All Things Data
Looking at our survey results, medical-grade LSR hits the top as the most used material and the biggest end market, representing well over half our list.
When it comes to planning for our rankings and lists, I wanted to check in more frequently with timely questions about the industry or business in general.
Packaging sales are 100 percent responsible for a $1.5 billion increase in sales because industrial thermoforming sales totals for the ranking were flat year over year.
Adding up all that data, we tracked 13.1 billion pounds of recycled material in this list, with more than 78 percent being reprocessed.
The directory will provide information that can drive discussions to help PN determine editorial coverage to support the range of people within the industry.
In researching our recent 24th annual thermoformers ranking, which ran in February, I started gathering some data points from 1994 to compare with the reported 2018 fiscal year.
Plastics News has published our 24th annual ranking of North American thermoformers with the top 100 in this week's issue. We've got data for all 225 companies online.
Total sales ranked for North American processors was $126.7 billion for the 2017 fiscal year. That's up 3.5 percent or $4.3 billion dollars from the $122.4 billion reported for 2016.
This week we publish our updated annual directory of 210 compounders and concentrate makers. This sector loves change, and so does Plastics News.
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