THE PLASTICS COMPOUNDING MARKET

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1 THE PLASTICS COMPOUNDING MARKET PLS018E November 2015 Charles Forman Project Analyst ISBN: BCC Research 49 Walnut Park, Building 2 Wellesley, MA USA (toll-free within the USA), or (+1) information@bccresearch.com

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 BACKGROUND 2 SCOPE OF THE REPORT 3 REASONS FOR DOING STUDY 3 METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES 4 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 4 RELATED BCC RESEARCH REPORTS 4 BCC RESEARCH WEBSITE 4 DISCLAIMER 5 CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY 7 SUMMARY TABLE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) SUMMARY FIGURE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, (BILLION POUNDS) 8 8 CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW 10 INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS 10 BACKGROUND 10 ADDITIVES 11 TYPES OF COMPOUNDERS 12 CHAPTER 4 RESINS 15 OVERVIEW 15 TABLE 1 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN BY PLASTIC TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) POLYETHYLENE 19 FIGURE 1 19 LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE 19 HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE 20 LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE 20 POLYETHYLENE COMPOUNDING 21 POLYETHYLENE PRODUCERS 21 LDPE 22 HDPE 22 LLDPE 22 MARKET 23 Low-Density Polyethylene 23 TABLE 2 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR LDPE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) High Density Polyethylene 24 TABLE 3 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR HDPE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) Linear Low Density Polyethylene 24 TABLE 4 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR LLDPE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) POLYPROPYLENE

3 POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMERS 25 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS 26 POLYPROPYLENE PROPERTIES 26 POLYPROPYLENE COMPOUNDING 27 POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCERS 28 MARKET 28 TABLE 5 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR POLYPROPYLENE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) POLYVINYL CHLORIDE 29 FORMS AND GRADES OF PVC 30 CHLORINATED PVC 30 APPLICATIONS FOR PVC 30 TABLE 6 SOME TYPICAL RIGID PVC APPLICATIONS 31 TABLE 7 SOME TYPICAL FLEXIBLE PVC APPLICATIONS 31 PVC PROCESSING 32 Extrusion 32 Calendering 32 Dispersion/Liquid Handling 32 PVC PRODUCERS 32 PVC COMPOUNDING 33 MARKET 33 TABLE 8 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR PVC BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) PVC'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 34 Dioxins 34 Phthalate Plasticizers 34 Vinyl Chloride Monomer 35 Recycling 35 POLYSTYRENE 36 GENERAL PURPOSE POLYSTYRENE 36 Characteristics of General Purpose Polystyrene 36 Rubber-Modified Polystyrene 37 POLYSTYRENE PRODUCERS 37 POLYSTYRENE PROCESSING 37 TABLE 9 FABRICATION METHODS AND SOME USES FOR POLYSTYRENE 38 MARKET 38 TABLE 10 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR POLYSTYRENE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) POLYSTYRENE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 39 THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS 39 MAJOR PET APPLICATIONS 40 PET COMPETITION PRICING 40 MODIFIED PET RESINS 40 PET PRODUCERS 41 MARKET

4 TABLE 11 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER (PET) BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS 43 POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE 43 PBT Properties 44 PBT Producers 44 POLYAMIDES (NYLONS) 44 Major Types of Polyamides 45 Nylon Nylon 6 45 Other Polyamides 46 Polyamide Producers 46 POLYCARBONATES 46 Types of Polycarbonates Available 47 Polycarbonate Property Advantages and Disadvantages 47 Polycarbonate Market Factors and Problems 48 Polycarbonate Producers 49 ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (ABS) 49 ABS Properties 49 ABS Grades 50 ABS Applications 50 ABS Producers 50 OTHER ENGINEERING RESINS 51 Polyacetals 51 Polysulfones 51 Polyimides 52 Polyphenylene Sulfide 52 Polyketones 53 Polyphenylene Oxides 53 MARKET 53 TABLE 12 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS 54 THERMOPLASTIC OLEFINS 55 COPOLYESTER TYPES 55 THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES 56 STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS CHAPTER 5 BIOCOMPOUNDS 58 TABLE 13 EXAMPLES OF BIOPLASTICS (%) 59 STARCH-BASED PLASTICS 60 PRODUCERS 60 APPLICATIONS 61 POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE (PHA) 61 PRODUCERS 62 POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE (PHB) 62

