DEGRADABLE PLASTIC to 2010

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Overview
• Consumer Income & Spending Trends
• Demographic & Household Trends
• Packaging Outlook
  • Plastic Film
  • Plastic Beverage Bottles
  • Plastic Disposable Foodservice
• Manufacturing Outlook
• Agricultural Outlook
• Manufactured Fiber Overview
• Nonwoven Disposables Overview
• New Developments
• Plastic Resin Outlook
• Historical Trends
• Pricing Trends
• Solid Waste Management
  • Landfills
  • Recycling
  • Incineration
  • Composting
• Degradability Standards
• Degradable Additives
• Regulatory & Legislative Environment
• Plastic Recycling
• International Activity
  • Europe
  • Japan
  • Other Countries

III. TYPES

• General
• Biodegradable/Compostable Plastic
  • Starch-Based Plastic
    • Products
    • Producers
  • Polylactic Acid
    • Packaging
    • Fiber
    • Other Uses
  • Cellophane
  • Polyester-Based Plastic
    • Types
    • Producers
  • Other Biodegradable/Compostable Plastics
• Photodegradable Plastic
• Other Degradable Plastics
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol
  • Polyethylene Oxide & Other Types

IV. MARKETS

• General
• Packaging
  • Film
    • Bags
    • Overwraps & Other
    • Producers
  • Ring Carriers
  • Degradable Loose-Fill
  • Foodservice
  • Molded & Other
• Fiber
  • Bedding & Apparel
  • Nonwoven Disposables
  • Carpet & Other
• Other Markets
  • Medical
  • All Other

V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Market Share
  • Innovia Films
  • ITW-Hi-Cone
  • NatureWorks
  • Other Producers
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Manufacturing Requirements
• Marketing Strategies
• Channels of Distribution
• Competitive Strategies
• Cooperative Agreements

COMPANY PROFILES

• Absorbable Polymers International Corporation, see DURECT Corporation
• Amerchol Corporation, see Dow Chemical Company
• American Excelsior Company
• Ampacet Corporation
• AMYLEX Corporation
• Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
• BASF AG
• Bio-Plastics Incorporated, see Diamant Art Corporation
• BioBag International AS
• Biocorp North America, see Cereplast Incorporated
• BIOgroup USA Incorporated
• Cargill Incorporated
• Celanese Corporation
• Cereplast Incorporated
• Cortec Corporation
• Diamant Art Corporation
• Dow Chemical Company
• DuPont (EI) de Nemours
• DURECT Corporation
• EarthShell Corporation
• Eastman Chemical Company
• EPI Environmental Technologies Incorporated
• FP International Incorporated, see Free-Flow Packaging International Incorporated
• Free-Flow Packaging International Incorporated
• Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
• Imperial Chemical Industries plc
• Innovia Films Limited
• ITW Hi-Cone, see Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
• KTM Industries Incorporated
• Kuraray Company Limited
• Metabolix Incorporated
• Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Incorporated
• National Starch and Chemical Company, see Imperial Chemical Industries plc
• NatureWorks LLC, see Cargill Incorporated Novamont SpA
• Pak-Lite Incorporated
• Pliant Corporation
• PolarGruppen AS, see BioBag International AS
• Primester, see Eastman Chemical Company
• Procter & Gamble Company
• Solae LLC, see DuPont (EI) de Nemours
• Solvay SA
• StarchTech Incorporated
• Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH
• Wilkinson Industries Incorporated
• Willow Ridge Plastics Incorporated
• Other Companies Mentioned in Study