Plastics & Rubber Industries

Part I: Plastics

Source: http://www.fpcc.com.tw/English/images/product/production%20flow/Product%20Flow%20Charts.jpg

Source: http://www.swananys.org/pdf/bigpicture.pdf

Source: Plastics Europe –The facts 2014

Source: www.designlessbetter.com/blogless/tags/art/page/2

Source: http://www.pardos-marketing.com/hot04.htm

Source: Plastics Europe –The facts 2014

Source: Plastics Europe –The facts 2014

Source: Plastics Europe –The facts 2014

Source: Plastics Europe –The facts 2014

Source: Plastics Europe –The facts 2014

Global Demand for Engineering Plastics (in Mio. tons)

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Source: http://www.lustig-kunststofftechnik.de/images/werkstofftabelle.gif

High Performance Plastics

Source: https://revipackonline.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/market-trends-for-blow-molded-plastic-bottles/

Source; http://www.swananys.org/pdf/bigpicture.pdf

Bill and Vieve Gore

High Performance Polymers:

Polytetrafluoroethylene Sliding Bearings for Bridges

High Performance Polymers: Silicon Cooking Forms Substitute Metal

Glas Protected with Bullet-Proof Polymerfilm

Kevlar®

Fibers

Armoured

Vest

High Performance Polymers: Rubber for High Speed Tyres

Fibre Reinforced Polymers in the Airbus A 380

Eco-Balance for Airbus: Aluminium Sheets

Plastics in Crash Test; Smart

High Performance Polymers: Application in Medicine

Plastics & Rubber Industries

Part II: Rubber

Rubber Types

SBR Styrene Butadiene Rubber

BR Poly-Butadiene Rubber

NBR Nitrile Rubber (Acrylnitrile, Butadiene)

CR Chloroprene

EPDM Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber

SI Silicon Rubber

SBL Styrene Butadiene Latex

NR Natural Rubber

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Source: http://www.giiresearch.com/press/image/GBI253369.gif

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Source: http://www.therubbereconomist.com/The_Rubber_Economist/Quarterly_Report.html

Source: http://archives.thestar.com.my/archives/2011/8/8/business/b_02rubberChart.jpg

Source: http://www.lgm.gov.my/nrstat/nrstats.pdf

Source: http://www.lgm.gov.my/nrstat/nrstats.pdf

Source: http://selectiverationality.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/1/tyres/natural-rubber-price-rss3-usd-per-kg-2-year-line_l.png

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Tyres

The Inventor of the Rubber Vulcanization

Charles Goodyear

Source: http://friedlandglobalnews.com/images/tire%20market%20sales.jpg

Tyre Construction

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Source: http://www.bridgestone.co.uk/filelibrary/English/Global/Corporate/About_Bridgestone/Tyre_and_Rubber_market/Global%20tyre%20market%20share%202010.JPG

Source: http://www.bridgestone.co.uk/filelibrary/English/Global/Corporate/About_Bridgestone/Tyre_and_Rubber_market/Tyre%20market%20sales%20evolution%201999-2010.JPG

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Source: http://stockshastra.moneyworks4me.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/different-categories-of-tyres-in-tyre-industry-and-top-players1.png

Source: http://rubberjournalasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/press_release_pie_chart_-small.jpg

Source: http://www.sriconsulting.com/CEH/Public/Reports/525.1000/

13.611.000 tons world consumption

Application of Rubber in Automotives

Tubes and Hoses

Rubber Sealings