Extruded Plastics

US demand for extruded plastics is forecast to expand 2.6 percent annually through 2013, supported by a turnaround in the housing market. PVC will remain the largest segment, and will be one of the fastest growing. Slower advances for LDPE will reflect saturated film and sheet applications in packaging. Extruded polypropylene will grow the fastest.

This study analyzes the 30 billion pound US extruded plastics industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1998, 2003 and 2008, and forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by resin (e.g., PVC, LDPE, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyester) and market (e.g., packaging, construction, consumer goods, motor vehicles).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 45 industry players including Bemis, JM Eagle and Alcan Packaging.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION xi I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4 General 4 Macroeconomic Outlook 4 Demographic Trends 9 Consumer Income & Spending 12 Manufacturing Outlook 14 Plastic Resin Overview 17 Market Trends 20 Extrusion Machinery & Technology 22 Plastic Processing Methods 24 Injection Molding 26 Blow Molding 27 Other Processes 27 Pricing Trends 29 Regulatory Considerations 31 Recycling 34 International Activity 34 III. RESINS 36 General 36 Resins 37 Polyvinyl Chloride 39 Profiles 40 Pipe 42 Siding 43 Windows & Doors 46 Molding & Trim 47 Fencing, Decking & Other 48 Film 50 Other 51 Low Density Polyethylene 55 Film 56 Other 60 High Density Polyethylene 62 Pipe 64 Film 66 Sheet & Other 68 Polystyrene 69 Solid 71 Sheet 72 Film 73 Other 74 Foamed 74 Polypropylene 76 Film 78 Sheet 80 Wire & Cable 81 Other 81 Polyester 82 Film 83 Sheet & Other 86 Other 87 Applications 88 Resins 90 IV. MARKETS 93 General 93 Packaging 95 Packaging Overview 95 Resins 98 Applications 101 Film 102 Food 103 Nonfood 104 Secondary 105 Producers 105 Other Packaging 109 Solid 110 Foamed 112 Construction 114 Construction Outlook 114 Resins 116 Applications 119 Pipe 119 Resins 120 Applications 121 Producers 125 Siding 127 Characteristics 129 Markets & End Uses 131 Producers 133 Other 133 Windows & Doors 135 Molding & Trim 138 Wire & Cable 140 Fencing & Decking 141 Fencing 141 Decking 143 Glazing 146 Insulation 147 Other 148 Consumer Goods 149 Resins 150 Applications 152 Other Markets 154 Resins 155 Markets 157 Motor Vehicles 158 Industrial 159 Electrical & Electronic 160 Medical 161 Other 162 V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 163 General 163 Market Share 166 Bemis 167 JM Eagle 168 Alcan Packaging 168 DuPont 169 Cryovac 170 Berry Plastics 171 Printpack 171 Pliant 172 Mergers & Acquisitions 172 Marketing Strategies 177 Channels of Distribution 178 Research & Development 180 Competitive Strategies 181 Cooperative Agreements 183 Company Profiles 186 Aargus Industries, see Sigma Plastics Group Advanced Drainage Systems Incorporated 187 AEP Industries Incorporated 189 Alcan Packaging, see Rio Tinto Group Alcoa Incorporated 191 Allied Plastics Holdings, see Sigma Plastics Group Alside, see Associated Materials AmTopp, see Formosa Plastics Group Andersen Corporation 192 Arkema SA 194 Associated Materials LLC 196 Atlantis Plastics, see Fortis Plastics Atrium Companies Incorporated 198 AZEK Building Products, see CPG International Bemis Company Incorporated 201 Berry Plastics Corporation 203 Beta Plastics, see Sigma Plastics Group CertainTeed, see Saint-Gobain Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company 208 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC 209 Coastal Films of Florida, see Sigma Plastics Group Covalence Specialty Materials, see Berry Plastics CPG International Incorporated 210 Crane Group 212 Cryovac, see Sealed Air Curwood, see Bemis Danvid Window, see Atrium Dart Container Corporation 214 Diversapack, see Printpack Dow Chemical Company 215 Dow-Tech Plastics, see Atrium DuPont (EI) de Nemours 218 EMCO Enterprises, see Andersen Epsilon Plastics, see Sigma Plastics Group Exterior Portfolio by Crane, see Crane Group Exterior Profiles Corporation 222 Exxon Mobil Corporation 223 Filmtech, see Sigma Plastics Group FlexSol Packaging, see Sigma Plastics Formosa Plastics Group 225 Fortis Plastics LLC 228 Fortune Brands Incorporated 229 General Electric Company 230 Gentek Building Products, see Associated Materials Georgia Gulf Corporation 231 Hancor, see Advanced Drainage Systems Heartland Building Products, see ProVia Door Heartland Siding, see ProVia Door Hilex Poly Company LLC 235 HR Windows and Company, see Atrium ICC Industries Incorporated 236 Integrated Bagging Systems, see Formosa Plastics Group Inteplast Group, see Formosa Plastics Group J-M Manufacturing Company Incorporated 238 Jeld-Wen Incorporated 240 Johnson (SC) & Son Incorporated 241 Kroy Building Products, see Ply Gem Lane Enterprises Incorporated 242 Milprint, see Bemis Mercury Plastics, see Sigma Plastics Group Norandex Building