Abstract

Production of polyolefins, now in a slump, still has good growth prospects over the next five years. Annual growth rates for both low- and high-density polyethylene and for polypropylene, however, will stay below historical average growth rates during the last half of this decade. But even with the lower growth rates, U.S. production of lowdensity polyethylene will reach 10 billion lb in 1980, and production of highdensity polyethylene and of polypropylene will each top 5 billion lb annually. These are the major conclusions of a market study of the three big-volume polyolefins made by John M. Jordan of Gulf Oil Chemicals, with special emphasis on the period 1973 to 1980. These polyolefins accounted for almost 40% of all U.S. polymer production in 1973 of some 29 billion lb. The outlook for demand for the polyolefins varies with type and current uses, Jordan told a regional technical conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers in Houston. ...

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