Plastic industry market in USA

compound, fuel, pipe, polyester, polystyrene, transit, aerospace, aerospace and defense, aircraft, alcohol, automobile, automotive parts, boat, cement, civil engineering, electric utilities, electric utility, electricity, energy source, epoxy resins, fuel oil, golf, golf, infusion, ingredients, lpg, make-up, mass transit, natural gas, packaging, packaging, periodicals, plastic, plastic materials, plastics, polystyrene, reinforced plastic, reinforced plastics, roller, rollers, shipping, ski, solvent, specialty chemicals, sporting goods, spread, tea, tennis, textile fibers, thermoset resins,

industry segment profile composites epri center for materials production 000000000001000135 copyright 2000 2 table of contents introduction 5 thumbnail sketch typical establishment 7 characteristics 8 national statistics 11 data by state 13 competitive threats 14 investment issues 15 trends 16 market structure 18 glossary composite terms 19 energy consumption patterns 22 electricity requirements 23 manufacturing process 25 technology 30 environmental regulations and 32 opportunities increased use 34 areas decreased electric utilities 35 associations periodicals 36 3 list tables 1 us frp shipments key sic codes involved in raw number establishments employment 1992 4 2821 total 319 trillion btu 1994 intensity capital 6 plastic resins major end uses 24 3229 pressed blown glass application thermoset filament winding