Wood Plastics Composites All Set to Win in Europe - Hackwell Group
The extraordinary growth in sales of products made from mixtures of wood flour and plastics in North America has been the envy of European producers for ten years. The materials contain a good deal of wood filler (typically 40 to 80%) and yet their outdoor durability is more like that of plastics than wood. As a result the relatively high purchase price of WPC articles is offset by low outdoor maintenance costs. Products can be extruded like plastics, without expensive wood working operations, and can be co-extruded or veneered. more>>
Advances in Plastics for Electronic Devices - Frost & Sullivan
Plastics and electricity, form a true dream team, as plastics are outstanding insulators. This discovery heralded the triumphal entry of polymers in the developmental process of electrical and electronic devices. Yet plastics are much more versatile and offer many possibilities beyond insulation, namely, when suitably modified they can also conduct electricity. more>>
Degradable Plastic Demand to Reach 500 milliom pounds in 2010 - Freedonia
Demand for degradable plastic in the US is forecast to expand nearly 17 percent
yearly to 500 million pounds in 2010, valued at $610 million. Average prices will
continue to decline as a result of higher capacity and greater production efficiencies, as
well as price mixes reflecting fastest growth for the lowest priced resins. more>>
Engineering Plastics - Freedonia
US demand for engineering plastics is projected to grow 3.5 percent per year to 5.4 billion pounds in 2010, a marked improvement over the five-year period from 2000 to 2005. The turnaround will be driven by a resurgent electrical and electronics market, the largest outlet for engineering resins, and by increasing per vehicle usage in the large motor vehicle market. Advances will also benefit from the continued drive to replace metal and other materials with lightweight, cost-effective, high performance plastics. However, gains for engineering plastics will be tempered by increasing market maturity and competition with lower-cost commodity resins. In value terms, engineering plastics demand will advance 3.9 percent per year through 2010 with sales exceeding $10 billion. more>>
Advances in Polymer Nanocomposites - Frost & Sullivan
In the last ten years, the use of nanoparticles to enhance polymer performance has drawn a great deal of research interest. This is because of the significant property enhancement that is made possible with the addition of a small amount of nanoparticles. When compared with traditional filler materials, nanocomposites could offer enhanced physical features--such as increased stiffness, strength, barrier properties, and heat resistance, without loss of impact strength and with improved aesthetics--in a very broad range of common thermoplastics and thermosets. Further, since the particle sizes are on the order of the wavelengths of visible light, they do not change optical properties such as transparency. more>>
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