The Changing Plastics Compounding Business

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

• BACKGROUND
• SCOPE OF THE REPORT
• REASONS FOR DOING STUDY
• METHODOLOGY
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• RELATED BCC REPORTS
• BCC ONLINE SERVICES
• DISCLAIMER

SUMMARY

• Summary Table:
  • NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE PLASTIC COMPOUNDING MARKET BY TYPE OF COMPANY, THROUGH 2011* (MILLION POUNDS)
• Summary Figure:
  • NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE PLASTIC COMPOUNDING MARKET BY TYPE OF COMPANY, 2005-2011* (MILLION POUNDS)

OVERVIEW

• DEFINITIONS
• BACKGROUND
• ADDITIVES
• TYPES OF COMPOUNDERS

RESINS

• OVERVIEW
• Table 1 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND ELASTOMER MARKET, BY PRODUCT, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 1 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND ELASTOMER MARKET, BY PRODUCT, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• POLYETHYLENES
  • BACKGROUND
  • HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
    • Overview
    • Properties
  • NEED FOR ADDITIVES
  • POLYETHYLENE PRODUCERS
  • Table 2 SELECTED MAJOR HDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 3 SELECTED MAJOR LDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 4 SELECTED MAJOR LLDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
  • Table 5 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 6 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 7 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 8 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LDPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 2 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LDPE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 9 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LLDPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 3 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LLDPE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 10 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, HDPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 4 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, HDPE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• POLYPROPYLENE
  • OVERVIEW
  • POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMERS
  • TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
  • PROPERTIES
    • Background
    • Polypropylene Property Advances Review
  • POTENTIAL OF POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMERS
  • POST-POLYMERIZATION TECHNIQUES
  • PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES
  • Table 11 KEY POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES (MILLION POUNDS/YEAR)
  • Table 12 RECENT POLYPROPYLENE PLANT CLOSURES, 1999-2002
  • COMPOUNDING ASPECTS
  • MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
  • Table 13 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR THE POLYPROPYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 14 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYPROPYLENE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 5 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYPROPYLENE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  • OVERVIEW
  • FORMS OF PVC
  • A VERSATILE RESIN
  • CHLORINATED PVC
• APPLICATIONS
  • Table 15 RIGID PVC APPLICATIONS
  • Table 16 FLEXIBLE PVC APPLICATIONS
  • PROCESSING
    • Background
    • Extrusion
    • Calendering
    • Dispersion/Liquid Handling
  • PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES
  • Table 17 KEY PVC PRODUCERS AND THEIR CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • COMPOUNDING ASPECTS
  • MARKETING ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
  • Table 18 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 19 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, PVC, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 6 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, PVC, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• POLYSTYRENE
  • BACKGROUND
  • GENERAL-PURPOSE POLYSTYRENE
    • Background
    • Characteristics of General-Purpose Polystyrene
    • Rubber-Modified Polystyrene
  • PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES
  • Table 20 KEY POLYSTYRENE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • PROCESSING
  • Table 21 FABRICATION METHODS AND USES FOR POLYSTYRENE
  • MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
  • Table 22 POLYSTYRENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 23 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYSTYRENE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 7 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYSTYRENE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
  • THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS
    • Overview
    • Major Applications
    • Pricing
    • Modified PET Resins
    • Producers and Capacities
  • Table 24 KEY NORTH AMERICAN PET PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
    • Background
      • Properties
    • Producers
  • NYLONS
    • Overview
    • Major Types
      • Nylon 66
      • Nylon 6
    • Producers and Capacities
  • Table 25 KEY NYLON PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES. 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • POLYCARBONATES
    • Overview
    • Types of Polycarbonates Available
    • Property Advantages and Disadvantages
    • Producers and Capacities
    • Table 26 POLYCARBONATE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE
    • Background
    • Properties
    • Grades
    • Applications
    • Compounding Scenario
  • OTHER ENGINEERING RESINS
    • Background
    • Polyacetals
    • Polysulfones
    • Polyimides
    • Polyphenylene Sulfide
    • Polyketones
    • Polyphenylene Oxides
  • MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
  • Table 27 ENGINEERING RESIN MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 28 NORTH AMERICAN FORECASTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Figure 8 NORTH AMERICAN FORECASTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
  • OVERVIEW
  • THERMOPLASTIC OLEFINS
  • COPOLYESTERS
  • THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES
  • STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS
  • TPE PRODUCERS
  • Table 29 NORTH AMERICAN THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER MARKET BY APPLICATION (MILLION POUNDS)
  • Table 30 NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, TPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)

