Viewpoint: The future of plastics.(Brief Article)

Plastics News, July, 2001

Throughout the plastics industry's short history, processors have been able to count on one fact: Plastics growth will outperform the overall economy. Processing has had its ups and downs, but plastics always has benefited from its reputation as a replacement material. Even when the economy looks old and crotchety, plastics finds a way to take market share away from glass, metal, wood and paper.

Now most end markets in North America are slumping. Processors are suffering from declining profit levels and a disturbing degree of machine overcapacity. Some may be wondering when they can expect plastics markets to grow once more. We expect markets to start to pick up soon, and we know exactly the unstoppable force that will lift the economy back to its feet:...

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