World

Plastics Production 1950 – 2015

in Mio. t • Plastics are a global

350 success story.
2015: ~322
• Continuous growth
300 2011: ~280 for more than 50 years.
• Plastics production
2009: 250
250
ramped up from
World 1.5 Mio. t in 1950 to ~322
2002: 200 Mio. t
200 in 2015. In 2015 global
plastic’s production grew
150 by 3.4% compared to
2014.
1989: 100
100
• Compound Annual Growth
Rate (CAGR) from 1950 to
1977: 50
2015 is about 8.6%.
50
1950: 1.5

0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Includes Thermoplastics, Polyurethanes, Thermosets, Elastomers, Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants and PP-Fibers. Not included PET-, PA- and Polyacryl-Fibers
Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) / Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
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World
Plastics Production 2006 - 2015

• Asia
Middle Middle
with the leading country
East,
Latin Africa
East,
Latin Africa
China (28%) mean-while
America 6%
5% NAFTA
America 7% NAFTA accounts for more than
4% 19%

Rest of
23%
49% of worldwide
Asia Rest of production.
14% Asia
17%
Europe
Japan (WE + • Europe and NAFTA
6% Japan CEE)
4% 18% are on a similar level each
Europe
(WE + with a share of around
CEE) CIS
China 22% 3% 18%~19%.
21% CIS China
2% 28%

• Within a few years, China

has risen to the most
important plastics
producer. All other regions
2006 2015 lost global production
205 Mio. t* 269 Mio. t* shares

*w/o Other Plastics (ncludes Thermosets, Elastomers, Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants and PP-Fibers. Not included PET-, PA- and Polyacryl-Fibers), 2014 = ~53 Mio. t
Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) / Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
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World
Plastics Materials Demand 2015 by Types

Other
• Polyolefins
Thermopl. account for more than
PUR 4%
PET 6% LDPE, LLDPE 55%
17%
PC 7% of global Plastics Materials
PA 1%
1%
demand.
ABS, ASA,
SAN
3%
• PVC
HDPE is the second largest resin
PS, EPS
7% 15% type following Polyolefins.

• Standard Plastics
(Polyolefins, PVC,
PVC
16% PS & EPS, PET) account
PP for approx. 85% of the
23% total demand.
.
2015
269 Mio. t*

*w/o Other Plastics (includes Thermosets, Elastomers, Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants and PP-Fibers. Not included PET-, PA- and Polyacryl-Fibers) = ~53 Mio. t
Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) / Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
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World
Thermoplastics Demand by Types 2015

• Standard Plastics
Engineering dominate the global
Standard Plastics
Plastics market in tons
• Around 10 %of the
PS; globally demanded
EPS POM PBT,
8.1% 5.2% PET** plastics are Engineering
PP PET* 6.4%
26.8% 8.6% ABS,
plastics
Others
SAN 10.2%
35.3%

HDPE
17.9% Blends
11.7%

LDPE,
LLDPE PA
PVC PC
20.3% 14.3%
18.3% 16.8%

229 Mio. t ~ 25 Mio. t

*PET Bottle grade **PET Injection grade

Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) / Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
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World
Benchmark Plastics / Steel 2015

billion litre • Plastics

in 1989, passed steel
production by volume
300 Plastics

Global Production 2015 :

250
• Plastics:
Plastics production
> Steel production 322 Mio. t =
200 322 billion litre
• Steel:
150
1,623 Mio. t =
203 billion litre
100
Steel*

• Calculation Model:
50 1 kg plastics = 1 litre
8 kg steel = 1 litre

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Source: Stahl-Zentrum/International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) / Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
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Thermoplastics
Market Share 2015

Triangle of Thermoplastics  Standard Plastics

Classified by Market Share
are the basics materials.

 Polyolefins
High Performance Polymers <1% (< 1 Mio t)
are the largest product
group.
Engineering Plastics ~10% (~25.0 Mio t) Polyethylene: 34%
Polypropylene: 24%
PS & EPS
Standard Thermo- 7.3% ~90% (~229 Mio t)
plastics PET  Engineering Plastics
7.7% are a small but valuable
PP
part of the market.
24.2%

PE  High Performance
34.4% PVC Polymers
16.5% are specialized for very
demanding applications.

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Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) / Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
 Europe (EU 28 + 2)
Recovery of Plastics Waste 2014
Switzerland 24.5% 99.8% 9 countries in Europe reached a
Austria 28.0% 99.6% recovery ratio of more than 95%
Countries Netherlands 30.3% 99.2% of the Post-consumer Plastic
Germany 37.9% 99.1% Waste.
with
Sweden 37.8% 98.4%
landfill Luxembourg 28.5% 97.8% These countries have a landfill
ban Denmark 33.7% 97.6% ban.
Belgium 31.2% 97.0%
Norway 39.7% 96.3% Also 6 of these countries are
Ireland 37.2% 82.5% amongst the 11 countries with the
Finland 20.1% 81.9%
Estonia 34.1% 77.0%
highest recycling rates (>30%).
Slovenia 34.3% 69.4%
France 21.3% 63.6%
Portugal 32.7% 60.5%
Italy 27.0% 59.9%
UK 28.6% 59.2%
Slovakia 30.9% 55.8%
Therefore „divert from
Czechia 36.9% 54.6% landfill“ boosts higher
Lithuania 24.6% 49.8% recovery and recycling
Spain 33.7% 49.6% quantities, also of waste
Poland 25.5% 44.1%
streams, which have not been
Hungary 21.4% 42.9%
Romania 26.0% 40.8% Overall recovery ratio
recovered so far.
Latvia 28.1% 32.5% by weight for EU 28+2:
Croatia 24.2% 28.0% 69.2%
Bulgaria 18.8% 24.4% (referred to Post-
Greece 20.0% 20.2% Consumer Plastic Waste)
Cyprus 18.1%
Recycling
18.1%
Malta 13.8% 13.8% Energy recovery
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Source: Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH

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Europe (EU 28 + 2)
Recovery of Plastics Waste 2014
Total plastics waste and recovery 2006 - 2014
Development CAGR CAGR Development
2006-2014 2006-2014 2014 vs. 2012
30 Mio. t
25.8
24.5 24.6 24.9 24.1 24.5 24.8 24.8 Total Waste
25 Mio. t Generation +0.6% +2.1%

Recovery
20 Mio. t 17.9 +5.5% +6.3%
15.8
15.0
14.2
15 Mio. t 12.9 12.4 12.7 13.1
Recycling
+6.4%
10.4 9.9 10.2
10 Mio. t 11.7 12.2 12.1 9.0
11.0 Energy
8.7 8.9 8.0 +4.8% +6.7%
8.2 Recovery
7.0 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.7
5 Mio. t 6.9
6.0 6.3
5.0 5.2 5.5 Disposal/
4.7 -5.8%
Landfill
0 Mio. t
-10% 0% 10% -10% 0% 10%

In the period 2006-2014 the analysis of waste generation shows a slight growth. Besides economical
impacts, plastic parts with lower weight (e.g. plastic bottles) play a significant role in that process. After
the economical crisis, the waste quantity rose from 2009 to 2014 by about 1.7 mill. tons during the last
five years. While disposal quantities decreased by ~4.9 million tons in the last eight years, recovery
quantities rose by 6.2 mio. tons up to 17.9 mio. tons.
Source: Consultic Marketing & Industrieberatung GmbH
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