Polyolefin foam growth pegged at 4.8%.Total demand for polyolefin foams in the three main markets grew by 4.8% in 1997, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new study by Chemical Market Resources of Houston, TX. Total demand for the foams in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Japan and Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). was 252.3 thousand metric tons last year. The major markets are packaging, sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport , automotive, construction/building and industrial. Improvements in the cost/performance ratio and overall processability will result in widespread use of metallocenes in foam applications, according to the study. The new generation polyolefins based on metallocene chemistry, improve the tensile strength and lowers density, elongation and tear strength of the foams. Metallocene based polyolefin based foams are expected to grow from six million pounds in 1997 at an average of 24% a year, CMR CMR Crude mortality rate, see there says. Metallocene based polyethylene (PE) plastomers, PE elastomers and enhanced polyethylene (partially metallocene catalyzed PEs) are currently used in crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE XLPE Cross Linked Polyethylene ) based foams in sporting goods and recreational applications, automotive and medical applications. Protective packaging accounts for 47% of the 274 mm lb. polyolefin foam consumption in North America, using 128 mm lbs., while automotive applications consumed 50 mm lbs., 18% of the market. The percentages are different for Japan and Western Europe, but protective packaging is the top market in both. Packaging consumed nearly one third of the 73 metric ton polyolefin foam market, while automotive was fourth behind construction and footwear. Packagings consumed 16.6 mt, of the 55 mt European market in 1997. Construction/ transportation consumed 26% and automotive applications accounted for 21% of the market. German machinery up 10% Initial estimates by the German Machinery and Plant Manufacturers Association (VDMA VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (German) VDMA Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum (Latin: The Word Of God Resides In Eternity) VDMA Virtual Direct Memory Access ) indicate the production value of German plastic and machinery will reach DM 7 billion in 1997, which would be a 10% increase over 1996. Production of injection molding machines should reach a record of DM 1.5 bil.; extruders and extrusion systems account for DM 1.2 bil.; and the blow molding machine segment will be DM 370 milt Record exports of over DM 5 bil. is expected. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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