5 POLYLACTIDE (POLYLACTIC ACID, OR PLA) PLASTICS 62 PRODUCERS 63 APPLICATIONS 64 CASTOR OIL POLYMERS 64 CELLULOSE 65 SOYBEAN OILS 65 BIO-DERIVED POLYETHYLENE 66 1,3-PROPANEDIOL (PDO) 66 PRODUCERS 66 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOPLASTICS 67 CHAPTER 6 PLASTICS ADDITIVES 71 MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS 71 TABLE 14 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTICS ADDITIVES BY MAJOR TYPES, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) ADDITIVE USAGE IN THERMOPLASTICS 73 TABLE 15 SELECTED ADDITIVE USAGE IN THERMOPLASTICS 73 ANTISTATIC AGENTS 74 TYPES OF ANTISTATIC AGENTS 74 Internal Antistatic Agents 74 External (Topical) Antistatic Agents 75 ANTISTATIC AGENT DEVELOPMENTS 75 ANTIOXIDANTS 75 ANTIOXIDANT DEVELOPMENTS 76 Clariant Masterbatches 76 Ampacet Corporation 76 Milliken & Co. 76 BIOCIDES 76 BIOCIDE DEVELOPMENTS 77 BLOWING AGENTS 77 PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENTS 77 CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENTS 78 MARKET ESTIMATE AND FORECAST 78 TABLE 16 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC BLOWING AGENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) DEVELOPMENTS IN BLOWING AGENTS 79 COLORANTS 79 TITANIUM DIOXIDE 79 MASTERBATCHES 80 PRECOLORED RESIN 80 DRY COLOR 80 LIQUID COLOR 80 SINGLE PIGMENT CONCENTRATES (SPC) 81 ISSUES IN PLASTIC COLORING 81 DEVELOPMENTS IN PLASTIC COLORING 82 COUPLING AGENTS 82 DEFOAMING AGENTS 83 EMULSIFIERS

6 FLAME/FIRE RETARDANTS 83 ORGANIC BROMINE COMPOUNDS 85 ANTIMONY OXIDE 86 ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE (ATH) 86 CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS 86 MOLYBDENUM AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS 86 PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS 87 MARKET ESTIMATE AND FORECAST 87 TABLE 17 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC FLAME RETARDANTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) FLAME RETARDANT REGULATORY ISSUES 88 Bioaccumulation 88 Toxicity 88 Persistence 88 DEVELOPMENTS IN FLAME RETARDANTS 88 HEAT STABILIZERS 89 ANTIMONY MERCAPTIDES 90 MIXED METAL HEAT STABILIZERS 90 LEAD-BASED HEAT STABILIZERS 90 ORGANOTIN HEAT STABILIZERS 90 ORGANOSULFIDE HEAT STABILIZERS 91 DEVELOPMENTS IN HEAT STABILIZERS 91 MARKET ESTIMATE AND FORECAST 91 TABLE 18 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR HEAT STABILIZERS BY CHEMISTRY, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) IMPACT MODIFIERS 92 ACRYLIC IMPACT MODIFIERS 92 CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE AND OTHER ELASTOMERS 92 DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPACT MODIFIERS 92 LUBRICANTS 93 CHEMICALS USED 93 PLASTICIZERS 93 DEVELOPMENTS IN PLASTICIZERS 94 PVC PROCESSING AIDS 95 SLIP AGENTS 95 SURFACTANTS 96 THICKENERS 96 THIXOTROPES 96 UV STABILIZERS 96 PLASTIC RESISTANCE TO UV 97 CHEMICAL TYPES OF UV STABILIZERS 97 Benzophenones 97 Benzotriazoles 97 Hindered Amines 98 Others 98 OXYGEN DEGRADATION INITIATORS CHAPTER 7 FILLERS AND REINFORCEMENTS 100

