Mobility &Transport

In the automotive industry, plastics allow for energy absorption, weight reduction and innovative design, while contributing to passenger safety. Features such as shock absorption for bumpers, suppression of explosion risks in fuel tanks, seat belts, airbags and other life-saving accessories such as durable plastic safety seats to protect young passengers make plastics the safest material for automotive applications.

Plastic materials are used for a wide variety of transportation applications. Thermoplastics offer a number of advantages over metals, wood, and fiberglass including outstanding aesthetics, durability, and sound insulating properties. Plastics are also extremely lightweight, which contributes to improved fuel economy.

Transportation applications where plastics have been successfully used

Bezels, Cargo carriers, Cabinets, Driver Partitions, Exit signs, Golf cart windshields, Headliners, Instrument panels, Interior wall panels, Light diffusers, Luggage bins, Modesty panels, Rain and insect deflectors, Seating, Spare tire covers, Storage containers, Truck bed liners, Vehicle glazing, Wear pads,Window shrouds.

Agriculture

Plastic and agriculture have become so closely intertwined that the term “plasticulture” is often used to refer to the many uses of plastic in the industry. From greenhouses to feed silage, you’d be hard pressed to find an aspect of agriculture that doesn’t benefit from the use of farm plastic in some way. However, there are specific kinds of agricultural plastic that are better for certain applications than others.

For years, the growing use of plastics in agriculture has helped farmers increase crop production, improve food quality and reduce the ecological footprint of their activity. Not only do plastics allow for vegetables and fruits to be grown whatever the season, but these products are usually of better quality than those grown in an open field.

A wide range of plastics are used in agriculture, including, polyolefins (polyethylenes (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Ethylene-Vinyl Accetate Copolymer (EVA)) and less frequently, Poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), Polycarbonate (PC) and poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA).

These plastics provide

Innovative and sustainable solutions: Thanks to the use of different plastics in agriculture, water can be saved, temperature can be maintained under the covers during the night, photoselectivity can improve certain flowers production and crops can even be planted in deserted areas. Plastic irrigation pipes prevent waste of water and nutrients, rain water can be retained in reservoirs built with plastics, and the use of pesticides can be reduced by keeping crops in a closed space such as a greenhouse or, for mulching, under a plastic film. Moreover, the emissions of pesticides in the atmosphere will be reduced as they will remain fixed on the plastic cover. Pest control plays a vital role in safeguarding crop yields.

Electrical and Electronic

Electricity powers almost every aspect of our lives, at home and in our jobs, at work and at play. Plastics Market offer a wide range of favourable attributes that enable them to be utilized in design and development of various electronics & electrical appliances. Plastics are inseparable and the fundamental material used for manufacture of electrical appliance components.

And everywhere that we find electricity, we also find plastics. In the kitchen, there are the labour-saving devices that we wouldn’t be without; washing machines, microwave ovens, kettles. 

In the living room is the television, the video or the music system, while at work, we may use a computer. a fax machine or a telephone. Plastics make progress possible, making electrical goods safer, lighter, more attractive, quieter. more environmentally friendly and more durable.

Sport & Leisures

 Plastics are an indispensable part of the sports and leisure industry. Few other materials are capable of meeting the various requirements in sports and leisure so flexibly. Therefore plastics are increasingly replacing traditional materials such as wood.

Plastics have revolutionised sports in recent years. From the tracks on which Olympic athletes pursue new records to the shoes, clothing and safety equipment they wear and the stadia they perform in, ballgames,  modern sports rely on plastics. In addition to delivering the performance characteristics that modern athletes demand, plastics also provide sustainability benefits.

The mouldability of composite plastics enables sleek dynamic hulls to be produced that are low in weight and high in strength. Power cruisers, sailing yachts and almost every other vessel now has a hull, deck, superstructure and even a mast made of composites.

For more than 50 years, the world’s toymakers have been using plastics to make some of the best known and most popular toys, sports and leisure goods for children. From bicycle helmets and flotation devices to knee protectors and other protective sporting gear, plastics help children to have fun and keep safe every day. Like all plastics, these materials are thoroughly tested, well-researched, durable, flexible and cost-efficient.

Health care & Medical

Plastic is one of the most commonly used material in the medical industry. It is the most essential part of the modern medical industry and without the use of plastic materials, the modern healthcare would not be possible. The most innovative procedures in the medical industry, involves the use of plastic. The involvement of plastic in the modern healthcare industry had gradually increased over the last decade and today it is largely used for different purposes in the medical industry.Plastics have been used widely to create medical tools and devices like surgical gloves, syringes, insulin pens, IV tubes, catheters, inflatable splits, etc. Such products are created for one-time use and help prevent the spread of dangerous diseases by eliminating the need to sterilize and re-use a device.

Plastic is also being used to create special antimicrobial touch surfaces that can repeal bacteria and other microbes, thus reducing the spread of dangerous diseases.

  Plastics have reduced the weight of eyeglass frames and lenses.  They are key components of modern prosthetic devices offering greater flexibility, comfort and mobility.  Plastics allow artificial hip and knees to provide smooth working, trouble free joints.

Energy

Plastic materials contribute to the health of the planet, helping to reduce the environmental footprint of energy production.

In buildings, plastics provide effective insulation from cold and heat and prevent air leakages.Wind turbines’ rotor blades and photovoltaic panels contain large amounts of plastics, helping to achieve the efficient production of renewable energy.

Solar panels already use plastics to protect or connect some of its parts. Now plastic-based solar cells are expected to enter the market in the not-to-distant future.