All Things Data
By the numbers, Plastics News' latest ranking of North American rotational molders includes 104 companies with combined related sales of just over $3.1 billion.
This year's updated extruders list is out, and the results show continued gains. We've captured 187 pipe, profile and tubing extruders in North America.
Plastics News' top 100 injection molders saw a boost of more than $1.5 billion for 2022.
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.
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