran d Tota l 199 3

P
...51?

.

. 3.07 8

. 1.26 4

. 1,74 4 ' 27 0

. 6.86 8

. 1.46 2

. . . 105

. .9.94 1 1 2 GO T

. 7 12'.:x

. 4.84 ] 7f\ H

. 8.62 S

. 5.38 2 10.25 7

. .2.54 0

51.15 9

. 5S.02 7

10.77 7

68.85 4 S&CU

53 5 3,08 1 1.28 0 1,74 3 26 !

6.90 0

1.37 3 11 8 10,60 4 13.14 0 7.4 ? 4 5.71 6 79 4 S O 3 8 5.49 4 10.54 0 2.54 0

5V55 6
K\45 6

10.65 0
71,09 4 1994

P
60 1 3,22 9 1,46 8 1.91 5 30 0

7,51 3

1.70 1 13 8 11,11 7 12.60 0 7.57 8 5.02 2 94 3 9.53 9 5.84 8 11.71 2 3.19 6

56.79 4

64,30 7

11.66 4

75.97 1 S&C

U
60 6 3,23 0 1,49 3 i n o 28 3

7.52 2

1,58 3 16 2 11,91 0 14,23 9 7.90 4 6,33 5 94 2 9,94 6 6.00 0 11.76 1 3.15 4

59.69 7

67.21 9

11.52 5

78.74 4 199 5

P 63 2 3.20 4 1.57 7 1,81 6 29 0

7.51 9

1.45 8 13 0 11.21 1 12.88 6 7.64 3 5.24 3 1.02 0 10,89 0 5.65 6 12.29 5 3.78 5

59.33 1

66.85 ^

11.83 4

78.68 4 S&C

U 62 0 3,20 1 1,56 9 1.81 0 28 6

7.48 6

1.46 3 15 0 11.83 7 13.73 0 7,52 4 6.20 6 1,03 1 10,71 0 5.79 9 12.03 3 3.42 5

60.17 8
67,66 4

11.57 6
79,24 0 199 6

P 66 2 3.47 6 1.55 7 2.14 7 28 7

8,12 9

1,47 7 12 1 12.37 3 14.14 5 7.78 4 6.36 1 1.10 3 11,99 1 6.06 5 13.22 0 4.03 1

64.52 6

72.65 5

11.64 0

84.29 5 S&C

U

' 64 3 3,49 6 1,56 5 2,13 9 29 3

8.13 6

1.43 3 12 4 13.21 1 15,67 3 7.8/ 4 7.79 9 1.10 5 12,12 1 6.07 1 13.29 9 3.96 2

66.99 9

75.13 5

11.29 1

86.42 6 1997

P 65 4 3,73 4 1,62 1 2,33 5 30 3

8.64 7

1,37 4 9 6 12.55 7 14,57 9 7,69 1 6,88 8 1.22 2 13.32 0 6.38 0 14,08 4 4,26 0

67.87 2

76.51 9

12.28 7

88.80 6 S&C

U 65 0 3,72 9 1.65 7 2,33 4 32 6

8.69 6

1,33 7 10 9 13,48 2 1 6 28 4 7.91 1 8.37 3 1.23 1 13.12 5 6,48 9 14.04 9 4,06 3

70.16 9

78.86 5
11,85 1

90.71 6 

# Compoun dGrowt

h Rate s 1988-199 7 (% )

S&C U S&C U S&C U Epox y Phenoli c Polyeste r (Urtsat. ) Ure a Melamin e Tota l Selecte d Thermoset s 3. 4

2 2 1. 5 5. 6 4. 3 3. 1 3. S

2. 1 1. 9 6. 3 5. 4 3. 3 AB S

SA N HDP E LDP E LLDPE Nylo n Polypropylen e Polystvren e PV C Thermoplasti c Polyeste r Tota l Selecte d Thermoplastic s 1. 0 ne g 4. 5 N/A N/ A 9. 0 7. 0 2. 3 6. 0 11. 1 5. 1 0. 5 ne g 5. 9 N/A N/A 8. 8 7. 1 2. 9 6. 1 10. 6 5. 8 Tota l Selecte d Pl a

