Expansion of wind energy, electric mobility or modernization of aircraft fleets: the future needs lightweight yet high-performing materials.

Stabilizers are indispensable additives: They enable secure production and processing of plastics and rubber; they save many products from premature aging and weathering.

Extrusion is one of the most important processes of the plastics industry; for example films, cups, pipes, hoses, electric cables, complete window profiles or doors can be produced with this method.

Ceresana has comprehensively analyzed the market for automotive plastics as a whole and the demand for individual types of plastics.

Films made of potato starch, fibers made of lactic acid, disposable tableware made of sugar cane: revenues of more than USD 2.6 billion were generated with 'green' plastics in 2015.

Plastics replace wood or metal at construction sites more and more often: PVC and EPS are stable and reliable, light and cheap.

Injection molding is the most important processing method for mass production of plastic parts.

In the upcoming years, increasing investments in pipe networks are to be expected, not only for the potable water supply.

Titanium dioxide, the most important white pigment with the highest refractive index, is the top-selling pigment type for paints, varnishes, paper, and plastics.

Demand for engineering plastics with special physical and chemical characteristics is increasing more strongly than the sales of common standard plastics.

Plastic windows are already able to save a lot of energy. And development is not over yet: Performance can be improved further by integrating special core insulation material directly into the window profile.

Printing is declared dead. Yet, ink on dead trees is still a good business.

Flame retardants inhibit or prevent from spread of fires, yet, they can also be dangerous for health and environment. In any case, they are sold in ever larger amounts.

Fillers are more than just cheap filling materials: They can also improve characteristics, such as stability, weather-resistance, and electrical conductivity, of numerous products.

Ceresana analyzed the market for petrochemical products in Iran extensively for the first time: from raw materials to derivates and intermediates, and to plastics.

Energy saving has become a political trend topic around the globe. A new market study by Ceresana forecasts that revenues generated with construction insulation materials will amount to a volume of USD 47.7 billion until 2022.

For the fourth time now, the market research company Ceresana analyzes the world market for pigments: Sales amount to 9.7 million tonnes per year.

The end of economic sanctions against Iran creates a gold-rush atmosphere for many industries.

Paints and varnishes are not only pretty: They protect against rust and contribute to heat insulation; additionally, they can be, for example, self-cleaning and antibacterial.

Making cuts into the bark of rubber trees would not get us far anymore: By now, traffic runs above all on synthetic rubber.

Ultrathin-walled plastic bags, carrier bags with enhanced carrying handle, valve bags, FIBC, stand-up pouches, disposable sachets: The list of innovative types of bags grows bigger and bigger.

Polyurethanes are durable, dimensionally stable and exceptionally versatile; they can be soft and elastic but also hard and brittle.

Where once massive rivets and screws were needed, a couple of droplets of adhesives are often enough today.

Protective gas for ready-made meals, high barrier film for fish, stand-up pouches for coffee powder: food packaging has become a science of its own.