Material Distribution, see Saint-Gobain North American Pipe, see Westlake Chemical North Star Manufacturing, see Atrium Omega Plastics,see Sigma Plastics Group O'Neil Color & Compounding, see ICC Industries Outdoor Technologies, see Exterior Profiles Owens Corning 243 Pace Industries, see ICC Industries Pactiv Corporation 244 Perfecseal, see Bemis Performance Packaging, see Sigma Plastics Group Phillips Sumika Polypropylene, see Chevron Phillips Chemical Pliant, see Berry Plastics Ply Gem Holdings Incorporated 246 Poly Plastic Products, see Sigma Plastics Group Preservation, see Associated Materials Primex Plastics, see ICC Industries Printpack Incorporated 248 ProVia Door Incorporated 250 Rampart Packaging, see Printpack Renewal by Andersen, see Andersen Republic Bag, see Sigma Plastics Group Reynolds Packaging Group 251 Rio Tinto Group 253 RTP Company 255 Saint-Gobain 256 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation 259 Scranton Products, see CPG International Sealed Air Corporation 261 Serious Materials Incorporated 262 Sigma Plastics Group 263 Silver Line Building Products, see Andersen Spartech Corporation 268 Superior Engineered Products, see Atrium Survivor Windows II Incorporated 271 Thermal Industries, see Atrium TimberTech, see Crane Group Westech Building Products, see Westlake Chemical Westlake Chemical Corporation 272 Wiman, see RTP Woodruff, see ICC Industries World-Pak, see Formosa Plastics Group LIST OF TABLES TABLE NUMBER PAGE SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary Table 3 SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT 1 Macroeconomic Indicators 9 2 Population & Households 12 3 Personal Consumption Expenditures 14 4 Manufacturers' Shipments 17 5 Plastic Resin Supply & Demand 19 6 Extruded Plastics Market, 1998 - 2008 21 7 Thermoplastic Resin Demand by Process 25 8 Extruded Resin Pricing 31 SECTION III -- RESINS 1 Extruded Plastics Demand in Pounds & Dollars 37 2 Extruded Plastics Demand by Resin 38 3 Extruded PVC Demand by Application 40 4 Extruded PVC Demand in Profiles 41 5 Extruded PVC Film Demand 51 6 Extruded PVC Demand in Other Products 54 7 Extruded LDPE Demand by Type & Application 56 8 Extruded LDPE Demand in Film 59 9 Extruded LDPE Demand in Other Products 61 10 Extruded HDPE Demand by Application 63 11 Extruded Polystyrene Demand by Type 71 12 Extruded Solid Polystyrene Demand by Application 72 13 Extruded Foamed Polystyrene Demand by Application 76 14 Extruded Polypropylene Demand by Application 77 15 Extruded Polyester Demand by Application 83 16 Other Extruded Plastics Demand by Application 88 SECTION IV -- MARKETS 1 Extruded Plastics Demand by Market 94 2 Packaging Overview 98 3 Packaging Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin 100 4 Packaging Market for Extruded Plastics by Application 102 5 Packaging Film Market for Extruded Plastics 103 6 Other Packaging Markets for Extruded Plastics 109 7 Construction Expenditures 116 8 Construction Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin 118 9 Construction Market for Extruded Plastics By Application 119 10 Pipe Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin 121 11 Pipe Market for Extruded Plastics by Application 124 12 Siding Market for Extruded Plastics by Market & End Use 129 13 Other Construction Markets for Extruded Plastics 134 14 Consumer Goods Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin 151 15 Consumer Goods Market for Extruded Plastics by Application 154 16 Other Markets for Extruded Plastics by Resin 156 17 Other Markets for Extruded Plastics by Application 157 SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 1 US Extruded Plastics Sales by Company, 2008 164 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 175 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 185 LIST OF CHARTS CHART NUMBER PAGE SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT 1 Plastic Resin Demand by Type, 2008 20 2 Extruded Plastics Market, 1998 - 2008 22 3 Thermoplastic Resin Demand by Process, 2008 26 SECTION III -- RESINS 1 Extruded Plastics Demand by Resin, 2008 39 2 Extruded PVC Demand in Profiles, 2008 42 3 Extruded LDPE Demand in Film, 2008 60 4 Extruded LDPE Demand in Other Products, 2008 62 5 Extruded HDPE Demand by Application, 2008 64 6 Extruded Polypropylene Demand by Application, 2008 78 SECTION IV -- MARKETS 1 Extruded Plastics Demand by Market, 2008 94 2 Packaging Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin, 2008 101 3 Construction Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin, 2008 118 4 Pipe Market for Extruded Plastics by Application, 2008 125 5 Other Construction Markets for Extruded Plastics, 2008 135 6 Consumer Goods Market for Extruded Plastics by Resin, 2008 151 7 Other Markets for Extruded Plastics by Resin, 2008 156 8 Other Markets for Extruded Plastics by Application, 2008 158 SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 1 US Extruded Plastics Market Share by Company, 2008 167