PLASTIC ADDITIVES

• OVERVIEW
• MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
• Table 31 NORTH AMERICAN PLASTIC ADDITIVE MARKET BY MAJOR TYPES THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 9 NORTH AMERICAN PLASTIC ADDITIVE MARKET BY MAJOR TYPES 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• ADDITIVE USAGE IN PLASTICS
• Table 32 SELECTED ADDITIVE USAGE IN THERMOPLASTICS
• ANTI-BLOCKING AGENTS
• ANTISTATIC AGENTS
• ANTIOXIDANTS
• BIOCIDES
• BLOWING AGENTS
  • OVERVIEW
  • PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENTS
  • CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENTS
• COUPLING AGENTS
• DEFOAMERS
• EMULSIFIERS
• FLAME RETARDANTS
  • OVERVIEW
  • ORGANIC BROMINE COMPOUNDS
  • ANTIMONY OXIDE
  • ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE
  • CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS
  • MOLYBDENUM AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
  • PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
• HEAT STABILIZERS
  • OVERVIEW
  • ANTIMONY MERCAPTIDES
  • MIXED METALS
  • LEAD-BASED STABILIZERS
  • ORGANOTINS
  • ORGANOSULFIDES
• IMPACT MODIFIERS
  • OVERVIEW
  • ACRYLIC IMPACT MODIFIERS
  • CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE
  • RECENT ACTIVITIES
• LUBRICANTS
  • OVERVIEW
  • CHEMICALS USED
• MOLD-RELEASE AGENTS
  • OVERVIEW
  • CHEMICALS USED
    • Overview
    • Fatty Acid Compounds
    • Metallic Stearates
    • Silicones
• PLASTICIZERS
• PVC PROCESSING AIDS
• SLIP AGENTS
• SURFACTANTS
• THICKENERS
• THIXOTROPES
• UV STABILIZERS
  • OVERVIEW
  • PLASTIC RESISTANCE TO UV
  • CHEMICAL TYPES OF UV STABILIZERS
    • Benzophenones
    • Benzotriazoles
    • Hindered Amines
    • Others
• COLORANTS
  • OVERVIEW
  • CLASSIFICATIONS
  • PIGMENTS
    • Overview
    • Organic Pigments
      • Azo Pigments
      • Dioxazines
      • Isoindolinones
      • Quinacridones
      • Phthalocyanines
    • Inorganic Pigments
      • Cadmiums
      • Chromates
      • Other
  • DYES
• ASSESSMENT OF POSITION OF PLASTIC ADDITIVES
  • BACKGROUND
  • WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITES
  • MEDICAL PRODUCTS
  • RECYCLED PRODUCTS

FILLERS AND REINFORCEMENTS

• BACKGROUND
• PROPERTY PROFILES
• CHARACTERISTICS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
• Table 33 PROFILES OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS
• Table 34 OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
• FILLER/ REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH SPECIFIC RESINS
• Table 35 OVERVIEW OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH THERMOPLASTICS
• REINFORCEMENTS
  • OVERVIEW
  • FIBROUS REINFORCEMENTS
    • Background
    • Carbon Fibers
      • Background
      • Manufacture
      • Product Types
      • Applications
      • Producers
      • Table 36 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER PRODUCERS, 2005
    • Glass Fiber Reinforcements
      • Background
      • Types of Glass Fibers
      • Sizing
      • Glass Fiber Types
    • Recent Development
      • Long-Glass Molders are Compounding In-Line
    • Market Estimates and Forecasts
    • Table 37 NORTH AMERICAN REINFORCED PLASTICS GLASS FIBER MARKET* (MILLION LBS/YEAR)
  • NON-FIBROUS
    • Talcs
      • Background
      • Grades
      • Applications
    • Mica
      • Background
      • Properties
      • Applications
    • Wollastonite
      • Background
      • Applications
      • New Developments
      • New Wollastonites
• FILLERS
  • ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE
    • Background
    • Properties
    • Grades
  • BARIUM SULFATE
  • CALCIUM CARBONATE
    • Background
    • Grades
  • CALCIUM SULFATE
    • Background
    • Applications
  • KAOLINS
    • Background
    • Grades
  • ORGANIC FILLERS
    • Background
    • Properties and Applications
  • CONDUCTIVE FILLERS
  • MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
  • Table 38 NORTH AMERICAN FILLERS BY MAJOR TYPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

