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Plastics play an indispensable role in a wide variety of markets, ranging from packaging and building & construction to transportation, consumer and institutional products, furniture and furnishings, electrical and electronic components, medical and others. This enormous variety of end uses for plastics materials is what gives the industry its remarkably dynamic character. This also offers an exciting and significant challenge to companies, to find the optimum mix of markets and customers to pursue that which fits with the products it makes, the services it offers, and its financial goals.
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Rosato, D.V. (2011). Plastics End Use Application Fundamentals. In: Plastics End Use Applications. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0245-9_2
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