Al l Olhe r Plastic s

Gran d Tota l '

. 1. 4 2. 1

4. 5 5. 0

Source : SP

I Committe e o n Resi

n Statistics

. Monthl y Statistica l Repon , a s compile d b y Associatio n Sen-ice s Grou p VLC

# A pparent

consumption i s calculatedby adding imports to production, then subtracting exports. It

is a measure ojthe quantity oj material actually consumed

in the United

States. LUI t/U ' t/U_C~

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### jigures were taken

jrom SPl's Monthl

y Statistica

l Report, as compiled

by .Association Services Group LLC. Both the import

and export jigures were taken jrom Bureau ojthe Census reports. P. 9


# I


# 199 7 (million s o

f pounds ) « : i t



### Resi n Productio n
Lo w Density Polyethylen e 7,69 1 Linea r Lo w Densit

y Polyethylen e
. 6,88 8 Hig h Density Polyethylen e 12,55 7 PV C 14,08 4 Polypropylene * 13.32 0 Polystyren e 6,38 0 Phenolic ' 3,73 4 ABS " 1,37 4 Thermoplasti c Polyester 15 

### ' 2,205 ' Urea ' 2,33 5 Unsaturate dPolyester

1,62 1 Nylon ' 1,222 " Epox y 65 4 Melamine ' 30 3
199 7 Total.

. 74,36 8
199 6

. ... ..70,79 7 199 5 66,72 0 199 4 62.10 7 199 3 56,94 2 199 2 .54,99 5 199 1 52,06 1 199 0 49,07 1 Import s
32 4 1,37 3 1,22 8 9 4 9 7 26 9 3 0 18 8 6 8 7 6 5 15 0

3,90 2 4,04 3 3,50 9 3,97 2 3,23 6 2,45 3 1,95 0 2,11 2 Export

s
1,76 3 92 1 1,71 5 1,29 2 1,55 2 66 9 7 2 17 7 59 7 1 3 15 1 45 9

144 ._ > 

### 3 0 Apparen

t Consumption 6,25 2 7,34 0 12,07 0 12,88 6 11,86 5 5,98 0 3,69 2 1,38 5 1,67 6 2,32 9 1,53 5 91 3 56 0 28 2 9,55 5 8,68 8 7,62 4 7,52 6 7,49 6 7,53 9 8,16 7 6,26 0 Impor t% O f Apparen t Consumptio n

68,71 5 66,15 2 62,60 5 58,55 3 52,68 2 49,90 9 45,84 4 46,92 3 5. 2

18. 7 10. 2 0. 7 0. 8 4. 5 0. 8 13. 6 4. 1 0. 3 4. 2 16. 4 8. 9 3. 2
5. 7
6. 1 5. 6 6. 8 6. 1 4. 9 4. 3 4. 5

* Production , Trad e & Apparen t consumptio n ar

e base do n U.S

. an dCanadia n dat ai n 1997

. Dat afo r thos e an dothe r

resin s i n prio r year s reflec

t U.S

. only

. * * Represent s Bottl e Grad e PE T resi n sa'ics ; n o productio n dat aavailable

. " ' Bottl e Grad e only

. (1 > Represent s SP

I prtmar y data

. Epoxid e e.xpon s a s repone di n U.S

. Censu s repo n E M 54 5 confor mt o adifferen t specificatio n an dare no t comparable

. ° ! Include dwit h Production

.
Sources : Production—SP I Monthl y Statistica l Repon , a s compile db y Associatio n Service s Grou p LL C Import—Burea u o

f th e Census

. I

M 14 5 Exports—Burea

u o f th e Census

. E

M 54 5P.1 0



### lAJIlieSU L V>UIIbUllipUUl l U y CilU-Ub C (milliouofprands ) End-Us e 199 3 199 4 199 5 Domesti c Reinforce dPlastics , Tota l 91 1 1,02 1 1,08 7 Marin e an dMarin e Accessorie s 26 7 30 6 29 8 Transporuuion , Total 9 8 11 9 14 3 Auto , trucks , buses , etc