7 PROPERTY PROFILES 101 CHARACTERISTICS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS 101 TABLE 19 PROFILES OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS 102 TABLE 20 OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH SPECIFIC RESINS 103 TABLE 21 OVERVIEW OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH DIFFERENT THERMOPLASTICS REINFORCEMENTS 104 GLASS FIBER REINFORCEMENTS 104 Types of Glass Fibers 105 Sizing 105 Glass Fiber Varieties 105 Recent Developments in Glass Fibers 106 Market Estimate and Forecast 107 TABLE 22 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR REINFORCED PLASTICS GLASS FIBER*, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) CARBON FIBER REINFORCEMENTS 107 Manufacture 108 Product Types 108 Applications 108 Carbon Fiber Producers 109 TABLE 23 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER SUPPLIERS AND ESTIMATED CAPACITY, 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) Market Estimate and Forecast 110 TABLE 24 GLOBAL MARKET VOLUME FOR PAN-BASED CARBON FIBERS BY KEY MARKETS, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) New Developments in Carbon Fiber 110 CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCEMENTS 111 Types of Carbon Nanotubes 112 Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes 112 Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes 113 Properties of Carbon Nanotubes 113 Electrical 113 Thermal 113 Strength 113 Toxicity 113 Carbon Nanotube Manufacture 114 Arc Discharge 114 Laser Ablation 114 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) 114 Controlled Flame Environments 115 Carbon Nanotube Applications 115 Automotive Applications 115 Electrical Applications 115 Medical Applications 116 Packaging Applications 116 Structural Applications

8 Carbon Nanotube Producers and Production 116 Market Estimate and Forecast 117 TABLE 25 GLOBAL MARKET FOR CARBON NANOTUBE-REINFORCED POLYMERS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) New Developments in Carbon Nanotubes 118 NATURAL FIBER REINFORCEMENTS 118 Types of Natural Fiber Reinforcements 119 Wood Fibers 119 Kenaf 119 Coir 120 Henequen 120 Bamboo 120 Rice Hulls/Husks 120 Applications 120 Natural Fiber Producers 121 Market Estimate and Forecast 121 TABLE 26 GLOBAL MARKET FOR NATURAL FIBER-PLASTIC COMPOSITES, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) New Developments 122 NONFIBROUS REINFORCEMENTS 122 Talc 122 Grades 123 Applications 123 New Developments 123 Mica 123 Properties 124 Applications 124 Wollastonite 124 Applications 125 Nanoclays/Nanocomposites 125 Applications 125 Nanoclay Producers 126 New Developments 126 INORGANIC FILLERS 126 ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE 126 Properties 126 Grades 127 BARIUM SULFATE 127 CALCIUM CARBONATE 127 Grades 127 Applications 128 New Developments 128 CALCIUM SULFATE 128 Applications 128 KAOLINS 129 Grades 129 MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS

