A new market report on plastics additives has been written by a member of the Hackwell Group, Professor Geoff Pritchard, who has organised the technical programmes for Rapra’s additives conferences for several years, and was formerly editor of Rapra’s additives newsletter. Additives are used in wood and plastics composite (about 6% by weight) and are potentially crucial in overcoming processing and performance problems.
The report includes a substantial but fairly simplified technical section, spending a few pages on each additive without going into minute detail, and there is a market section on each additive as well, followed by a discussion of some leading Western companies, and the trends they are experiencing. The report does not discuss Far Eastern additive businesses, except insofar as they impact on Western markets. The conclusion is that the additives business has recovered from a very difficult period but prospects for future growth remain subject to a number of concerns such as oil prices, energy and raw materials costs and Far Eastern competition wood plastic composite decking.
The report contains a great deal of information largely derived from secondary sources up to the late autumn of 2004. Several very recent re-organisations are mentioned but the merger of Crompton with Great Lakes, two of the biggest additives companies, was only announced in February 2005, just as the report was going to press, and it is therefore only mentioned in the introductory section. Compared with most primary–source market research reports, wood plastic product the report is offered at a very competitive price and should prove good value to those who want to get up-to-date with the additives scene.
- wood and plastic composite
The report contains a great deal of information largely derived from secondary sources up to the late autumn of 2004. Several very recent re-organisations are mentioned but the merger of Crompton with Great Lakes, two of the biggest additives companies, was only announced in February 2005, just as the report was going to press, and it is therefore only mentioned in the introductory section. Compared with most primary–source market research reports, wood plastic product the report is offered at a very competitive price and should prove good value to those who want to get up-to-date with the additives scene.
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