Who's who in adhesive emulsions: an overview of emulsion polymers used in the adhesives industry.(Statistical Data Included)

Adhesives & Sealants Industry,  July, 2002  by Ita, Paul

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In 2000, demand for emulsion polymers in the global adhesives industry totaled 1.9 million metric tons (dry basis), valued at $3.4 billion. (These totals exclude materials used as carpet adhesives and backings, primarily styrene-butadiene latex.) Demand for adhesive emulsions is forecast to expand 4.4 percent per year to 2.3 million metric tons in 2005, slightly outpacing inflation adjusted growth in the global economy, which is forecast at 3.7 percent annually between 2000 and 2005.

Emulsion polymers are widely used as the polymeric base for a variety of general-purpose ...

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