plastic sheets

Plastic sheet, usually 10 mils to 12 mils in thickness, can either be extruded or cast, clear or opaque with a variety of colors and textures, and, most importantly, is the starting point for thermoformed products that have enjoyed outstanding growth, especially in packaging. Wide arrays of resins are used to produce sheet/thermoformed products. Major applications include: food and health-care packaging, building/construction products, appliances, signs/displays, automotive and aircraft products. Technology advances in both plastic sheet and thermoformed products have enhanced their respective competitive positions no plastic materials such as paper/paperboard, glass and aluminum. The plastic sheet/thermoformed product market was significant in 2004 with an estimated consumption of 6.3 billion pounds. This will increase to nearly 8 billion pounds by 2009, at a 4.8％ average annual growth rate. China is the leading country of producing plastic sheets.