Plastic Additives Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis Plastics make an appearance in every aspect of our lives—from transportation to medical equipment to telecommunications. Plastics are made from essential polymers commonly mixed or blended with specialty additive materials. Plastic additives provide consumers and other application markets with a diversity of plastic products. A few common categories of additives are antimicrobials, antistatics, antioxidants, fibers, UV stabilizers, and lubricants. While the industry suffered from the economic downturn of the 2000s, companies such as Rohm and Haas’ plastics are optimistically remarking on the strong sales of polymers for PVC applications. Other companies, such as Great Lakes Chemical and AkzoNobel, have not been as fortunate and have announced or already begun company layoffs. In an effort to keep costs of manufacturing down, the additives industry has brought a lot of its production to Asia. The move to countries...