This report reviews competing approaches for making plastic beer bottles and presents the outlook for PET consumption for beer bottles in North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Japan, and ROW.
The process technology and production economics for polystyrene (GPPS, High Temperature, HIPS, EPS, and syndiotactic) and ABS (emulsion, bulk/mass, and hydrid) are presented. Regional supply/demand forecasts for PS and ABS out to 2005 are also given.
Chemistry, process technology, and production economics for hydrocarbon resin production. Supply/demand forecasts for hydrocarbon resins out to 2015 is also presented.
This report reviews the conventional processes and economics for making butadiene based polymers and chemicals and also examines some of the developing butadiene based technologies.