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Greater flexibility in terms of design, lightweight, offering fuel efficiency
and several other excellent properties are stimulating the use of plastics in
automotive parts. Buoyed by the rapidly growing high temperature plastics and
lucrative long fiber thermoplastics, automotive plastics are portended to
increase its applications replacing steel and glass in automotive industry.
Automakers today aim for manufacturing lighter vehicles and contribute to
optimum fuel consumption. Plastics have emerged as a means for reducing the car
weight and achieving fuel efficiency. Properties such as corrosion resistance,
lightweight, durability, resiliency and toughness have spurred use of plastics
in automotive parts such as fenders, doors, and bumpers.



These and other market data and trends are presented in "Automotive Plastics:
World Market Review" by BizAcumen, Inc. Our reports are designed to be most
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AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS BMR-2052




CONTENTS




1. METHODOLOGY 1

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1

Disclaimers 2

Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3



2. GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK 4

Plastic Manufacturers Sense Huge Potential in Auto Industry 4

What Plastics Have to Offer? 5

Vehicle Weight Reduction: Top Priority for Automakers 5

Vehicle Composition Undergoes Transition 6



3. MAJOR TRENDS & ISSUES 6

Smart Materials to Act as Makeover Catalyst for Automobiles 6

Thermoset Composites Score High 7

Polycarbonate Automobile Glazing Makes Headway 7

HTPs Make Rapid Inroads in Automotive Industry 7

Safety for Pedestrians: Top Priority for Automakers 8

Long Fiber Thermoplastics Gather Momentum 8

Bioplastics Poised to Follow Healthy Growth 10

Health Issues Faced by Use of Automotive Plastics 11

Initiatives by Automakers to Go the Healthier and Eco-

Friendly Way 11

Ford 11

Nissan 12

Toyota 12

General Motors 12

Hyundai 12

Honda 13

Unsaturated Polyester Resins - Market Scan 13

Non-Recyclability of Automotive Components Concern Automakers 13

Regulations for Automotive Plastics Recycling 14



4. PRODUCT FACTS 15

Automotives -The Largest End-Use Segment for Plastics 15

Automotive Plastics Applications 16

Select Institutes Engaged in Automotive Plastics R&D 17



5. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 17

SABIC and Sinopec Enter into a Joint Venture Agreement 17

BASF to Expand Its Automotive Business in India 18

DuPont Commences Production of Vespel® Shapes and Parts 18

DuPont Expands the Compounding Capability of Zytel® Portfolio 18

Dow Izolan Breaks Ground for New Facility 19

DIC Receives New Name 19

Mazda Develops New Plastic Mould Technology 19

Ford Pursues Biodegradable Plastics 20

Toray Expedites Foamed Plastics Development 20

SABIC and Azdel Launch New Automotive Composite 20

Bayer to Rollout Levblend PC-ABS-R 21

BASF Acquires BASF GE Schwarzheide 21

Basell Merges with Lyondell to Form LyondellBasell 21

SABIC Takes Over GE Plastics 22

Hanwha Acquires Azdel 22

Hitachi Incorporates Arnite® TV4 261 22

DuPont Partners With Morph Technologies, Integran and PowerMetal 22

Bayer MaterialScience Teams Up with O-Flex Automotive 23

Celanese Divests AT Plastics Film Business to BPI 23

Solvay to Set up Epichlorohydrin Manufacturing Plant 24

Saudi Kayan Signs Contracts to Set Up Two Plants for LDPE and PP 24

Dow Automotive Proposes New Plant 24

DSM Proposes New Manufacturing Facility 25

Basell Develops New HDPE Resin 25

Dow Chemical Launches New Calendering- Grade TPU Elastomer 25

Dow Chemical Launches New Low-YI TPU Elastomers 25

Bayer MaterialScience's Texin® 985 TPU Lends Support to

Xtensor Device 26

DuPont Packaging Introduces New DuPont(TM) Vamac® 26

DuPont Introduces New Grades of Soft Thermoplastic Elastomers 27



6. MAJOR PLAYERS 28

Basell Service Company B.V (The Netherlands) 28

BASF SE (Germany) 28

Bayer MaterialScience, LLC (US) 28

Celanese Corporation (US) 28

DIC Corporation (Japan) 29

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (US) 29

Equistar Chemicals LP (US) 29

Evonik Degussa GmbH (Germany) 30

Formosa Plastics Corporation (Taiwan) 30

Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A. (US) 30

KMI Group, Inc. (US) 31

Polimeros Nacionales S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) 31

Royal DSM N.V (The Netherlands) 31

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Saudi Arabia) 32

Solvay S.A. (Belgium) 32

Solvay North America, LLC (US) 32

The Dow Chemical Company (US) 32



7. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 33



8. NORTH AMERICA 44

Automotive Plastics in Canada 44