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1 INTRODUCTION

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Table | US EXTRUDED PLASTICS DEMAND (million pounds)

3 MARKET ENVIRONMENT

3.1 General

3.2 Macroeconomic Outlook

Table | MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS (billion 2000 dollars)

3.3 Demographic Trends

Table | POPULATION & HOUSEHOLDS (million people)

3.4 Consumer Income & Spending

Table | PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES (billion 2000 dollars)*

3.5 Manufacturing Outlook

Table | MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS

3.6 Plastic Resin Overview

Table | PLASTIC RESIN SUPPLY & DEMAND (million pounds)

3.7 Market Trends

Table | EXTRUDED PLASTICS MARKET, 1998 - 2008

3.8 Extrusion Machinery & Technology

3.9 Plastic Processing Methods

Table | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN DEMAND BY PROCESS (million pounds)

3.9.1 Injection Molding

3.9.2 Blow Molding

3.9.3 Other Processes

3.10 Pricing Trends

Table | EXTRUDED RESIN PRICING (dollars per pound)

3.11 Regulatory Considerations

3.12 Recycling

3.13 International Activity

4 RESINS

4.1 General

Table | EXTRUDED PLASTICS DEMAND IN POUNDS & DOLLARS

4.2 Resins

Table | EXTRUDED PLASTICS DEMAND BY RESIN (million pounds)

4.3 Polyvinyl Chloride

Table | EXTRUDED PVC DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.3.1 Profiles

Table | EXTRUDED PVC DEMAND IN PROFILES (million pounds)

4.3.2 Film

Table | EXTRUDED PVC FILM DEMAND (million pounds)

4.3.3 Other

Table | EXTRUDED PVC DEMAND IN OTHER PRODUCTS (million pounds)

4.4 Low Density Polyethylene

Table | EXTRUDED LDPE DEMAND BY TYPE & APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.4.1 Film

Table | EXTRUDED LDPE DEMAND IN FILM (million pounds)

4.4.2 Other

Table | EXTRUDED LDPE DEMAND IN OTHER PRODUCTS (million pounds)

4.5 High Density Polyethylene

Table | EXTRUDED HDPE DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.5.1 Pipe

4.5.2 Film

4.5.3 Sheet & Other

4.6 Polystyrene

Table | EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE DEMAND BY TYPE (million pounds)

4.6.1 Solid

Table | EXTRUDED SOLID POLYSTYRENE DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.6.2 Foamed

Table | EXTRUDED FOAMED POLYSTYRENE DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.7 Polypropylene

Table | EXTRUDED POLYPROPYLENE DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.7.1 Film

4.7.2 Sheet

4.7.3 Wire & Cable

4.7.4 Other

4.8 Polyester

Table | EXTRUDED POLYESTER DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.8.1 Film

4.8.2 Sheet & Other

4.9 Other

Table | OTHER EXTRUDED PLASTICS DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million pounds)

4.9.1 Applications

4.9.2 Resins

5 MARKETS

5.1 General

Table | EXTRUDED PLASTICS DEMAND BY MARKET (million pounds)

5.2 Packaging

5.2.1 Packaging Overview