Elastomer Modified Plastics-Applications Trends, Needs and Drivers (Synthetic Rubber Industry int he Jungle of Thermoplastics)

摘要

Jungles conjure up images of immensity, variety, complexity, predators, and preys- And of general disorder for those of us who haven't mastered the fine art of ecological balancing acts. As a supplier of synthetic rubber to the plastics industry, I find its landscape rather like a jungle. Full of opportunity if you are a skilled predator, able to spot the right prey in the immense space, then chase the moving object through the varied terrain, hunt it down and keep it, or at least most of it. Skills can be acquired and honed to a degree. However, there are few predators who are not hunted themselves. If not by their fellow four-legged creatures, then by those smart two-legged ones. Yet, despite the dangers, a myriad of species continue to survive and even flourish in a jungle.