. 8 7 10 5 11 8 Othe r transportatio n 1 1 1 4 2 5 Construction , Total 44 4 47 2 51 3 General constructio n 7 1 7 4 7 0 Bathroo mcomponent s & fixture s
. 14 5 15 0 15 8 Pipes , tank r

an dfitting s 14 1 15 7 16 5 Pane l 8 8 9 1 12 0 Electrical/Electronic , Tota l 3 2 4 1 4 5 Consume r

Goods , Tota

l 3 4 5 5 6 5 Recreational goods , toys , et c 1 8 2 4 3 5 Othe r consume r

good s 1 6 3 1 3 0 Othe r Reinforce d3 6 2 8 2 3 Domesti c Non-reinforce dPlastics , Tota l 32 6 41 0 40 9 Transportation/Bod y Putt y 4 8 5 5 4 6 Construction , Total 15 4 20 9 23 2 Marble/Onyx : 12 0 16 2 18 7 Polymer concret e 1 2 1 9 2 2 Othe r construction 2 2 2 8 2 3 Consume r

Goods , Toia

l 3 5 3 6 3 9 Furnitur e 3 2 5 Othe r consume r

good s 3 2 3 4 3 4 Ge l CoaLs/Surfacc.Rcsins/Protcaiv c Coating s D{1 ) DO ) D(l ) Ge l coat s 6 2 7 9 6 8 Surfac e resin s an dprotectiv e coating s D D D Othe r Non-reinforce d8 9 11 0 9 2 

### 199 6 199 7 1,04 5 28 0 13 4 11 0 2 5 49 4 7 5 15 6 14 5 11 8 5 1 5 2 2 8 2 4 3 4 43 0 4 4 25 2 20 5 2 0 2 7 3 8 3 3 5 8 0 7 5 5 1 6 1,11 6 26 2 15 6 13 2 2 4 55 3 8 8 19 1 14 0 13 4 5 9 6 2 3 2 3 0 2 4 43 0 4 3 25 0 20 0 2 2 2 8 4 0 4 3 6 8 3 7 8 5 1 4 

# Distributio n b y Majo rMarke t(millions o f pounds ) Majo r Marke t 199 3 199 4 Transponatio n 46 3 54 3 Packagin g —— Building/Constructio n 62 3 71 1 Electrical/Electroni c 3 2 4 1 Furniture/Furnishing s — — Consume r

& Institutiona l 11 1 127 Industrial/Machinery —— Adhesives , Ink s &

r Coating s * Al l Othe r 8 9 Exports 1 4 2 6 2

Tota l 1,27 9 1,49 3

' Sale s t o Canad ainclude di n Exports

. D = Disclosure D ( 1 ) = Include di n Othe r Non-reinforce d

• Include di n Al

l Other

. 199 5 199 6 199 7 54 0
77 0 4 5
1 3

8 7 3 49 5
78 6 5 1
14 2

1 9 0 49 9
843 ' 5 9
14 4

1 11 1
1,56 9 1,56 5 1,65 7

Source : SP

I Committe e o n Resi

n Statistics

. Monthl y Suiistica l Report , as compile d by Assodatio n Services Grou p LL CP.1 1 

# C omposites are a special jamily ojmaterials in which the polymer matrix is reinforced

by fibers or other jorms ojreinforcement. The most common reinforcement

jibers are glass, carbon, aramid, boron,
as well as thermoplasticjibers. The most popular composite resins are thermosets (unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy and

phenolic). Reinjorced thermoplastics (nylon, polyokjins, ABS, PVC, etc.) are a rapidly growing segment

ojthe mdustry.
Th e primar y benefit s o

f composite s includ e hig h strength , oriente dstrength , light weight , hig h strength-to-weigh t

ratio , hig h dielectri c strength corrosio n resistance , an dlon g ter mdurability