• BACKGROUND
• SELECTION CRITERIA
• OTHER FACTORS
• TYPES OF INGREDIENTS
• TYPES OF COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT
  • BACKGROUND
  • SPECIFIC TYPES OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT
    • Batch Mixers
      • Overview
      • Types of Equipment
        • High-Shear Mixers
        • Roll Mills
        • Internal Mixers
        • Overview
        • High-Intensity Mixers
        • Thermokinetic Mixers
      • Other Types of Equipment Used in Batch Mixers
      • Table 39 BATCH COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT
    • Continuous Compounding
      • Background
      • Continuous Systems
        • Background
        • Single-Screw Extruders
        • Twin-Screw Extruders
        • Two-Stage Extruders
    • Size-Reduction Equipment
      • Background
      • Dicers
      • Pelletizers
  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
    • High-Torque, High-Output Systems Move into Plastic Compounding
    • Long-Fiber Extrusion
    • Natural Fiber Composite Compounding
    • Compound Concentrates Lower Long-Fiber Thermoplastics Costs
    • Twin-Screw Extruders for Foams
    • Pelletizer Advances
    • High-Intensity Mixing
    • Use of Ultrasound Technology
    • Recent Machinery Advances
    • Optimization of Extruder Output
    • Less Human Intervention and Other Developments
• MAJOR COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT COMPANIES
• Table 40 MAJOR PRIMARY COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS

PLASTIC MASTERBATCHING

• OVERVIEW
• ARE MASTERBATCHES CHEAPER?
• PROCESSING
• MASTERBATCHES DO DIFFER FROM SUPPLIER TO SUPPLIER
• TYPES OF MASTERBATCHES
• NEW DEVELOPMENTS

TYPES OF COMPOUNDERS

• BACKGROUND
• RESIN PRODUCERS
• PROCESSORS
• INDEPENDENT COMPOUNDERS
  • OVERVIEW
  • TYPES OF INDEPENDENT COMPOUNDERS
    • Overview
    • Toll Compounders
    • Custom Compounding
    • Proprietary Compounding
    • Concentrate Compounders

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• BACKGROUND
• RESIN PRODUCERS
  • BACKGROUND
  • ESTIMATED COMPOUNDING VOLUME
  • IMPORTANT VARIABLES AND CONSIDERATIONS
• PROCESSORS
  • BACKGROUND
  • ESTIMATES OF VOLUME
  • IMPORTANT VARIABLES AND CONSIDERATIONS
  • NEW DEVELOPMENTS
    • The Need to Carefully Monitor Plastic Additives
    • Passing on Higher Resin Prices to Customers is Difficult
  • LEADING PLASTICS PROCESSORS
  • Table 41 LEADING BLOW-MOLDERS
  • Table 42 LEADING INJECTION MOLDERS
  • Table 43 LEADING PIPE, PROFILE, AND TUBING EXTRUDERS
  • Table 44 LEADING FILM/SHEET PRODUCERS
  • Table 45 LEADING THERMOFORMERS
  • Table 46 LEADING ROTATIONAL MOLDERS
• INDEPENDENT COMPOUNDERS
  • BACKGROUND
  • DIFFICULTIES IN DETERMINING VOLUME OF COMPOUNDING ACTIVITIES
  • CLARIFYING THE CONCEPT OF 'IN-HOUSE' COMPOUNDING
  • TRENDS
  • CUSTOMER DEMANDS ARE CHANGING

PLASTIC COMPOUNDING CORPORATE ACTIVITIES

• ACQUISITIONS/ DIVESTITURES
  • MATRIXX GROUP
  • AMERICHEM BUYS COLOR CONCENTRATE COMPANY
  • ACCEL COLOR ACQUIRES COLOR COMPOUNDER
  • BASF BUYS TICONA'S NYLON BUSINESS AND BUYS A NYLON COMPOUNDER
  • SPARTECH INCREASES EUROPEAN COMPOUNDING BUSINESS
  • TECKNOR APEX BUYS FLORIDA COMPOUNDER
  • POLYONE EXPANDS ITS PVC COMPOUNDING BUSINESS
• JOINT VENTURES
  • MATRIXX GROUP'S ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE
  • DUPONT TEAMS UP WITH ALPHAGARY
  • TECHMER PM FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH GERMAN COMPANY
• OTHER COMPANY ALLIANCES
  • CLARIANT FORMS MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH INGENIA
  • ALBIS SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH SAMSUNG
  • TOLL COMPOUNDERS JOIN UP
  • BAYER LICENSES COLOR TECHNOLOGIES
  • A RHE-TECH/ KOREAN ALLIANCE

COMPOUNDER MARKETING ASPECTS

• OVERVIEW
• A RECENT ASSESSMENT OF MARKET CONDITIONS
• THE TRIALS OF TOLL COMPOUNDERS
• THE PROBLEM OF FREQUENT CHANGES
• HOUSE CLEANING
• COLORANT ISSUES
• WHAT ABOUT CHINA?

