Thinking big in themorforming

摘要

The underlying market trend driving this new growth opportunity is increased consumer demand for personalization and improved aesthetics.OEMs in key markets such as automotive or recreational vehicles are responding by shifting from high-volume "universal" product platforms to niche models customized for individual tastes.In doing so,OEMs have become increasingly partial to polypropylene for large parts because of its cost/performance characteristics relative to metal and fiberglass.Until recently,this spelled opportunity for injection molders and the end of the story for thermoformers.