. Thes e benefit s allo w manufacturer s an ddesigner s t o selec t jus t th e righ t combinatio n o

f material s to fi t th e need s o

f specifi c application s i

n awid e rang e o f end-us e products : Th e U.S

. composite s industr) ' i s ver y advance di n technica l activitie s du e largely t o th e engineere dlypes~b

f product s whic h ar

e manufacture dfro

mcomposite s an dth e relatively hig h value-adde dnatur e ofth e ultimat e applications

. Sinc e 1990 , th e Composite s Institut e ha s bee n involve din industr y marke t an dapphcatio n developmen t

activities , coordinate dthroug h it s Marke t Developmen t

Alliance

. Fo r

example , th e Marine/Waterfront Task Grou p (MWTG ) i s developin g ne w form s o

f composit e bearin g piles , fender pile s an dsheet s pile s (bulkheading ) fo r po n an dharbo r

installations

. MWT G i s als o investigatin g technique s fo r repai r an dupgradin g o f pie r facilities

. Th e Composite s Infrastructur e Task Grou p (CITG ) ha s program s t o develo p ane w generatio n o

f product s fo

r reinforcin g concret e (dowe l rods , reinforcin g bars , tendons , cable_tays , etc. ) a s wel l a s primar y an dsecondar y structura l applications

. I

t i s expecte dtha t

structura l application s fo

r composite s i n civi l engineerin g an d th e nation' s infrastructur e wil l continu e to-b e th e focu s o f thi s excitin g industr y developmen t initiative

. Need s fo r lightweigh t

structura l material s als o continu e t o suppor t

increase ddemand s fo

r composite s i n di e aircraft/aerospace/defense , appliance/busines s equipment , construction , consumer/recreationa l products , electrical/ electronics , marin e an dsurfac e transportatio n markets

. Typica

l composit e applications i n thes e industrie s includ e tubs/showers , pipe s an dtanks , grating , railing s an dladders , windo w lineals , paneling , housing s fo

r appliances , utilit

y pole s an d lightin g standards , an dnearl y 50 0 composit e automotiv e an dtruc k

applications

. •- I

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# Composite s Shipment s b y Market(thermose t6 ~ thermoplasti c resins ) (million s o f pounds) 1

Markets 19S 7 198 8 198 9 199 0 199 1 199 2 199 3 199 4

_199 5 199 6 199 7 Aircrafl/Aerospace/Miliiar y Appliances/Busines s Equipmen t Constructio n Consume r

Product s Corrosion-Resistan t

Equipmen t Electrical/Electroni c Marin e Lan dTransportatio n Miscellaneou s 3 6 H I 50 6 16 7 32 9 21 4 41 3 65 6 7 5 3 9 15 0 49 5 16 9 34. 9 230 45 2 69 5 8 0 4 1 15 1 47 0 15 8 33 5 22 9 40 5 67 7 7 6 3 9 15 3 46 8 16 5 35 0 24 1 37 5 70 5 7 9 3 9 13 5 42 0 14 9 35 5 23 1 27 5 68 2 7 4 3 2 14 3 48 3 16 2 33 2 26 0 30 4 75 0 8 3 2 5 14 8 530 16 6 35 2 27 5 31 9 82 2 8 9 2 4 16 1 59 7 17 5 37 6 29 9 36 3 94 6 10 2 2 4 16 7 62 9 18 4 39 4 31 5 37 2 98 2 10 7 2 4 17 7 65 5 19 4 38 1 31 9 36 8 98 9 10 7 2 4 18 5 700 21 0 39 6 34 8 35 3 1,09 5 11 1
Tota l 2,53 7 2,65 9 2.54 2 2,57 5 2,36 0 2,54 9 2,72 6 3.04 3 3,17 4 3,21 4 3,42 2
1 Include s reinforce dthermose t an dthermoplasti c resi n composites , reinforcements , an dfillers.

i_j_i»________»_«.M_in^^i-M_uTM-llM^ ^ Source : SP

I Composite s Institute

.