Polypropylene (PP) has been the most widely used plastic in automobiles in recent years and is expected to hold sway for the entirety of the forecast period till 2018. Polyurethane (PU), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene (PE) are the other major plastic materials that have been in great demand in automobile manufacturing. Polycarbonate (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyamides (PA) such as nylons and other plastics including polyoxymethylene (POM) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are also in great demand in various automotive applications.

1. Automotive Plastics Market By Product (ABS, PP, PU, PVC, PE, PC, PMMA, PA), By
Application (Power Trains, Under The Hood, Electrical Components, Chassis,
Furnishing), Bio-Based Opportunity (PLA, PHA, PCL, PBS) - Global Industry
Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2012 - 2018
Global perspective and endeavors to portray a detailed and comprehensive collection of data and its analysis on the basis
of various market parameters. The report also strives to compile together a macro-view of the complete demand and
supply characteristics of automotive plastics by providing historical data from 2009 and a forecast of market segmentation
until 2018 along with detailed analyses of revenues and volumes.
Plastics find major applications in electrical components and interior and exterior furnishings of automobiles. The majority
of the application market for automotive plastics is under the purview of these two application segments accounting for
almost 70% of the total consumption. Plastics are also used in other parts in automobiles such as power trains, under the
hood and chassis. The market for these applications is expected to show growth over the forecast period.
Polypropylene (PP) has been the most widely used plastic in automobiles in recent years and is expected to hold sway for
the entirety of the forecast period till 2018. Polyurethane (PU), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) and polyethylene (PE) are the other major plastic materials that have been in great demand in automobile
manufacturing. Polycarbonate (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyamides (PA) such as nylons and other plastics
including polyoxymethylene (POM) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are also in great demand in various automotive
applications.
Biodegradable plastics are a more environment friendly option to plastics sourced from crude oil and derivatives. After a
certain time period these plastics begin their degradation process and are easy to dispose without causing adverse effects
on the environment. Starch based and polylactic acid (PLA) based biodegradable plastics have been the most common
materials used in the automotive industry. Newer biodegradable plastics such as PHA, PCL and PBS are being used in small
quantities for automotive applications. Biodegradable plastics have been analyzed separately as a potential opportunity,
the estimates for these plastics have not been included in the overall market estimate and have been provided separately.
Traditionally, although North America and Europe have been the biggest markets for plastics in automobiles, Asia Pacific
has been the largest consumer of automotive plastics in recent years. This can be attributed to the tremendous growth in
the automotive industry in the region and the huge and apparent never-ending demand for automobiles in many
economies of Asia Pacific. Europe has been the second largest market for automotive plastics followed by North America
and Rest of the World (RoW).
The report also aims to provide a detailed analysis of market revenue shares of companies such as BASF SE, Delphi
Automotive PLC, Ascend Performance Materials, AkzoNobel N.V., Evonik Industries, Johnson Control Inc., Magna
International Inc., Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Solvay Plastics and others.
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The report also includes a detailed value chain of the automotive plastics market along with a Porter’s Five Forces analysis
to identify the pros and cons of/for all the upstream and downstream segments, thus enabling a strategy-making process
for buyers of automotive plastics, suppliers of raw materials, substitutes, and potential new entrants into the market,
based on possibility of forward or backward integration into the various business segments. The report also presents a
comprehensive assessment of the stakeholder strategies, winning imperatives for them by segmenting the automotive
plastics market as below:
Automotive plastics market by product type
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)

2. Polypropylene (PP)
Polyurethane (PU)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Polyethylene (PE)
Polycarbonate (PC)
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)
Polyamide (PA)
Others
Automotive plastics market by application
Power trains
Electrical components
Interior and exterior furnishings
Under the hood
Chassis
Others
Biodegradable plastics in automotives
Starch based
PLA based
PHA based
PCL based
PBS based
Automotive plastics have also been segmented by geography and further divided by application and product
type in terms of both volumes and revenues in their respective regions:
Automotive plastics by geography
North America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Rest of the World (RoW)
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3. Global Engineering Plastics market to reach US$69.12 billion by 2016. One of the key factors contributing to
this market growth is the increasing demand for lightweight products. The Global Engineering Plastics market
has also been witnessing an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions. However, the need to comply
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Currently, starch-based plastics, polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS) plastics as the world’s
three major types of biodegradable plastics occupy about 90% of the total capacity. The first developed
starch-based biodegradable plastics has the most mature technology, accounting for approximately 41% of
the world’s total biodegradable plastics capacity, but inferior to PLA, PBS, PHA and other varieties in
performance. Following the advances in technology research and development, PLA, PBS, etc. will usher in a
gradually swelling market; it is expected that by 2015 PLA and PBS products will account for a total of 55% of
the global biodegradable plastics capacity.
China’s biodegradable plastics industry development under the stimulus of many favorable factors, is also
beginning to take shape. In 2012, there have been about a dozen manufacturers with total capacity up to
301,000 tons/a, accompanied by a CAGR of 27.3% in 2009-2012. Kingfa Technology Inc., Wuhan Huali
Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Esun Industrial Co., Ltd., etc. have realized 10,000 tons/a-scale
biodegradable plastics production, covering PBS series, starch-based biodegradable plastics and PLA series.
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