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Summary
Industry Structure and Trends
Introduction
Environmental Issues
Manufacturing Processes
Polymerization Processes
Suspension Polymerization
Emulsion Polymerization
Mass (or Bulk) Polymerization
Solution Polymerization
Production Costs
Compounding
Processing of Compounded PVC Resins into End Products
Extrusion
Calendering
Molding
Coating
Supply and Demand by Region
North America
Producing Companies
Production
Consumption
Consumption by Process
Consumption by End Use
Construction
Consumer goods
Packaging
Electrical/electronics
Home furnishings
Transportation
Other
Competition from Metallocene Polymers
Price
Trade
Imports
Exports
Mexico
South America
Western Europe
Producing Companies
Salient Statistics
Consumption
Price
Trade
Central and Eastern Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Japan
Producing Companies
Salient Statistics
Consumption
Price
Trade
Imports
Exports
Republic of Korea
Producing Companies
Salient Statistics
Taiwan
Producing Companies
Salient Statistics
Other Asia
Producing Companies
Salient Statistics
Oceania
   
  Polyvinyl Chloride Resins
   
  Andrea Borruso
  Published June 2006
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  Abstract
   
 

Polyvinyl chloride is the second-largest commodity thermoplastic produced in the world, after polypropylene. In 2005, more than 30 million metric tons of PVC were consumed worldwide. Asia, North America and Western Europe accounted for 87% of world PVC production in 2005. PVC is a global product, manufactured by roughly 111 companies in approximately fifty countries.

The following pie chart shows the major producers of PVC worldwide:

PVC is the most versatile of all thermoplastics. It can be converted either into rigid products of considerable strength and hardness or into flexible articles when compounded with plasticizers. Rigid applications accounted for 65% of total consumption in 2005 and provide most of the growth opportunities. The major end use is pipe and fittings; other leading rigid applications include siding, windows, fencing and packaging sheet. Flexible PVC is used for film and sheet, wire and cable insulation, floor coverings, synthetic leather products, coatings and many other consumer goods.

The following pie chart shows world consumption of PVC in 2005:

PVC consumption is most influenced by the construction market, as about 60% of world consumption is for pipe, fittings, siding, windows, fencing and other applications. It has increasingly been used as a replacement for traditional construction materials such as wood and metals, so its growth has been above that experienced by the overall construction industry.

 
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