Engineering and High Performance Plastics

✍ Scribed by D.K. Platt

• Publisher: Smithers Rapra Press
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 202
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Engineering and high performance polymers cover a wide spectrum of materials that are valued, amongst other things, for their temperature resistance, strength, dimensional stability and chemical resistance in many demanding applications. This new market report from Rapra, discusses their key performance properties, the trends in material developments, and their application in automotive, electrical & electronics, industrial, consumer products and other markets, including medical.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
1.2 The Report......Page 13
1.4 About the Author......Page 14
2.1 Global Market Forecasts......Page 15
2.2 Material Trends......Page 16
2.4 Technology Tends......Page 17
2.6 Competitive Tends......Page 18
3.1 Introduction......Page 21
3.2.1 Properties......Page 23
3.2.3 Processing......Page 25
3.3.1 Properties......Page 26
3.4.1 Properties......Page 27
3.4.2 Applications......Page 28
3.5.1 Properties......Page 29
3.5.3 Pricing Trends......Page 30
3.6.1 Properties......Page 31
3.7.1 Properties......Page 32
3.8.1 Properties......Page 33
3.8.2 Applications......Page 34
3.9.1 Properties......Page 35
3.10.1 Properties......Page 36
3.11.1 Properties......Page 37
3.12.2 Applications......Page 38
3.13.1 Properties......Page 39
3.14.1 Properties......Page 40
3.14.3 Pricing Trends......Page 41
3.15.2 Applications......Page 42
3.16.2 Applications......Page 43
3.18.1 Cyclic Olefin Copolymers......Page 44
3.18.4 Copolycarbonate......Page 45
4.1.2 The Total World Market......Page 47
4.2.1 Polyamide (PA)......Page 50
4.2.2 Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)......Page 51
4.2.3 Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)......Page 53
4.2.4 Polycarbonate (PC)......Page 54
4.2.5 Polyoxymethylene (POM)......Page 55
4.2.6 Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA)......Page 57
4.2.7 Polyphenylene Oxide (Ether) Blends (PPO and PPE)......Page 58
4.2.8 Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)......Page 59
4.2.9 Polyetherimide (PEI)......Page 61
4.2.10 Polysulfone (PSU), Polyethersulfone (PES)......Page 62
4.2.11 Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP)......Page 63
4.2.12 Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)......Page 64
5.2 Future Prospects for the World Automotive Industry......Page 67
5.3.1 Recycling of End-of-Life-Vehicles EU Directive......Page 68
5.4.1 Consumption Trends......Page 70
5.4.2 Current Applications......Page 71
5.4.3 Market Trends......Page 72
5.5.1 Consumption Trends......Page 74
5.5.3 Market Trends......Page 75
5.6.1 Consumption Trends......Page 76
5.6.3 Market Trends......Page 77
5.7.1 Consumption Trends......Page 78
5.7.3 Market Trends......Page 79
5.8.1 Consumption Trends......Page 80
5.8.2 Current Applications......Page 81
5.9.1 Consumption Trends......Page 82
5.9.2 Current Applications......Page 83
5.10.1 Consumption Trends......Page 84
5.10.3 Market Trends......Page 85
5.11.1 Consumption Trends......Page 86
5.11.3 Market Trends......Page 87
5.12.1 Consumption Trends......Page 88
5.12.3 Market Trends......Page 89
5.13.1 Consumption Trends......Page 90
5.13.3 Market Trends......Page 91
5.14.2 Current Applications......Page 92
5.15.1 Consumption Trends......Page 93
5.16.1 Consumption Trends......Page 94
5.16.3 Market Trends......Page 95
6.2 Trends and Market Drivers......Page 97
6.3 Future Prospects for the World E&E Industry......Page 99
6.4.1 The EU Directive on Electrical & Electronics Waste......Page 100
6.5.1 Consumption Trends......Page 101
6.5.3 Market Trends......Page 102
6.6.1 Consumption Trends......Page 103
6.7.1 Consumption Trends......Page 104
6.7.3 Market Trends......Page 105
6.8.1 Consumption Trends......Page 106
6.9.1 Consumption Trends......Page 107
6.9.3 Market Trends......Page 108
6.10.3 Market Trends......Page 109
6.11.2 Current Applications......Page 110
6.12.2 Current Applications......Page 111
6.13.1 Consumption Trends......Page 112
6.14.1 Consumption Trends......Page 113
6.14.3 Market Trends......Page 114
6.15.2 Current Applications......Page 115
6.16.1 Consumption Trends......Page 116
6.16.3 Market Trends......Page 117
6.17.2 Market Trends......Page 118
7.3.1 Consumption Trends......Page 119
7.4.1 Consumption Trends......Page 120
7.5.1 Consumption Trends......Page 121
7.6.1 Consumption Trends......Page 122
7.7.1 Consumption Trends......Page 123
7.8.1 Consumption Trends......Page 124
7.9.1 Consumption Trends......Page 125
7.10.1 Consumption Trends......Page 126
7.11.1 Consumption Trends......Page 127
7.12.1 Consumption Trends......Page 128
7.13.1 Consumption Trends......Page 129
7.14.1 Consumption Trends......Page 130
7.14.2 Current Applications......Page 131
8.1.2 Vacuum Cleaners......Page 133
8.1.5 Microwave Ovens......Page 134
8.1.9 Shavers......Page 135
8.2 Future Prospects for the Consumer Products Market......Page 136
8.4.1 Consumption Trends......Page 137
8.5.1 Consumption Trends......Page 138
8.6.1 Consumption Trends......Page 139
8.7.1 Consumption Trends......Page 140
8.7.2 Current Applications......Page 141
8.8.1 Consumption Trends......Page 142
8.9.1 Consumption Trends......Page 143
8.10.1 Consumption Trends......Page 144
8.11.1 Consumption Trends......Page 145
8.12.1 Consumption Trends......Page 146
8.13.1 Consumption Trends......Page 147
8.14.1 Consumption Trends......Page 148
8.14.2 Current Applications......Page 149
9.2 Future Prospects for the Medical Devices Market......Page 151
9.3.1 Consumption Trends......Page 152
9.4.1 Consumption Trends......Page 153
9.5.1 Consumption Trends......Page 154
9.6.1 Consumption Trends......Page 155
9.6.2 Current Applications......Page 156
9.7.2 Current Applications......Page 157
9.8.2 Current Applications......Page 158
9.9.1 Consumption Trends......Page 159
9.10.1 Consumption Trends......Page 160
9.11.1 Consumption Trends......Page 161
9.12.2 Current Applications......Page 162
9.13.2 Current Applications......Page 163
9.14.2 Current Applications......Page 164
10.1 Overview......Page 165
10.2.1 Major Suppliers......Page 168
10.2.2 Products......Page 169
10.3.1 Major Suppliers......Page 171
10.3.2 Products......Page 172
10.4.1 Major Suppliers......Page 173
10.4.2 Products......Page 175
10.5.1 Major Suppliers......Page 176
10.5.2 Products......Page 177
10.6.1 Major Suppliers......Page 178
10.6.2 Products......Page 180
10.7.1 Major Suppliers......Page 181
10.7.2 Products......Page 182
10.8.1 Major Suppliers......Page 183
10.8.2 Products......Page 184
10.9.1 Major Suppliers......Page 185
10.10.2 Products......Page 186
10.11.2 Products......Page 187
10.12.1 Major Suppliers......Page 188
10.12.2 Products......Page 189
10.13.2 Products......Page 190
10.14.2 Products......Page 191
Directory of Major Suppliers......Page 193
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 199