 The Polymer Sector comprises four discrete processing areas: Plastics Processing, Rubber Processing, Polymer Composite Processing and Sign Making. Just under 14,000 companies operate within the sector employing some 286,000 employees. This figure rises to approximately 400,000 employees when companies who process polymers as a secondary operation to their main business, are taken into consideration. The industry is extremely dynamic being subject to many changes and opportunities arising from technological change, development of new materials and processing technology and not least, the development of new products and changes in consumer requirements. The industries require innovators, technologists, designers and highly skilled processing technicians to remain at the forefront of developments and changes in the worlds demand for more versatile, lightweight, low cost and energy saving products and applications. more >>
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