9 TABLE 27 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC FILLERS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) 130 CHAPTER 8 MASTERBATCHES 132 OVERVIEW 132 DEFINITION 132 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 132 MARKET ESTIMATE AND FORECAST 133 TABLE 28 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC MASTERBATCHES, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS CHAPTER 9 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 137 SELECTION CRITERIA 137 TYPES OF MATERIALS 137 TYPES OF COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT 138 BATCH MIXING EQUIPMENT 138 High-Shear Mixers 138 Roll Mills 139 Internal Mixers 139 High-intensity Mixers 139 Thermokinetic Mixers 139 Other Types of Equipment Used in Batch Mixing 139 Tumbling Blenders 139 Impelling Blenders 140 Paste Mixers 140 TABLE 29 BATCH COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT 140 CONTINUOUS COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT 140 Continuous Systems 141 Single-Screw Extruders 141 Twin-Screw Extruders 141 Two-Stage Extruders 141 SIZE-REDUCTION EQUIPMENT 141 Dicers 142 Pelletizers 142 MAJOR COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 142 TABLE 30 MAJOR COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 142 CHAPTER 10 TYPES OF COMPOUNDERS 145 TOLL COMPOUNDING 145 CUSTOM COMPOUNDING 146 PROPRIETARY COMPOUNDING 146 CONCENTRATE COMPOUNDING 146 AFFILIATED COMPOUNDING AND COMPOUNDERS 146 CHAPTER 11 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 148 RESIN PRODUCERS 148 PROCESSORS 149

10 IMPORTANT VARIABLES AND CONSIDERATIONS 150 LEADING PLASTICS PROCESSORS 150 TABLE 31 LEADING BLOW MOLDERS ($ BILLIONS) 151 TABLE 32 LEADING INJECTION MOLDERS ($ BILLIONS) 151 TABLE 33 LEADING PIPE, PROFILE AND TUBING EXTRUDERS ($ BILLIONS) 152 TABLE 34 LEADING FILM/SHEET PRODUCERS ($ BILLIONS) 152 TABLE 35 LEADING THERMOFORMERS ($ BILLIONS) 153 TABLE 36 LEADING ROTATIONAL MOLDERS ($ MILLIONS) 153 INDEPENDENT COMPOUNDERS 154 TRENDS 154 LEADING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDERS 155 TABLE 37 LEADING NORTH AMERICAN THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDERS AND CONCENTRATE PRODUCERS (%) 156 CHAPTER 12 COMPOUNDING COMPANY PROFILES 158 AARON INDUSTRIES CORP. 158 ACLO COMPOUNDERS 158 ACTON TECHNOLOGIES INC. 159 ADELL PLASTICS INC. 159 ADDIVANT 159 ADVANCED COMPOSITES INC. 160 AGC CHEMICALS AMERICAS INC. 160 AKCROS CHEMICALS INC. 161 ALPHAGARY CORP. 161 AM STABILIZERS CORP. 162 AMCO POLYMERS 162 AMERICAN COMPOUNDING SPECIALTIES LLC 162 AMERICHEM INC. 163 AMETEK WESTCHESTER PLASTICS 163 AMPACET CORP. 164 AMPLAS COMPOUNDING INC. 164 AMTOPP DIVISION 165 ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS NORTH AMERICA 165 ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLC 165 AXIALL CORP. 166 BASF CORP. 166 BAY POLYMER CORP. 167 BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE/COVESTRO 167 BAYSHORE VINYL COMPOUNDS 168 BIRCH PLASTICS INC. 169 CHROMA CORP. 169 CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD., MASTERBATCHES DIVISION 169 COLORTECH INC. 170 DECEUNINCK NORTH AMERICA LLC 170 THE DOW CHEMICAL CO. 171 DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS INC. 171 E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND CO. 172 DYNEON LLC 172

