Masterbatches world market

Ampacet identifies the main world market trends in masterbatch as (i) more customers are expanding worldwide (ii) masterbatch growth is slowing in North America and Europe and a two-tier industry will continue to evolve. 

Reynolds, A. The World Masterbatch Market, AMI Conference Masterbatch 2004, Cologne, 2004... 

Most of the world s flame retardants are sold directly to polymer manufacturers, masterbatch producers, compounders and fabricators. Not all the statistics for flame retardant sales confine themselves to plastics markets. Freedonia reports that 80% of US usage of FRs is for plastics. Smaller quantities are used in textiles, coatings, adhesives and elastomers. 

The DuPont product is named Viton FreeFlow SC and RC and, unlike earlier types of fluoropolymer additives, they can be mixed into many pigmented masterbatches, with less interaction. The Dyneon grades are marketed as Dynamar PPA. The latest fluorocarbons comply with most world food contact legislation. 

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