As the plastics additives attract RENEWED SCRUTINY, industry looks for replacements.
The global plasticizer market was about 8 million metric tons last year, according to IHS chemical,
a market research firm. Phthalates make up about 70% of that volume, IHS says.
Phthalates are also controversial. Concerns -justified or not -have been bubbling up for more than
a decade over their potential to disrupt hormones and cause reproductive and developmental effects.
As a result, the plasticizer industry is in a state of flux, scrambling to adapt to ever-changing demand
from regulators and the marketplace.
Eastman 168 enjoyed 25% growth in 2013 and 16% growth last year, Cullen says ,DEHT makes up
some 12 % of the global market, says IHS chemical's Malveda.
From : CEN JUNE 22, 2015 P.10-18
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