Current Sources of Demand

The demand for antistatic, electromagnetic shielding and related additives in the plastics industry is driven partly by sales of electrical and electronic equipment, much of which requires antistatic packaging and housings. Antistats have an important role in office equipment, reducing paper jams. Clean rooms for the manufacture of chip trays and silicon wafer cases need antistatic and other additives with low ion contamination and low volatile eontent, which implies pine substances. Medical monitoring equipment and aircraft instrumentation need to be protected from electronic interference. 

Automotive requirements for plastic fuel systems need protection against static discharge. There is also a demand for antistats in the chemical process industry because of ftammable liquids, 

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