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Products
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– Composites
– Compounded, filled
and reinforced thermoplastics
– Fabricated parts
– Fibers
– Foams
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– Industrial films
– Packaging
– Recycled plastics
– Sheets
– Stock shapes
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Markets
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– Aircraft/aerospace
– Appliances
– Automotive
– Building and construction
– Consumer
– Electrical and electronics
– Food services
– Industrial tanks and
pipe
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– Medical
– Military
– Packaging
– Sporting and leisure
goods
– Transportation (other
than automotive)
– Wire and cable
– Other
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Processing
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– Blow molding
– Casting
– Compression molding
– Dipping
– Extrusion
– Injection molding
– Machining
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– Pultrusion
– Reaction-injection-molding
(RIM)
– Rotomolding
– Solid-phase pressure
forming
– Thermoforming
– Transfer molding
– Other
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Materials
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– Acrylics
– Cellulosics
– Commodity thermoplastics
– Commodity thermosets
– Elastomers
– Electroconductive
and inherently conductive
polymers
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– Engineering thermoplastics
– Formulated thermosets
– Liquid crystal polymers
– PET
– Phenolics
– Specialty/advanced
polymers
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Industry Aspects
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– Compounding
– Computer-integrated
manufacturing (CIM)
– Distribution
– Intermaterial competition
– Intrapolymer competition
– Processing/fabrication
• Surface modification
• Other
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– Raw materials
• Additives
• Alloys and blends
• Copolymers
• Reinforcements and fillers
• Resins
– Recycling
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