11 EMERALD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLC 173 EMS-CHEMIE (NORTH AMERICA) INC. 173 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL CO. 173 FERRO CORP. 174 FOSTER CORP. 174 HERITAGE PLASTICS INC. 175 INFINITY LTL ENGINEERED COMPOUNDS 175 INVISTA 176 KRATON PERFORMANCE POLYMERS INC. 176 THE LUBRIZOL CORP. 176 LYONDELLBASELL ADVANCED POLYOLEFINS 177 MILLIKEN & CO./MILLIKEN CHEMICAL 178 MRC POLYMERS INC. 178 MUEHLSTEIN NORTH AMERICA 179 MULTIBASE INC. 179 NOVA POLYMERS INC. 179 O'NEIL COLOR AND COMPOUNDING 180 OXFORD POLYMERS 180 PERFORMANCE COMPOUNDING LLC 181 PLASTIC RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY INC. 181 PLASTICOMP INC. 181 THE PLASTICS GROUP OF AMERICA 182 PLASTICS PLUS INC. 182 POLYFIL CORP. 182 POLYFUSION LLC 183 POLYMER RESOURCES LTD. 183 POLYONE CORP. 184 POLYRAM U.S.A. AND CANADA 184 RHEIN CHEMIE ADDITIVES 185 RIVERDALE GLOBAL 185 ROSCOM INC. 185 RTP COMPANY 186 SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS/LNP 187 A. SCHULMAN INC. 187 SO.F.TER. USA USA 188 STANDRIDGE COLOR CORP. 188 TECHMER PM LLC/TECHMER ES 188 TECHNICAL POLYMERS LLC 189 TEKNI-PLEX INC. 189 TEKNOR APEX CO. 190 THEMIX PLASTICS INC. 190 WELLMAN ENGINEERING RESINS 191 CHAPTER 13 APPENDIX COMMON ACRONYMS 193

12 LIST OF TABLES TABLE HEADING SUMMARY TABLE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 1 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN BY PLASTIC TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 2 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR LDPE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 3 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR HDPE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 4 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR LLDPE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 5 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR POLYPROPYLENE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 6 SOME TYPICAL RIGID PVC APPLICATIONS 31 TABLE 7 SOME TYPICAL FLEXIBLE PVC APPLICATIONS 31 TABLE 8 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR PVC BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 9 FABRICATION METHODS AND SOME USES FOR POLYSTYRENE 38 TABLE 10 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR POLYSTYRENE BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 11 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER (PET) BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 12 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOR ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, THROUGH 2020 (BILLION POUNDS) TABLE 13 EXAMPLES OF BIOPLASTICS (%) 59 TABLE 14 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTICS ADDITIVES BY MAJOR TYPES, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 15 SELECTED ADDITIVE USAGE IN THERMOPLASTICS 73 TABLE 16 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC BLOWING AGENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 17 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC FLAME RETARDANTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 18 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR HEAT STABILIZERS BY CHEMISTRY, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 19 PROFILES OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS 102 TABLE 20 OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS TABLE 21 OVERVIEW OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH DIFFERENT THERMOPLASTICS TABLE 22 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR REINFORCED PLASTICS GLASS FIBER*, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 23 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER SUPPLIERS AND ESTIMATED CAPACITY, 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 24 GLOBAL MARKET VOLUME FOR PAN-BASED CARBON FIBERS BY KEY MARKETS, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 25 GLOBAL MARKET FOR CARBON NANOTUBE-REINFORCED POLYMERS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS)

13 TABLE HEADING TABLE 26 GLOBAL MARKET FOR NATURAL FIBER-PLASTIC COMPOSITES, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) TABLE 27 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC FILLERS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 28 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR PLASTIC MASTERBATCHES, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION POUNDS) TABLE 29 BATCH COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT 140 TABLE 30 MAJOR COMPOUNDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 142 TABLE 31 LEADING BLOW MOLDERS ($ BILLIONS) 151 TABLE 32 LEADING INJECTION MOLDERS ($ BILLIONS) 151 TABLE 33 LEADING PIPE, PROFILE AND TUBING EXTRUDERS ($ BILLIONS) 152 TABLE 34 LEADING FILM/SHEET PRODUCERS ($ BILLIONS) 152 TABLE 35 LEADING THERMOFORMERS ($ BILLIONS) 153 TABLE 36 LEADING ROTATIONAL MOLDERS ($ MILLIONS) 153 TABLE 37 LEADING NORTH AMERICAN THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDERS AND CONCENTRATE PRODUCERS (%)

14 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE SUMMARY FIGURE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET VOLUME FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS BY TYPE OF COMPOUNDER, (BILLION POUNDS) FIGURE