LEADING NORTH AMERICAN COMPOUNDERS

• OVERVIEW
• THE CONCEPT OF MARKET SHARES
• RECENT CORPORATE ACTIVITIES
• ESTIMATED SALES
• Table 47 SALES ESTIMATES OF LEADING NORTH AMERICAN PLASTIC COMPOUNDERS, 2005 ($ MILLIONS)
• COMPOUNDED PLASTICS PRODUCT FLOW
• Figure 10 COMPOUNDED PLASTICS PRODUCT FLOW

INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC-COMPOUNDING ACTIVITIES

• EUROPEAN COMPOUNDER ACTIVITIES
  • OVERVIEW
  • BEGRA GMBH
  • CHROSTIKI SA
  • COMPTEK GMBH
  • GABRIEL CHEMIE
  • HUBRON INTL., LTD.
  • LATI S.P.A.
  • NORD COLOR S.P.A.
  • POLYKEMI AB
  • POLYTECHS
  • PREMIX OY
  • THE RADICI GROUP
  • RAVAGO
  • SOLVAY BENVIC
  • TESSENDERLO GROUP
  • VAMP TECH S.P.A.
  • VIBA S.P.A.
  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (2004 THROUGH TIME OF PUBLICATION)
    • Color Partnership Set Up
    • Alqemia Forms a Group
    • Italian Compounder Moves into Glass-Fiber Resins
    • Other European Compounder News
• ASIAN COMPOUNDING ACTIVITIES
  • BACKGROUND
  • NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COMPOUNDER ACTIVITIES IN ASIA
    • Background
    • BASF
    • Basell
    • DSM
    • DuPont
    • Ferro
    • GE Plastics
    • LG Chem
    • PolyOne
    • Radici Plastics
    • Rhodia
    • RTP
    • A. Schulman
    • Teknor Apex
    • Other
  • KEY U.S. AND EUROPEAN COMPOUNDERS
  • Table 48 SELECTED KEY U.S. AND EUROPEAN COMPOUNDERS

MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECAST SUMMARY

• BACKGROUND
• INHERENT PROBLEMS
• ROLE OF RESIN PRODUCERS
• POSITION OF TOLL COMPOUNDERS
• ROLE OF PLASTICS PROCESSORS
• TRACKING THE VOLUME OF COMPOUNDED PLASTICS
• POSITION OF PREVIOUS REPORTS ON THE PLASTIC COMPOUNDING BUSINESS
• SUMMARY
• CONCLUSIONS
• ESTIMATE AND FORECAST SUMMARIES
• Table 49 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 50 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME, 2006 FORECAST (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 51 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME, 2011 FORECAST (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 52 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME BY PERCENT OF TOTAL, THROUGH 2011 (%)

PLASTICS RECYCLING ISSUES

• BACKGROUND
• U.S.
• EUROPE
• ASIA

COMPANY PROFILES

• ADELL PLASTICS
• ALBIS PLASTICS
• ALLOY POLYMERS
• ALPHAGARY, INC.
• AMERICAN THERMOPLASTICS
• AMERICHEM, INC.
• AMPACET CORP.
• ASAHI THERMOFIL
• BASF CORP.
• BAYER/LANXESS
• CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
• CLARIANT MASTERBATCHES
• DOW CHEMICAL
• DOW CORNING
• DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS
• DUPONT
• DYNEON, LLC
• FERRO CORP.
• GE PLASTICS
• GEORGIA GULF CHEMICALS & VINYLS, LLC
• KRATON POLYMERS
• HERITAGE PLASTICS, INC.
• LANIER COLOR CO.
• LATI USA
• LNP ENGINEERING PLASTICS
• MATRIXX GROUP
• MUEHLSTEIN COMPOUNDED PRODUCTS
• MULTIBASE, INC.
• NOVA POLYMERS
• NOVEON, INC.
• O'NEIL COLOR & COMPOUNDING
• PLASTICS COLOR & COMPOUNDING
• POLYONE CORP.
• RADICI PLASTICS USA
• RHETECH, INC.
• RTP CO.
• A. SCHULMAN, INC.
• SHINTECH, INC.
• SOLUTIA
• SOLVAY ENGINEERED POLYMERS
• SPARTECH POLYCOM, INC.
• STANDRIDGE COLOR CORP.
• TECHMER PM, LLC
• TEKNOR APEX, INC.
• TICONA ENGINERING POLYMERS
• WASHINGTON PENN PLASTICS
• WESTCHESTER PLASTICS