9. JAPAN 45



10. EUROPE 46

Quick Facts 46

High Performance Polymers and the Automotive Industry 48

East Germany: A Land of Promises for Automotive Plastics 48

Central Europe 49



11. ASIA-PACIFIC 51

China 51



12. LATIN AMERICA 53



13. REST OF WORLD 54




EXHIBITS



Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of Long Fiber Thermoplastics

Market in the World by Application - 2006



Table 2: Global Automotive Plastics Market by Region for the

Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 3: Percentage Breakdown of Global Automotive Plastics

Market by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 4: Polypropylene Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Polypropylene Consumption in

the Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years 2009 &

2012



Table 6: Polyurethane Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 7: Percentage Breakdown of Polyurethane Consumption in

the Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years 2009 &

2012



Table 8: Nylon 6 & 66 Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 9: Percentage Breakdown of Nylon 6 & 66 Consumption in

the Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years 2009 &

2012



Table 10: Polyethylene Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 11: Percentage Breakdown of Polyethylene Consumption in

the Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years 2009 &

2012



Table 12: PVC Consumption in the Global Automotive Industry by

Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 13: Percentage Breakdown of PVC Consumption in the

Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years 2009-2012



Table 14: Unsaturated Polyester Consumption in the Global

Automotive Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015

(Consumption in Tons)



Table 15: Percentage Breakdown of Unsaturated Polyester

Consumption in the Global Automotive Industry by Region for

the Years 2009-2012



Table 16: PBT/PET Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 17: Percentage Breakdown of PBT/PET Consumption in the

Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years 2009-2012



Table 18: PPE Alloys Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of PPE Alloys Consumption in

the Global Automotive Industry by Region for the Years

2009-2012



Table 20: Polyacetal Consumption in the Global Automotive

Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in

Tons)



Table 21: Percentage Breakdown of Polyacetal Alloys

Consumption in the Global Automotive Industry by Region for

the Years 2009-2012



Table 22: Consumption of Other Plastic Types in the Global

Automotive Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015

(Consumption in Tons)



Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of Consumption of Other Plastic

Types in the Global Automotive Industry by Region for the

Years 2009 & 2012



Table 24: North American Automotive Plastics Market by

Material Type for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of North American Automotive

Plastics Market by Material Type for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 26: Japanese Automotive Plastics Market by Material Type

for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Japanese Automotive Plastics

Market by Material Type for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 28: European Small Car Market (2008): Propylene Utilized

Per Car in Select European Car Models (In Pounds)



Table 29: European Automotive Plastics Market (2005): Plastic

Weight (In Kilogram) in Select Automotive Components and

Corresponding Plastic Type Used



Table 30: European Automotive Plastics Market by Material Type

for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 31: Percentage Breakdown of European Automotive Plastics

Market by Material Type for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 32: Automotive Plastics Market by Material Type in

Asia-Pacific for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 33: Percentage Breakdown of Automotive Plastics Market

by Material Type in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 34: Latin American Automotive Plastics Market by

Material Type for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 35: Percentage Breakdown of Latin American Automotive

Plastics Market by Material Type for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 36: Automotive Plastics Market by Material Type in Rest

of World for the Period 2007-2015 (Consumption in Tons)



Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Automotive Plastics Market

by Material Type in Rest of World for the Years 2009 & 2012




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