Plastics Production 1986-1996

Chemical & Engineering News 23jun97

Production

% annual change

Millions of lba

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1995-96

1986-96

THERMOSETTING RESINS

Epoxyb

398

433

486

509

499

497

457

512

601

632

662

5%

5%

Melamine

173

212

207

222

202

196

232

270

300

290

288

-1

5

Phenolicc,d

2,735

2,869

3,066

2,879

2,946

2,658

2,923

3,078

3,229

3,204

3,260

2

2

Polyestere

1,271

1,367

1,404

1,319

1,221

1,075

1,175

1,264

1,468

1,577

1,557

-1

2

Urea

1,271

1,382

1,425

1,477

1,496

1,483

1,548

1,744

1,914

1,816

1,964

8

4

TOTAL

5,848

6,263

6,588

6,408

6,364

5,909

6,335

6,868

7,512

7,519

7,731

3%

3%

THERMOPLASTIC RESINS

Polyethylene

Low densityf

8,903g

9,599g

10,397g

6,575

7,255

7,236

7,273

7,226

7,578

7,643

7,784

2%

--

Linear low densityf

--

--

--

3,120

3,893

4,346

4,644

4,841

5,022

5,243

6,361

21

--

High densityh

7,182

7,995

8,400

8,102

8,337

9,213

9,808

9,941

11,117

11,211

12,373

10

6%

Polypropylenei

5,812

6,647

7,274

7,238

8,310

8,330

8,421

8,629

9,539

10,890

11,991

10

8

Styrene polymers

Polystyrene

4,470

4,780

5,187

5,104

5,021

4,954

5,096

5,383

5,848

5,656

6,065

7

3

Styrene-acrylonitrilej

92

126

148

113

135

109

113

105

138

130

121

-7

3

Acrylonitrile-butadiene- styrene and other styrene polymersj,k

2,196

2,254

2,418

2,394

2,351

2,287

2,610

2,924

3,230

2,908

2,969

2

3

Polyamide, nylon type

465

507

566

569

558

576

668

768

943

1,020

1,120

10

9

Polyvinyl chloride & copolymersj

7,256

7,971

8,350

8,478

9,096

9,164

9,989

10,257

11,712

12,295

13,220

8

6

Thermoplastic polyesterj

1,175

1,394

1,652

1,630

1,879

2,115

2,413

2,549

3,196

3,785

4,031

6

13

TOTAL

37,551

41,273

44,392

43,323

46,835

48,330

51,035

52,623

58,323

60,781

66,035

9%

6%

GRAND TOTAL

43,399

47,536

50,980

49,731

53,199

54,239

57,370

59,491

65,835

68,300

73,766

8%

5%


Note: Totals are for those products listed and exclude so me small-volume plastics. a Dry-weight basis unless otherwise specified. b Unmodified. c Includes other tar-acid resins. d Gross-wei ght basis. e Unsaturated. f  Density 0.940 and below. g Low density and linear low density. h Density above 0.940. i Data include Canada from 1995. j Data include Canada from 1994. k Includes styrene-butadiene copolymers and other styrene-based polymers. Source: Society of the Plastics Industry

source: http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/970623/poly.html 24nov01

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