APPENDIX

• ACRONYMS

LIST OF TABLES

• Summary Table:
  • NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE PLASTIC COMPOUNDING MARKET BY TYPE OF COMPANY, THROUGH 2011* (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 1 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND ELASTOMER MARKET, BY PRODUCT, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 1 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND ELASTOMER MARKET, BY PRODUCT, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 2 SELECTED MAJOR HDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 3 SELECTED MAJOR LDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 4 SELECTED MAJOR LLDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 5 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 6 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 7 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 8 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LDPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 9 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LLDPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 10 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, HDPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 11 KEY POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES (MILLION POUNDS/YEAR)
• Table 12 RECENT POLYPROPYLENE PLANT CLOSURES, 1999-2002
• Table 13 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR THE POLYPROPYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 14 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYPROPYLENE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 15 RIGID PVC APPLICATIONS
• Table 16 FLEXIBLE PVC APPLICATIONS
• Table 17 KEY PVC PRODUCERS AND THEIR CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 18 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 19 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, PVC, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 20 KEY POLYSTYRENE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 21 FABRICATION METHODS AND USES FOR POLYSTYRENE
• Table 22 POLYSTYRENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 23 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYSTYRENE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 24 KEY NORTH AMERICAN PET PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 25 KEY NYLON PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES. 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 26 POLYCARBONATE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 27 ENGINEERING RESIN MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 28 NORTH AMERICAN FORECASTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 29 NORTH AMERICAN THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER MARKET BY APPLICATION (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 30 NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, TPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 31 NORTH AMERICAN PLASTIC ADDITIVE MARKET BY MAJOR TYPES THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 32 SELECTED ADDITIVE USAGE IN THERMOPLASTICS
• Table 33 PROFILES OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS
• Table 34 OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
• Table 35 OVERVIEW OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH THERMOPLASTICS
• Table 36 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER PRODUCERS, 2005
• Table 37 NORTH AMERICAN REINFORCED PLASTICS GLASS FIBER MARKET* (MILLION LBS/YEAR)
• Table 38 NORTH AMERICAN FILLERS BY MAJOR TYPE, THROUGH 2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 39 BATCH COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT
• Table 40 MAJOR PRIMARY COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS
• Table 41 LEADING BLOW-MOLDERS
• Table 42 LEADING INJECTION MOLDERS
• Table 43 LEADING PIPE, PROFILE, AND TUBING EXTRUDERS
• Table 44 LEADING FILM/SHEET PRODUCERS
• Table 45 LEADING THERMOFORMERS
• Table 46 LEADING ROTATIONAL MOLDERS
• Table 47 SALES ESTIMATES OF LEADING NORTH AMERICAN PLASTIC COMPOUNDERS, 2005 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 48 SELECTED KEY U.S. AND EUROPEAN COMPOUNDERS
• Table 49 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME, 2005 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 50 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME, 2006 FORECAST
• (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 51 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME, 2011 FORECAST (MILLION POUNDS)
• Table 52 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS-COMPOUNDING VOLUME BY PERCENT OF TOTAL, THROUGH 2011 (%)

LIST OF FIGURES

• Summary Figure:
  • NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE PLASTIC COMPOUNDING MARKET BY TYPE OF COMPANY, 2005-2011* (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 1 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND ELASTOMER MARKET, BY PRODUCT, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 2 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LDPE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 3 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, LLDPE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 4 DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, HDPE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 5 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYPROPYLENE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 6 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, PVC, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 7 NORTH AMERICAN FORECAST FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, POLYSTYRENE, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 8 NORTH AMERICAN FORECASTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC COMPOUNDING VOLUME, ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS, 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 9 NORTH AMERICAN PLASTIC ADDITIVE MARKET BY MAJOR TYPES 2005-2011 (MILLION POUNDS)
• Figure 10 COMPOUNDED PLASTICS PRODUCT FLOW