Extrusion International 3-2019

12 Extrusion International 3/2019 INDUSTRY NEWS Market Study: Polyvinyl Chloride Sunlight, acid or salt water: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) can withstand practically anything and is almost indestructible. PVC plasticizers are controversial, yet, this robust material re- mains one of the most frequently produced plastics alongside polypropylene and polyethylene. Demand even continues to increase: The most current and already fifth PVC market re- port by Ceresana expects demand to increase to about 56.2 million tonnes until 2026. The Study in Brief: Chapter 1 provides a description and analysis of the global PVC market – including forecasts up to 2026: demand and revenues are explained for each region of the world. Further- more, demand per product and application area is analyzed. The following PVC products are examined individually: Pipes, profiles, films and sheets, cables, containers, flooring, others. The study analyzes the following application areas in detail:Flexible and rigid packaging, construction, transporta- tion, electrical and electronics (E&E), industry, others. Ceresana https://www.ceresana.com/en/market-studies/plastics/ polyvinyl-chloride/ “Plastic Extruders: Rheology, Performance Evaluation & Maintenance” 18-19 July 2019, Bangkok, Thailand This course is focusing on Review of Extruded Polymers, Polymer Rheology, Extrusion Principles, Analysing Flow through Extruder Die, Evaluating Extruder Performance and Extruder Maintenance’. Prof. Kirk Cantor of Penn College of Technology, with more than 25 years of experience in poly- mer extrusion, teaches this course, which is suitable for all types of plastics extrusion professionals – both experienced and less experienced. Registration form with brochure to download at: www.plastics-industry.org Plastics Industry Department TechnoBiz Communications Co., Ltd. Newly Designed, Information-packed Website Guill Tool & Engineering, world leader in extrusion tooling design and manufacturing, just rolled out a new website at www.guill. com. The new site offers a detailed look at the company’s entire product line, which offers awide-range of standard and customde- signed extrusion tooling, including crossheads, in-line heads, rotary heads and extrusion tips & dies. The site includes a full listing of all product and specifications with calculation tools to compute annual cost of lengthy concentricity adjustments and crosshead replacement analysis, plus calculators to compute draw-down, feet per minute and pounds per hour. The website includes charts and tables with detailed data and a full library of downloadable literature organized by industry. Guill markets its equipment worldwide and is currently seeking new rep- resentatives in select countries. The Guill website is mobile phone friendly and offers the conve- nience of allowing users to request a quote online. The website has already been awarded the 2018AmericanWebDesignAward from Graphic Design USA. Guill Tool & Engineering www.guill.com In Chapter 2, information on de- mand, revenues, production, ca- pacities, and trade is given for 46 individual countries. Demand per PVC product and application as well as demand per PVC type (rigid and flexible) are depicted as well. Chapter 3 provides useful profiles of the largest manufacturers of PVC – clearly arranged according to contact details, turnover, profit, product range, production sites, capacities, and profile summary. Extensive profiles of 81 manufacturers are given.